Example sentences of "has caused [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The source of this never-ending supply of wealth lies ten miles offshore : a huge seabed mound called the Happisburgh Sandbank which has caused countless maritime disasters down the centuries .
2 It goes well apart from one problem which has caused much embarrassment on more than one occasion .
3 This whole question is very akin to the question that has caused much debate in our profession over the years : what is a ‘ great ’ butler ?
4 The mystery of sexuality has caused much confusion in the history of the church .
5 TONIGHT ( Thursday ) is the last chance in Britain to see the comet that has passed closer to the Earth than any for two centuries — and has caused much confusion over who discovered it .
6 The second has caused much confusion , some of it deliberate , which has plainly rubbed off on Mr Dalyell .
7 Andy , whose estranged wife Fergie has caused much of the dismay , could be the hardest hit .
8 It is a system that remains influential but , at the same time , it is one that has caused much controversy , with resultant strains in relationships between the Treasury and central government departments , and between central and local government .
9 This has caused much debate and emotion .
10 Where a chattel is unlawfully on the plaintiff 's land and has caused actual damage , the plaintiff may retain the chattel until the damage has been paid for .
11 The exclusion of women from this central moment in the history of the ‘ people ’ of Israel , when they are made God 's holy people , has caused great difficulty for Jewish religious feminists .
12 This has caused great alarm among the young men in the western half of the city , many of whom moved to Berlin to avoid going insane with boredom in a Bundeswehr barracks .
13 One of the problems is that we have not found a way of doing it cheaply , and this has caused great anxiety . ’
14 The detection of single atoms in this way has caused great excitement because of its application in many areas .
15 Support for these other levels of reality has come from biologist , Rupert Sheldrake , whose ‘ Hypothesis of Formative Causation ’ has caused great controversy in scientific circles of recent years .
16 In the past the term " politics " has caused great confusion when applied to non-European societies .
17 The sudden death of Sir Charles Baskerville has caused great sadness in the county .
18 The incident has caused great concern among officers at Bullingdon .
19 The news has caused great excitement among scientists in Liverpool , who say their Edinburgh colleagues ' work could provide the missing pieces of the puzzle .
20 He will tell them that the proposal has caused great alarm and anxiety , and will ask the company to examine alternative ways of improving the efficiency of its limestone transport system , possibly with a conveyor system .
21 Er Chairman this , this matter has caused great concern in Bungay I can tell you , I went to the Bungay town meeting last night and they were absolutely horrified at the way this has been handled and I have to apologize on behalf of the , of the County Council .
22 No justification therefore exists for treating subfertile women with contraceptive drugs , and the endometriosis should be considered to be coincidental unless it has caused tubal and ovarian damage that requires repair .
23 Oh , she 's got all the answers up her sleeve I expect , but that has caused tremendous debt charges , which , at the moment , have to be paid , and whether we could find a private operator to take them on or not I do n't know , but private operators operate throughout the country and in many other of the districts within the county of Oxfordshire , and they operate efficiently and do just as good a job as the City Council are doing in the present situation .
24 Its planned introduction has caused adverse reaction from the Union of Communications Workers , which represents 40,000 BT employees .
25 ( 2 ) A licensing board may order the suspension of a licence on one or both of the following grounds : ( a ) that the licence-holder is no longer a fit and proper person to be the holder of a licence ; ( h ) that the use of the premises in respect of which the licence is held has caused undue public nuisance or a threat to public order or safety .
26 I do n't see any reason why they should n't be able to sue i if it can be proved that er the employer has caused undue stress on on an employee .
27 The side-effect that has caused greatest concern in recent years , however , is that of ‘ short- termism ’ .
28 Which is more than can be said for the album sleeve of the new ACR album , which has caused unheard-of dissent at the offices of British Coal who claim that the artwork looks too much for comfort like the British Rail Freight logo and are threatening legal action .
29 I do n't think the actual impact of the tackle has caused that problem .
30 A school fire in Buckinghamshire which has caused fifty thousand pounds damage is being treated as arson .
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