Example sentences of "caused by the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is generally agreed that these redshifts are caused by the expansion of the Universe . |
| 2 | This suggested that the red shift was instead caused by the expansion of the universe , which , in turn , meant that the object was a very long distance away . |
| 3 | This exception is not only totally fair and reasonable , but it is hard to see how the seller could be in breach of a warranty of title or quiet possession since the problem is caused by the buyer not the seller . |
| 4 | ( 4 ) The subsection relieves an applicant from the consequences of the failure to exhibit a notice in compliance with subss. ( 2 ) ( b ) or ( 3 ) ( b ) where the failure has been caused by the removal , obscuring , etc. , of the notice through no fault of the applicant and the applicant has taken reasonable steps to protect and replace the notice . |
| 5 | Where the right is exercised , the tenant must make good damage caused by the removal of the fixtures ( Mancetter Developments Ltd v Garmanson [ 1986 ] QB 1212 ) . |
| 6 | A question that puzzled some followers of Zarathustra in later times was that , if Ohrmazd was all-powerful and so destined to overthrow Ahriman , why did this not happen immediately , so that the world would have been spared all the suffering caused by the conflict between them ? |
| 7 | Even though it has been able to obtain relief for £16 billion-worth of foreign debt as a result of its participation in the multinational force , it still has £35 billion of remaining debt to contend with and an annual revenue shortfall of around £7 caused by the conflict . |
| 8 | Fourth ( less obviously ) , there are blocks caused by bacterial or viral toxins or byproducts which affect cellular function , or blocks caused by the insertion of viral DNA into our own genome , our own genetic material . |
| 9 | At least part of the traffic problem in the High Street is caused by the lure of convenient car parking and the proposals hardly recognise this . |
| 10 | The difficulties in the case were caused by the Court of Appeal 's earlier failure to rule on two of Berry 's three grounds of appeal , said Lord Lane , but that did not preclude the Home Secretary from re-opening the case . |
| 11 | The difficulties in the case were caused by the Court of Appeal 's earlier failure to rule on two of Berry 's three grounds of appeal , said Lord Lane , but that did not preclude the Home Secretary from re-opening the case . |
| 12 | And yet , if a circle of blisters caused by the plague could give rise to a Ring-A-Ring-O'-Roses , and the famous Dick Whittington cat was not introduced until about 150 years after Dick died , why should embellishment through the ages not have taken King Coel or Coilus to Old King Cole , completed with pipe , bowl and fiddlers three . |
| 13 | The Archbishop of Canterbury , Thomas Bradwardine , died of the plague in August 1349 , but none of the chief officers of state succumbed , and amongst the titled nobility only the death of the Earl of Pembroke in August 1348 may possibly have been caused by the plague . |
| 14 | The two sides engaged in talks on Jan. 25 , which appeared to go some way towards healing any rift caused by the referendum . |
| 15 | None of them , of course , anticipated the scale of the problems which were caused by the slump and collapse of much of what remained of inner urban manufacturing industry in the early 1980s . |
| 16 | The Shadow Chancellor blamed Mr Major personally for the mountain of misery caused by the slump . |
| 17 | We apologise to Mr Williams and his family for any embarrassment caused by the error . |
| 18 | While the survivors were treated for shock and hypothermia the acting coxswain used all his skill to keep the lifeboat in position and to minimise the violent motion caused by the sea conditions . |
| 19 | As long ago as 1908 , E. B. Huey pointed out the difficulties for readers caused by the style of the written English of his own day . |
| 20 | If this exception was not on the policy the Insured could attempt to hold the company liable if any damage to the plant or own surrounding property was caused by the test . |
| 21 | People will pay first in higher mortgages , lost jobs and diminished economic opportunities because of the uncertainty caused by the opt-out clause on the single currency . |
| 22 | The Company sold guns to the Indians , but not as part of a process of political disturbance like that caused by the slave trade in West Africa ; Indian hunters quite soon preferred guns to bows and arrows for hunting , and hunting was the basis for the Hudson Bay trade . |
| 23 | The condition known as the ‘ bends ’ is caused by the absorption of nitrogen into the bloodstream from the air in the lungs . |
| 24 | The £1 million is the particle physicists ' share of the extra cost of Britain 's subscriptions to international laboratories , such as CERN , caused by the weakness of the pound . |
| 25 | Aneurin Bevan , who led the revolt against the charges , portrayed them as the direct result of the financial strains caused by the rearmament programme . |
| 26 | The vacancy had been caused by the conviction and imprisonment for three months of the former MP , Wilbert Moss , on charges of offering money to a magistrate to drop a prosecution against a constituent . |
| 27 | Casuals might also be engaged to fill temporary vacancies caused by the departure or absence of regular staff members . |
| 28 | When , for example , a subject fitted with scalp electrodes over the auditory cortex is played a series of brief clicks through headphones and the EEG following each click is averaged so that random fluctuations cancel each other out , what is left is a systematic but complex pattern of electrical waves which is caused by the click in the same way that the waves on the surface of a pond are caused by dropping a pebble into it . |
| 29 | Complaints in The Standard pointed to the rising tide of juvenile depravity caused by the availability of cheap editions of continental literature . |
| 30 | However , it could be employed in its pure form and perhaps the fees used to compensate victims of pollution and offset damage caused by the pollution . |