Example sentences of "[adv] a cause for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Agriculture Minister , Mr John Gummer , said : ‘ This is obviously a cause for concern . |
| 2 | Betjeman captured the concern in 1938 in his poem Slough : What had appealed so much to a previous generation was no longer a cause for pride . |
| 3 | This is quite normal , and not a cause for concern , unless the shrinking and polyp retraction is prolonged , in which case something is amiss with the water quality . |
| 4 | But although the first ground for the granting of warrants is , as drafted , the most troubling , the second ( for preventing or detecting serious crime ) is also a cause for concern . |
| 5 | BUT IF BRAND LOYALTY can indicate age , the type of game you play is also a cause for concern . |
| 6 | Sentencing is also a cause for concern . |
| 7 | It was unreasonable to feel shocked by this , I thought , watching them from the edge of the terrace as they sat at our table and Richard ordered drinks : a young woman with an older man is not even a cause for surprise . |
| 8 | The only casualty along the way , and this is indeed a cause for distress , may be the modernist validity of social-scientific knowledge . |