Example sentences of "[be] [art] cause of the " in BNC.

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1 This fear of envy may be the cause of the situation whereby even the thinnest girl will moan about how ‘ fat ’ she is , even the clearest-skinned will moan about her spots .
2 As the diffs have been rebuilt I suspect the rear diff may be the cause of the noise .
3 But this intention is itself undermined by the visual evidence presented to us which has implied Black sexuality and overbreeding to be the cause of the problem .
4 Quantitative summaries of causal effect such as d , however , are nearly all asymmetric , taking different values depending on which variable is presumed to be the cause of the other .
5 However , their results show that this postnatal reduction in receptor levels is less marked in women who suffer from maternity blues , and it is suggested that this may be the cause of the depression .
6 If your baby is being fed with cow 's milk or cow's-milk formula feed , and you suspect that this may be the cause of the symptoms , then ask the doctor to prescribe a ‘ milk-free ’ formula .
7 of matches under the sleeve and showed one secured by an elastic band which clearly one expected to be the cause of the rattling noise .
8 Could they be the cause of the problem , by contaminating the water ?
9 Having experienced the regression , she could easily understand that such a distressing early occurrence could be the cause of the phobia which followed .
10 Would this be the cause of the problem ?
11 The mechanism for this is not clear and leads some researchers to accept the physiological view that delayed maturation or physical differences ( such as reduced functional bladder capacity ) may be the cause of the problem ( Zaleski et al .
12 Optical and ultraviolet observations show that the dividing line in the H-R diagram coincides approximately with the onset of cool , massive stellar winds , but we show that these winds are not sufficiently dense for simple X-ray absorption to be the cause of the disappearance of coronal emission .
13 But although it brought victory to the Black Prince , the battle of Nájera was to be the cause of the renewal of the war which had been halted in 1360 .
14 Immediately the livingstonii swum up and gently nibbled my fingers — the last thing I had expected to be the cause of the tingling .
15 The mothers pay him in antibiotics , which often seem to be the cause of the babies ' pain .
16 Patients with anaemia with these lesions require full investigation as they are unlikely to be the cause of the anaemia even if frank rectal bleeding is present .
17 Indeed , archaeologists now believe it was due to agricultural mismanagement combined with a booming population , for investigation of a major palace in the site at Copan , Honduras , has revealed that there was only a small contingent of specialist workers employed in constructing the elaborate structure , in other words that this was not enough to overburden the economy as is sometimes alleged to be the cause of the collapse of that civilization .
18 It accelerates the pay-out by one day , two days , ten days , thirty days , of the death plan , because it pays out on the condition , that 's going to be the cause of the death , and not on the death .
19 Believing the demonstration to be the cause of the alarm there was little reaction from the members attending the meeting and the Mr Bell continued despite the noise from the alarm bell in the corner of the room .
20 THE Premier Division from which Andy Roxburgh yesterday took all 21 members of his squad for next week 's friendly with Germany may yet be the cause of the national coach having to drastically review his plans before the arrival of the world champions .
21 ‘ To my surprise , several ICI officers came to our house to investigate what could be the cause of the smell .
22 For a start , there would be a cause of the rain , and further effects of it-a wet garden and so on .
23 The defendant 's breach of duty may be a cause of the plaintiff 's damage in the sense that it satisfies the but for test , but some other factual cause , intervening after the breach , may be regarded as the sole cause of some , or all , of the plaintiff 's damage .
24 The plaintiff 's failure to take care for his own safety may be a cause of the accident which results in his damage .
25 It is not necessary that the plaintiff 's fault be a cause of the accident itself .
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