Example sentences of "[vb past] to have been caused [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ten firemen are in a special isolation ward with ‘ glowing fingertips ’ , nausea and diarrhoea believed to have been caused by chemicals . |
| 2 | The man , suffering from a leg injury believed to have been caused by the fall , was taken to hospital for treatment . |
| 3 | Sources said the explosion seemed to have been caused by an incendiary device . |
| 4 | I note the circles in wheat-fields , alleged to have been caused by extra-terrestrial visitors , are again in the news . |
| 5 | In a Minnesota case in 1979 , for instance , a young intern 's casual comment that a laceration appeared to have been caused by a knife later led the injured woman to change her story completely and come to believe , under hypnosis , that she was stabbed repeatedly , despite subsequent medical evidence . |
| 6 | Merchant Navy Minister Carlo Vizzini said on April 11 that an official inquiry would start immediately and that the accident appeared to have been caused by human error . |
| 7 | The explosion , the worst in Turkish mining history , appeared to have been caused by the ignition of methane gas , which in 20 seconds had reached dangerous levels inside the mine , apparently foiling a sophisticated alarm system . |