Example sentences of "[been] caused by [det] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ It could have been caused by some sort of disaster or accident .
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 Again on Bruno Zanardi 's restoration of Antelami 's ‘ Months ’ , Fiorella Minervino wrote that the marble had lost its characteristic surface veining ; in her opinion , this was probably due to the use of a chemical solvent to extract the metallic salts which had appeared on the surface , or it may have been caused by some kind of abrasive treatment .
4 Mr. Long also said that Mr. Thurgood had helped calm things down when the fight , which had been caused by another customer , broke out .
5 He says it could be an accident , but it could also have been caused by another person .
6 Initially few believed that the favourite would lose the race , for the scrimmaging had clearly been caused by both parties , and odds of 4–1 were laid against the outsider getting the race .
7 Once again , much of the German casualty list had been caused by those infuriating guns behind Côte 304 .
8 This suggests that the violence might have been caused by these high hormone levels , not conditioning .
9 Six years of misery have been caused by these utilities .
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