Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [been] caused [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There are also bruises on her thigh , which must have been caused by her being stamped on or kicked as she struggled . ’ |
| 2 | At the time I thought little more about it , but later I realized that it must have been caused by some powerful pain-killing drug . |
| 3 | Must have been caused by the explosion that brought down the plane or by the impact of striking the water . ’ |
| 4 | The movement I had seen might have been caused by the passage of a bird ; on the other hand it might have been caused by the tigress ; anyway , a little investigation was necessary before proceeding farther on my way . |
| 5 | The movement I had seen might have been caused by the passage of a bird ; on the other hand it might have been caused by the tigress ; anyway , a little investigation was necessary before proceeding farther on my way . |
| 6 | Have you ever come out in a rash after working in the garden , and thought it might have been caused by a plant you were handling ? |
| 7 | Parents have reported problems which might have been caused by the separation or earlier conflict : truancy , clinging , withdrawn behaviour , bed-wetting , aggressiveness , nightmares and poor work at school ( Mitchell , 1985 ) . |
| 8 | This suggests that the violence might have been caused by these high hormone levels , not conditioning . |
| 9 | The higher skin damage measurement in the lower layer indicates that loss circulation material possibly was stuck in the producing rock , a condition that might have been caused by initial drilling operating practices , says Chris Drysdale , Well Evaluation group leader . |
| 10 | Although preliminary speculation was that the crash might have been caused by a bomb , accident investigators revealed that the plane had nose-dived after the right engine suddenly went into reverse thrust ; electronic safety systems designed to cope with this had apparently failed , and a warning light had either malfunctioned or had not been believed by the pilot . |
| 11 | Jacques Okoko , the Transport Minister , later suggested that the crash might have been caused by saboteurs seeking to undermine the country 's transition to democracy . |
| 12 | Defence experts indicated that the incident , which occurred during naval exercises some 80 miles west of Izmir , might have been caused by excessive stress among junior officers prompted by a long spell at sea . |
| 13 | Both bodies were thrown into the shark-infested sea and many wounds could have been caused following the women 's deaths . |
| 14 | The only corroborative evidence , he suggested , was the bruising to her arm and legs , which could have been caused by the exertion of force . |
| 15 | ‘ It could have been caused by some sort of disaster or accident . |
| 16 | ‘ Strange ’ , he thought , and started to puzzle out what the noise could have been caused by . |
| 17 | Purely on the strength of a chance remark by my retailer , who thought the symptoms could have been caused by metal toxicity , the tank was stripped down piece by piece . |
| 18 | Oxford University medical expert Dr Godfrey Fowler said Cherie 's addiction could have been caused by Amanda smoking when pregnant or while breast feeding . |
| 19 | It could have been caused by the body falling . |
| 20 | There could have been an innocent explanation for the dust cloud : it could have been caused by a herd of cows being driven to market , by a Prussian regiment on exercise , or even by a work gang hammering cobbles into the highway 's bed of chalk and flint , yet the musket-fire Sharpe had heard earlier , and the Presence of the enemy Dragoons on the southern bank of the Sambre suggested a more sinister cause . |
| 21 | At least some of the increase in late life fitness in ‘ old ’ lines could have been caused by reduction in the frequency of predominantly late-acting mutations , and a study of the effects of reverse selection suggested that this was the case , and that mutation accumulation had therefore also contributed to ageing in the base stock . |
| 22 | It could have been caused by extensive lava flows or by a more extreme form of the sort of surface plasticity seen in many of the oldest surviving features . |
| 23 | The court accepted that the plaintiff 's injury could have been caused by a brain shake without any actual blow to the head . |
| 24 | Post-mortem examinations on each of the deceased showed no signs of injuries which could have been caused by contact with the car , he said . |
| 25 | The doctor said the injury could have been caused in a number of ways and though the soldier was limping he was ‘ surprised that such a minor injury would cause a limp . ’ |
| 26 | How hot summers brought us stripped pines : Scientists now believe a dramatic loss of conifer needles which struck West German forests may have been caused by the weather , rather than pollution . |
| 27 | THE LONDON Ambulance service , hardest hit by the national overtime ban , is to investigate two deaths last week which may have been caused by staff shortages . |
| 28 | It was of little concern to Dan that much of the weathering may have been caused by industrial pollution — what mattered was that science had found an answer . |
| 29 | This may have been caused by the heating and lighting used at that time , or perhaps modern communications plus far better fire fighting methods available today ensure that incidents are tackled much more quickly . |
| 30 | A spokesman said : ‘ The damage may have been caused by the surf dragging them over the rocks . |