Example sentences of "cause [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the brain , HIV may be a direct cause of meningitis with headache and fever ; it can also cause progressive impairment of thinking , learning and memory which is known as ‘ AIDS encephalopathy ’ , ‘ AIDS encephalitis ’ or ‘ AIDS dementia ’ . |
| 2 | Section 4 may last up to 72 hours , and may be made only when admission is of urgent necessity and complying with the provisions of section 2 would cause undesirable delay . |
| 3 | Smoking crack during pregnancy can cause low birth-weight , respiratory problems and premature labour . |
| 4 | Alcohol can cause low blood sugar ( hypoglycaemia ) , usually 6–36 hours after a binge ; it is worsened by not eating food . |
| 5 | It also confronted them with the disagreeable fact that at any moment some disorder in their own sensory apparatus would cause that universe , ostensibly so orderly and so stable , to disappear . |
| 6 | Now obviously nobody would be daft enough to try running a car without oil , although some of the garages doing their P D I 's , pre-delivery inspections , can cause that sort of problem . |
| 7 | ‘ Jamie , why did you cause that scene ? ’ |
| 8 | Either can cause cellular damage , impairing function and hindering recovery . |
| 9 | Some materials will not withstand steam treatment and local heating effects may cause differential expansion of sheet materials causing warping , cracking and the springing of fixings . |
| 10 | It can cause prolonged suffering due to difficulty in breathing because of the obstruction or narrowing of the small airways in the lung and the destruction of the air sacs in the lung due to smoking . |
| 11 | The main health hazard will be from iodine-131 ( half-life of 8 days ) , which will irradiate the thyroid , and caesium-137 ( half-life of 30 years ) , which will cause prolonged contamination of the countryside and buildings . |
| 12 | The significance of the geoid for the operation of geomorphic processes is that it defines the ultimate base level for denudation ; any change in the geoid would therefore cause consequential changes in base levels . |
| 13 | This will cause economic disruption comparable with a hike in oil prices or interest rates . |
| 14 | Rubella ( German measles ) can cause devastating damage to the fetus in early pregnancy and girls who have not had an attack of this disease by the age of puberty are offered immunisation against this virus so that any baby conceived would be protected , although this should soon be rare in the UK because from 1988 , MMR ( measles , mumps , rubella ) protection has been available to all infants . |
| 15 | Rarely , the fish slip inside the mouth and can cause acute respiratory obstruction with fatal consequences . |
| 16 | Amazingly , the 1979 Tory party manifesto warned : ‘ The prospect of very high interest rates deters some people from buying their homes and the reality can cause acute difficulties to those who have done so . ’ |
| 17 | Compulsive enforced vomiting may also cause acute disturbance of body fluid balance which may require treatment in a hospital or specialist addiction unit — The regurgitated acid from the stomach erodes the enamel of teeth and results in severe dental problems . |
| 18 | Acute renal failure is not uncommon after aspirin overdose and large therapeutic doses of acetyl salicylic acid , choline salicylate , and sodium salicylate may cause acute tubular dysfunction . |
| 19 | he observed : ‘ It would cause administrative chaos if , before any decision , those adversely affected were required to be consulted . ’ |
| 20 | The essence of the court 's answer was that ‘ It is not in the public interest that people should try to cause or should cause each other actual bodily harm for no good reason . ’ |
| 21 | The Court of Appeal in A-G 's Reference ( No. 6 of 1980 ) , above , said : " It is not in the public interest that people should try to cause or should cause each other actual bodily harm for no good reason . |
| 22 | This will cause emotional disharmony and make it difficult to act effectively in any way at all . |
| 23 | This neo-Freudian theory has been articulated by Berger and others , and represents the sort of thinking underlying Dement 's original hypothesis , that the prevention of dreaming should cause emotional difficulties . |
| 24 | If the mother and foetus are incompatible , it can cause metabolic disorders resulting in mental handicap , although the problem is solvable , and cases now rare . |
| 25 | The more explicit pictures referred to in the text have not been reproduced as we felt they could cause unnecessary offence to both readers and distributors |
| 26 | Bad lighting and badly placed cables and furniture can cause unnecessary accidents . |
| 27 | Doctors were unable to treat them unless and until their parents had been traced and this could cause unnecessary suffering . |
| 28 | Removal can cause unnecessary complications to the middle and internal ear . |
| 29 | In conclusion , a smog alert system should be developed and considered very carefully before being introduced , to ensure that advice to the public is appropriate and does not cause unnecessary anxiety , that any measures proposed to reduce emissions temporarily are directed towards the most relevant sources , and that it does not weaken efforts towards longer-term reductions in air pollution . |
| 30 | What I want to ensure is that Computer Services aspirations for Phases 2 and 3 do not cause unnecessary delay or additional cost to an improvement in the Committee Division 's use of computers . |