Example sentences of "have [adj] cause to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Church of Christ has great cause to be thankful to her Lord for the life and work of His servant , Richard Baxter . |
| 2 | Ralph Pickles , managing director of Marlow Foods , has good cause to be a trifle smug . |
| 3 | JIM Boyden , another well remembered North-East MP , has particular cause to be grateful to the NHS . |
| 4 | ‘ And he might have good cause to be grateful . |
| 5 | You had some cause to be . |
| 6 | Judd was doing exceedingly well as an air cadet and he , Wendell , had good cause to be proud of him , but he could see that they were growing apart . |
| 7 | He referred to Inwood , whose name was to be kept alive at the new hospital , and which had been likened to a ‘ five star hotel ’ , and where patients had particular cause to be grateful to the town 's GP 's who were so conveniently on hand at the Health Centre . |
| 8 | The fact that you 're frightened ( and many men in prison have good cause to be frightened , either of violence from other prisoners and staff or else of homosexual demands ) can not be shown . |
| 9 | On the other hand , the Soviet Union have good cause to be worried about the military build up of troops in Saudi Arabia . |
| 10 | Not that Wasps have any cause to be smug . |