Example sentences of "cause [pers pn] [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At Liverpool the Principal wrote , also at the end of 1967 , that within the new polytechnic ‘ there will be complete autonomy in respect of the academic work of the Faculty of Art and nothing that has been said causes me to have any misgivings on this score . |
| 2 | The experience of watching my late husband 's 16-year fight against the degenerative effects of Parkinson 's disease ( one of those conditions which might one day benefit from embryo research ) causes me to write this letter in the hope that all who take part in the debates will recognise and confound these tactics of the anti-abortion pressure groups , quite rightly described by the British Pregnancy Advisory Service as ‘ an attempt to hijack government legislation ’ . |
| 3 | It causes them to suffer temporary lapses of memory and to have difficulty in concentrating for a short period of two to three hours . |
| 4 | But the gas also causes them to grow extra arms and legs ( at a rate for the average adult male Vascar of one limb every two months , slightly longer for women and children ) . ’ |
| 5 | How you start your day could even depend on how Dickens causes you to feel that morning in that particular part of the book . |
| 6 | For instance , a child may inherit a predisposition to schizophrenia , which causes him to have certain childhood adjustment problems , which in turn bring about unusual family communication styles . |
| 7 | Gorbad 's wound causes him to become weaker and weaker , until the Waaagh gradually loses impetus . |
| 8 | This ‘ great perturbation in nature ’ ( V.i.9f. ) causes her to reveal all their deeds , an effect made much more intense in the theatre by the Doctor writing down all that she says , so that hypocrisy is not only detected but recorded . |
| 9 | Then , as M. Dupin stresses more than once in his book , all types of genuine Gruyère cheese should be cut into little pieces for cooking , never on any account grated , a procedure which causes it to form sticky masses rather than the long creamy threads which constitute one of its essential characteristics — a characteristic considered especially important when it comes to the soupe au fromage of the eastern French provinces , that same soup which , transmogrified into the onion soup of the Paris all-night bistros , has now found its way into packets labelled la soupe au fromage instantanée . |
| 10 | Ulph ( 1987 ) points out that those who earn close to the tax threshold will enjoy little or no income effect from the tax cut so that the substitution effect should dominate , causing them to work more hours . |
| 11 | This caused me to regrade double jacquard . |
| 12 | As I opened the case I heard a groaning , splintering noise , which caused me to experience extreme pain as the bridge flew off and whacked me on the side of the head ! |
| 13 | Unfortunately , the educational background of many radio staff may well have been to blame for the overly formal tone of many programmes , which frequently caused them to sound stilted and unnatural . |
| 14 | Harry says that a drop of methylated spirit dotted onto their backs from a camel hair brush caused them to turn pink and expire immediately . |
| 15 | What er caused them to put that for the er group forward I could not tell you , but that 's what he stood for , this protestant action . |
| 16 | Nevertheless , a totally one-sided match had a deceptively close scoreline that temporarily upset Scotland and caused them to look confused as half time arrived . |
| 17 | to explore how courts apply the duty imposed by the Child Care Act 1980 to give the child 's welfare first and paramount consideration ; 2. to examine the practices in use for providing magistrates with impartial information ; 3. to discover whether parents ' solicitors experience difficulties in getting background history of cases from Social Services Departments ; 4. to judge whether parents at are a disadvantage in court ; 5. to monitor how solicitors conduct their cases , and how they emply the various possible lines of argument of the Code of Practice on Access ; 6. to discuss the underlying attitudes of the magistrates and social workers towards access to children in care , the reasons for their viewpoints and whether the publication of the Code caused them to change any of their positions . |
| 18 | If such exercises are repeated quickly enough to cause you to become breathless for a prolonged period , you will be building stamina too . |
| 19 | Or ( for a woman ) is your period due and that is causing you to weigh more than usual ? perhaps you ate more than you realized the previous week ? |
| 20 | The brain needs glucose to function and the body reacts causing you to feel faint , sweaty and light-headed , and to experience difficulty in concentrating . |
| 21 | Is there something different about your immediate environment which may be causing you to feel unsettled ? |
| 22 | Does this extract cause you to ask any new questions about the material in source A ? |
| 23 | As we saw under Beliefs ( see page 21 ) it is easy to fall prey to some recurring unrealistic thoughts or beliefs which cause you to feel upset whenever they are violated so , either while you are being hindered by an unproductive feeling or after an experience where you are hindered , or when you feel vulnerable to the onset of an unproductive feeling , ask yourself : ‘ How can I make more effective use of this present moment ? ’ |
| 24 | So I jerk a reluctant Rainbow to her feet , cause her to blurt appropriate remarks about the lateness of the hour , and steer her out of this snakes ' nest of baby ben Issachars . |
| 25 | It was almost as though some supernatural force possessed him , causing him to shed twenty years ; his face lost much of the sunken look of recent times , and he went about his work with such youthful vigour that a stranger might have believed there were not one but several such figures pushing trolleys about the corridors of Darlington Hall . |
| 26 | Howard finally got his gun into position and fired one barrel at their original assailant , causing him to dive headlong back behind the palm tree . |
| 27 | Leading evangelist Jim Smith certainly thinks so , causing him to write three books on how the church can reach out and hold men . |
| 28 | Against an opponent who had bitten through his glove in their last fight , causing him to have seven stitches in the fist , he concentrated on punches to Carr 's mouth . |
| 29 | These add to his feelings by causing him to feel unwelcome and unsafe in such a dirty , disused place . |
| 30 | A cloud seemed to descend upon Lucy , causing her to remain silent . |