Example sentences of "cause by [art] [noun] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The political crisis which created fertile conditions for the growth of the Church was that caused by the conflict between O'Neill 's reformist Unionism and Paisley 's traditionalist stand .
2 This is a parasitic pneumonia ( P1.II ) caused by the aspiration of eggs and L1 into the alveoli .
3 A greater problem of time is caused by delay in the hearing of AJRs caused by the volume of applications and the two-stage nature of the AJR procedure .
4 The ‘ Oh ! ’ was caused by a flash of insight ; it seemed like an answer to the prayer I had not prayed , the prayer I had only thought .
5 This attentional failure may be caused by a lowering of arousal level , which may be temporarily counteracted by the subject exerting special efforts to remain awake .
6 Later in the sequence the gastric contents take on a slightly more homogeneous quality , which may be caused by a reduction in particle size , although more prolonged imaging would be required to confirm this conclusively .
7 Prices which fell to below $10,000 a tonne in October , recovered in July 1990 to reach $10,337 a tonne , owing to restricted supply caused by a strike in June at the Doniambo plant in New Caledonia and renewed buoyancy in the demand for Japanese stainless steel .
8 If so , was the muddle caused by a fallacy of composition , illegitimately assuming that what held true in the small continued to hold true in the large ?
9 There could have been an innocent explanation for the dust cloud : it could have been caused by a herd of cows being driven to market , by a Prussian regiment on exercise , or even by a work gang hammering cobbles into the highway 's bed of chalk and flint , yet the musket-fire Sharpe had heard earlier , and the Presence of the enemy Dragoons on the southern bank of the Sambre suggested a more sinister cause .
10 Tingling fingers early in the morning are caused by a build-up of fluid and the feeling should go once you start to move around .
11 Banging sounds emanating from the boiler may be caused by a build-up of scale , especially in hard water areas ( see under Corrosion ) or to air being drawn into the system — usually a design fault which a heating expert will have to trace for you .
12 Was this a nuclear explosion or a mundane one caused by a build-up of pressure as the deuterium flowed into the palladium and filled some cavity within ?
13 And more than thirty children have returned to school after a three day break caused by a shortage of teachers .
14 This is a slow launch which picks up speed and fades several times , and it is usually caused by a shortage of fuel or mechanical trouble on the winch or car .
15 The isolating effect for whole areas caused by a fall in income to subsistence level is explained in the CES report in the following way .
16 Stoddart quotes a great number of opinions on this subject : it seems that some authorities think that they may have been caused by a fall in sea level which meant that the reef flat became a barrier to water movement , so that surf became channelled down the outer edge of the algal ridge as it returned to the sea ; alternatively the spur and groove system may be the most effective form of baffle for dissipating wave energy and is caused by reef-building corals forming the spurs — the grooves , once formed , may of course be accentuated by scouring .
17 It 's caused by a fall in haemoglobin ( Hb ) in the red blood cells which transfers oxygen to the developing placenta and fetus .
18 This gasping is not a sign of returning life but is an automatic reflex caused by a fall in blood oxygen .
19 Ethnic conflict in the Balkans is not always caused by a scramble for territory .
20 Unrest was also being caused by a rise in socialism , and the odd situation arose where socialists and expansionists were united in common disagreement with the government .
21 Much of the pollution is caused by a backlog of fertilizers , built up over the last 30 years , seeping into the groundwater which feeds many of the dykes .
22 For most it 's a temporary phase , caused by a variety of factors — not least tiredness .
23 For most it 's a temporary phase , caused by a variety of factors — not least tiredness .
24 Hepatitis simply means an inflammatory disorder of the liver and it can be caused by a variety of agents : drugs and poisons , bacteria and viruses .
25 In several diseases , including cholera , E coli and amoebic infections , bile acid induced diarrhoea , the carcinoid and Werner Morrison syndromes , and inflammatory boewl disease diarrhoea results from disordered intestinal electrolyte transport caused by a variety of hormones , toxins , and neurotransmitters .
26 This should bring down barriers caused by a lack of knowledge and by technical jargon and encourage users to become involved in the technological change .
27 They are largely caused by a lack of knowledge or understanding in chambers where no ground rules are laid down .
28 ‘ The loss was basically caused by a lack of revenue through the gates , the increased cost of a two-day event and the bill of almost £2,000 from Northern Electric . ’
29 Alexander was convinced that many of our tensions are caused by a lack of interest in the present .
30 Financial bondage is caused by a lack of contentment and poor stewardship .
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