Example sentences of "it might cause [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Glaxo 's scientists say omeprazole should be used sparingly because it might cause cancer ; Astra believes its drug is no more dangerous than ranitidine and has worked hard to prove it . |
| 2 | Last November he refused to chair a conference on AIDS for fear it might cause panic . |
| 3 | I thought it might cause problems . |
| 4 | The British East India Company was largely opposed to the idea of missionary work , fearing that it might cause hostility among the natives and disrupt its trade . |
| 5 | The Home Office tried to ban the interview on the grounds it might cause distress to relatives of Nilsen 's victims . |
| 6 | I believe the magazine was read quite widely even by some of our hierarchy , and sometimes I felt obliged to censor the odd more outspoken word when I considered it might cause trouble . |
| 7 | Roy Hattersley wants the archaicism of Clause Four erased , a sensible change , though it might cause trouble from the die-hards . |