Example sentences of "cause by a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are a number of problems caused by a protracted campaign — and arguably , this election has been going on since last autumn when everyone started wondering whether Major could pull it off . |
| 2 | Here the proprioceptor hair-plates of the legs lead to a " negative feedback " loop which moderates the exaggerated steps caused by a separate , centrally generated motor sequence . |
| 3 | Some tobacco companies even suggested that people might become smokers to relieve the irritation caused by a developing cancer ! |
| 4 | What do you do when the pain is still there , caused by a low self-esteem , the absence of love in one 's heart , the loss of personal assurance , and emotional confusion ? |
| 5 | ( 1 ) Where premises are let under a tenancy which puts on the landlord an obligation to the tenant for the maintenance or repair of the premises , the landlord owes to all persons who might reasonably be expected to be affected by defects in the state of the premises a duty to take such care as is reasonable in all the circumstances to see that they are reasonably safe from personal injury or from damage to their property caused by a relevant defect . |
| 6 | Mr Harris said : ‘ These injuries were caused by a violent and unprovoked kick delivered by Mr Newton . ’ |
| 7 | The beauty and clarity of our spring day was forgotten momentarily when we lumbered through a mighty ocean of dung and mud , caused by a recent and substantial visitation from the farmer 's cows . |
| 8 | As soon as the spill occurred — caused by a fractured ballast pipe passing through the Fonny 's product tanks — emergency shutdown valves on the jetty were activated — and essential staff were alerted . |
| 9 | He suffered brain damage caused by a fractured skull and died later in Middlesbrough General hospital . |
| 10 | Is my right hon. Friend aware that in many parts of the Yorkshire and Humberside region unemployment is significantly lower than it was at the time of the previous election , and that what the regional CBI fears above all else is the havoc that would be caused by a Labour Government , with their commitment to a statutory minimum wage , which would wipe out so many jobs , and to the European Community social chapter , which would make British industry uncompetitive in world terms ? |
| 11 | A spokesman said : ‘ We do n't believe it was caused by a normal operational failure . ’ |
| 12 | It was occasionally found in practice that the timer would re-trigger when the light tubes were switched off when the timer timed-out , presumably caused by a switch-off ‘ spike ’ on the supply . |
| 13 | A correct shout emanates from the diaphragm and is caused by a general muscular contraction accompanying the punch . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Thus , when we say that unemployment is caused by a general deficiency of the demand for labour , this is equivalent to saying that unemployment is caused by a general deficiency in the demand for goods and services . |
| 17 | Thus , when we say that unemployment is caused by a general deficiency of the demand for labour , this is equivalent to saying that unemployment is caused by a general deficiency in the demand for goods and services . |
| 18 | So far in this chapter , we have examined three explanations of unemployment : that it is caused by ‘ natural ’ factors , that it is caused by a general deficiency of aggregate demand and that it is caused by excessive labour costs . |
| 19 | From Gaping Gill a path leads through a grassy dry valley which soon narrows at the boulderchoked entrance to Trow Gill , a small but imposing limestone gorge — possibly caused by a collapsed cave — through which Clapham Beck once tumbled before being swallowed up by Gaping Gill . |
| 20 | Brundle 's trouble had been caused by a split exhaust pipe which overheated a shock absorber . |
| 21 | It might also have been caused by a dry soldered joint , that is , one which can make and break with expansion when warm . |
| 22 | An aneurysm is a swelling or dilatation caused by a weakening in the wall of a blood-vessel . |
| 23 | ACQUIRED immuno-deficiency syndrome , otherwise known as AIDS , the disease that is mystifying doctors and spreading rapidly among American gays , may be caused by a new strain of African swine fever virus that is infecting pigs in Haiti . |
| 24 | The different application is caused by a better understanding of the motivations of human behaviour . |
| 25 | There was a ragged hole just above the knee on his left leg caused by a small piece of shrapnel . |
| 26 | But they are also caused by a deep intellectual failure and fatalism inherited from the earliest Tory analysts of poverty . |
| 27 | It is not caused by a pathogenic ( disease causing ) organism — bacteria , parasite , virus or fungus . |
| 28 | Mental handicap can be caused by a wide range of medical , social and environmental factors , of which some are to an extent preventable . |
| 29 | The distinctive off-white appearance of the crest and upper slopes , often mistaken for snow , is caused by a liberal covering of quartzite scree , the visual effect being of sterility and virgin purity . |
| 30 | It is the vicious downward spiral of drug abuse , drug dealing and violence that terrorises inner city estates , not the police action to free the vast majority of law-abiding residents from a menace caused by a tiny minority . |