Example sentences of "to be caused by a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This seems to be caused by a powerful muscular spasm in the vagina that locks the erect penis fast and bonds the amorous couple like Siamese twins . |
| 2 | He found it was too large to be caused by a gravitational field : if it had been a gravitational red shift , the object would have to be so massive and so near to us that it would disturb the orbits of planets in the Solar System . |
| 3 | These crises he showed to be caused by a general lack of planning ( ‘ anarchy ’ ) of the capitalist methods of production , by the impossibility of attaining correct proportions between the various elements of the process of reproduction under capitalism , especially between production and consumption . |
| 4 | These crises he showed to be caused by a general lack of planning ( anarchy ) of the capitalist methods of production , by the impossibility of attaining correct proportions between elements of the process of reproduction under capitalism , especially between production and consumption … he showed the cause to be the incapability of capitalism to maintain an equilibrium among the various elements of production . |
| 5 | A long-standing sufferer of this terrible condition , thought to be caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain , he once said that living in the country helped control it . |
| 6 | In both groups one quarter perceived it to be caused by a medical condition , particularly more older male sufferers . |