Example sentences of "cause [prep] the trouble " in BNC.
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| 1 | The drink had something to do with it , no doubt , but lack of a decent woman in his house was the real cause of the trouble . |
| 2 | If you begin to feel better , then it is likely that hyperventilation is the cause of the trouble . |
| 3 | If you have cut out more than two or three foods , and your baby gets better , then you will probably wish to test the foods to see which ones were the cause of the trouble — often it will just be one food . |
| 4 | The real cause of the trouble is , that parents and teachers always pass on to us , as children , what they themselves have been told , and this has been going on for hundreds , or even thousands of years . |
| 5 | You can only carry out remedial action one step at a time , so you must start by removing the primary cause of the trouble , and that is the polluted water . |
| 6 | If he is the cause of the trouble , then it sounds very much like territoriality , not food-seeking ; a territorial cichlid will rarely attack much smaller fish , especially non-cichlids , but will go for territory contestants , viz other cichlids and especially conspecifics . |
| 7 | And though I am well aware that you , Kim , are the main cause of the trouble I have no alternative but to punish all three of you . " |
| 8 | diagnose the disease or cause of the trouble ; |
| 9 | My information was that the real cause of the trouble there was a man called Jefferson . |
| 10 | I thought the leg might have been broken , but the cause of the trouble is a shot up here . ’ |
| 11 | Tribunal chairman Lionel Brown said : ‘ The cause of the trouble is free alcohol . |
| 12 | Tribunal chairman Mr Brown said : ‘ The cause of the trouble is free alcohol if people had to pay for it they would not drink so much . ’ |