Example sentences of "[unc] of [noun pl] be cause [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only 2–3% of cancers are caused by man-made things anyway . |
| 2 | Ninety per cent of accidents are caused by people going too fast and there is never , never an excuse for speed . |
| 3 | We race constantly so it is not surprising that 90 per cent of accidents are caused by excess speed . ’ |
| 4 | It claimed that very few of those who had died in the violence had been killed by traditional weapons , that 75 per cent of deaths were caused by bullets and 20 per cent by hacking with weapons which could not be described as traditional . |
| 5 | The other 5 per cent of deaths were caused by various weapons and methods , including burning . |
| 6 | In the Fynbos heathlands of South Africa , for example , c. 13 per cent of fires are caused by camp-fires or smokers , while in southern France more than half the fires are a result of recreationists , notably accidents from discarded cigarettes and children playing with fire ( from data quoted in Goudie 1986 ) . |