Example sentences of "[noun sg] may be cause [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With this in mind , many companies give the customer the benefit of the doubt when this does not involve high cost , even though they suspect that the fault may be caused by inappropriate use of the product on the part of the customer ; for example , garden fork manufacturers may replace prematurely broken forks , even though the break may have been caused by work for which the fork was not designed . |
| 2 | Aggression may be caused by nagging pain , which your dog is unable to express to you , and which is soothed by acupuncture . |
| 3 | Other types of mental handicap may be caused by genetic disorders , although not specifically related to chromosomes . |
| 4 | This means that several hundred of the 40,000 deaths from lung cancer each year may be caused by passive smoking . |
| 5 | The low birthweight may be caused by external factors , such as smoking during pregnancy ; premature babies , which may result from insufficient standards of antenatal care , will be highly prone to early infection . |
| 6 | Recent evidence favours the idea that inflammatory bowel disease may be caused by mesenteric vasculitis . |
| 7 | Persistent leg pain may be caused by varicose veins . |