Example sentences of "that it [modal v] cause [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both Henrietta and Norman tried to manage their affair so that it would cause Minton the least hurt . |
| 2 | Thus in ( 140 ) below the lighting of a fire is presented as a condition which would have permitted Pops to be found sooner , but the fire could not be conceived as acting on Pops directly itself and " making him be found " : ( 140 ) A fire would n't have mattered except that it would cause Pops to be found sooner . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | However , it does cause similar abnormalities in monkeys and there is evidence that it may cause blood vessels in the limbs to leak , which leads to severe damage of the surrounding cells . |
| 5 | Current high levels of unemployment can be accounted for without recourse to an explanation from technology ; consumer appetite for yet more goods and services still appears to be insatiable ; and even those economists who advance reasons why new technology might cause unemployment at some point in the future acknowledge that just at present the likelihood is that it will cause labour shortages rather than an overall labour surplus . |
| 6 | There is some evidence that it can cause schizophrenia . |
| 7 | These can harm the consumer — the ban on the sweetening agent cyclamate on the grounds that it could cause cancer is a case in point . |