Example sentences of "[vb mod] cause [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact that the glider is not responding normally must cause alarm to any pilot until the cause is identified . |
| 2 | It is a conclusion that need not worry supporters of inequality but which should cause concern to those who believed that social services could and would create a more equal society . |
| 3 | One was finally found in Wales , but the company refused to deal with a record which might cause offence to people on religious grounds . |
| 4 | Just such a range is Rejuvenage , already available in this country , which aims to provide Retin-A users with a simple cleanse-tone-protect programme ; the range builds in a moderate sun protection factor while excluding any ingredients which might cause irritation to the highly sensitive skin . |
| 5 | The Home Office tried to ban the interview on the grounds it might cause distress to relatives of Nilsen 's victims . |
| 6 | He was told that such a reference might cause embarrassment to some of the pupils . |
| 7 | Such a defamation might cause injury to the business goodwill of the corporation , and ultimately loss to the company 's shareholders through a diminution in turnover and/or profits . |
| 8 | ‘ In the present case the act or omission of the defendant occurred while he was driving a motor car upon a public highway , and it was , we think , then reasonably foreseeable that such act or omission might cause injury to a pregnant woman in the car with which his car collided and might cause the child she was carrying to be born in an injured condition . |
| 9 | The pub 's action would be more understandable if what you were wearing could cause offence to other customers , but it is hard to see how the item you describe could have upset anyone . |
| 10 | Your answer to a question from T.D Smart in the Q&A section of the July edition of ‘ Practical PC ’ , contained some information that could cause damage to the NiCad batteries of your readers who follow the advice . |
| 11 | In international law too , the strict rule was inconvenient and could cause hardship to third parties whose interests were adversely affected by treaties from which they were excluded . |
| 12 | Until recently , the sea crossing — in a flat-bottomed former Rhine riverboat , called the Pirata Azul — could cause concern to those who were not good sailors as the channel could be very rough indeed . |
| 13 | They also warned that the drug could cause sensitivity to sunlight . |
| 14 | held-a football club as occupier should foresee that crowd could become unruly and break off pieces of concrete which if thrown could cause injury to visitors in this case on duty police officers . |
| 15 | There 's dangerous items lying around which could cause injury to the animals … |
| 16 | A repeat of the 1947 flood across a wide area on the River Thames would cause chaos to those properties and to all communications . |
| 17 | Following from the case of R. v. Taylor [ 1950 ] 2 KB 368 ( CA ) , the Court of Appeal ( Criminal Division ) , whilst generally bound by its own previous decisions , will not be bound where to apply the previous decision of the court would cause injustice to the accused . |
| 18 | An increase in GEC 's dominance in the market would cause damage to the UK defence industry . |
| 19 | Generally speaking , so far as English Law is concerned , it will be necessary to show that there was some ‘ proximity ’ between the damage suffered by the claimant and the engineer 's acts or omissions and that it was reasonably foreseeable that the engineer 's acts or omissions would cause loss to the claimant . |
| 20 | The report in the Scottish Law Times does not refer to any evidence to support the view that the maintenance of contact between a child and a birth relative to whom he or she has attachments would cause harm to the child 's developing personality . |
| 21 | The grounds of the appeal were , inter alia , that ( 1 ) there was no sufficient evidence that the requirements of section 31 of the Children Act 1989 had been satisfied ; ( 2 ) the justices had made the order on the ground that to do otherwise would cause harm to the boy , when the Act required the justices to find that ‘ significant harm ’ would be caused before making the order ; and ( 3 ) the justices failed to state their reasons adequately . |
| 22 | It would cause disruption to the terrorists ' objectives , he said . |
| 23 | It was not sufficient that a public hearing would cause embarrassment to some or all of those involved . |
| 24 | However , the increase in rents will cause hardship to many on low incomes — all the more so after the £600 million cuts in housing benefit which formed part of the 1988 social security reforms ( refer to Chapter 6 , pages 86–7 ) . |
| 25 | Phyllis Starkey , you 've mentioned earlier that this will cause hardship to people , this huge rent rise of thirty nine per cent . |
| 26 | If a person already has too much to do , adding another task will cause stress to that person , as well as to you , the manager , when the task is n't carried out . |
| 27 | The ban applies to both new construction and renovations , and will cause havoc to the building industry in a state already in economic difficulty . |
| 28 | However the presence of nearly rap-vocalist Ken Sakamoto from Tokyo will cause Hug to be compared to the Sugarcubes . |
| 29 | Even when quite mature , however , severe stress conditions may cause reversion to the stored P or C state where response is instantaneous . |
| 30 | However , it is unwise to seal them off completely with tape as a large change in atmospheric pressure may cause damage to some instruments . |