Example sentences of "cause [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | For every incident which causes damage to a glider while it is being flown , there must be many more that happen because of careless or thoughtless ground handling . |
| 2 | Coeliac disease is an extreme sensitivity to wheat that causes damage to the structure of the small intestine ( see p l36 ) . |
| 3 | That tort , we think , consists essentially of a breach by the defendant of a duty to take reasonable care which causes damage to the plaintiff . |
| 4 | Despite some earlier hesitations , it is now certain that A commits the tort of intimidation against C if he threatens B with conduct which is unlawful in relation to B and thereby intentionally causes B to act ( or refrain from acting ) in a way which causes damage to C. It is not a requirement of this tort that B's conduct be in any way unlawful in relation to C. An old illustration is Garret v. Taylor , where the plaintiff was the lessee of a quarry and alleged that the defendant had ‘ disturbed ’ his customers and his workmen by ‘ threatening to mayhem and vex them with suits if they had brought any stones . ’ |
| 5 | When scientists perform experiments which demonstrate that brain damage causes disruption to animal behaviour patterns , this does not indicate that the source of instinctive behaviour lies in the brain . |
| 6 | There is little direct authority on the position where A threatens B with an unlawful act and thereby intentionally causes B to act ( or refrain from acting ) in a way which causes loss to B himself . |
| 7 | By rejecting the stance of positivist criminology and by taking criminal motivations as given , postclassical criminology shifts the question from what causes crime to what influences people in the direction of conformity . |
| 8 | Recently , Metz and Ziff ( 38 ) have shown that in pheochromocytoma cells PC12 , cAMP causes IL-6DBP to trans -locate to the nucleus . |
| 9 | This usually happens when the pecking order in the pack is upset , or a new arrival causes confusion to the status quo . |
| 10 | This section has been applied so as to cover the administration of a drug which causes harm to the victim 's metabolism by overstimulation , if D 's motive for this is malevolent rather than benevolent . |
| 11 | It is not possible , however , to say simply that whenever one man intentionally causes harm to another that is a tort for , as we have also seen , the mere fact that my motive in performing an otherwise lawful act is to cause damage to another will not of itself make the act tortious . |
| 12 | The lowering of pH in fact causes aluminium to be released from clays ( in which it abounds ) , and this causes the fish 's gills to produce mucus , which reduces their ability to absorb oxygen . |
| 13 | Next morning the city 's crystal-blue skies are covered by a curtain of grey smog which hides the snowy Andean peaks and causes havoc to local flight schedules . |
| 14 | A further benefit of this analysis is that it causes attention to be focused on the real medical-legal issue ; whether , and if so , what , liability ( criminal or civil ) ever attends the decision which is significant , namely turning , or failing to turn , the ventilator on again . |
| 15 | This appears to be as would be predicted from the Baddeley quotation — where the subject is performing an important task arousal causes attention to be focused more centrally on it , improving performance . |
| 16 | Go to the lavatory when you feel the need , do n't try to ‘ hang on ’ , that causes stress to the bladder and may encourage an attack . |
| 17 | Explaining why he did not foresee a cut in interest rates in the near future , he said : ‘ I have to take into account the needs of savers , many of whom have been writing to me recently , the exchange rate which causes concern to some people — and I believe what people above all want is stability . ’ |
| 18 | It genuinely is like that and a statement like ‘ Mwat Is Murder ’ causes offence to the strictly guarded view of the nice , normal family . ) |
| 19 | If someone causes offence to us ( ie Leeds supporters ) then they can be kicked off . |
| 20 | Tort considers such things as the caterer 's liability for negligently prepared food which causes injury to the customer . |
| 21 | If , for example , a hotelier contracts with a lift company to repair the lift of the hotel , and thereafter the lift malfunctions and causes injury to a guest , will the hotel or the lift company be liable to the guest ? |
| 22 | ‘ It shall be the duty of the licensee to secure that — ( a ) no such occurrence involving nuclear matter as is mentioned in subsection ( 2 ) of this section causes injury to any person or damage to any property of any person other than the licensee , being injury or damage arising out of or resulting from the radioactive properties , or a combination of those and any toxic , explosive or other hazardous properties , of that nuclear matter ; and ( b ) no ionising radiations emitted during the period of the licensee 's responsibility — ( i ) from anything caused or suffered by the licensee to be on the site which is not nuclear matter ; or ( ii ) from any waste discharged ( in whatever form ) on or from the site , cause injury to any person or damage to any property of any person other than the licensee . ’ |
| 23 | Aggravating factors include , for example , where the defendant is armed with a weapon or where he causes injury to the victim and threatens her with future physical punishment , extortion or kidnapping . |
| 24 | Sholto Douglas engaged two Bf110s , but these turned on the Fulmar , gaining hits on both its wings which caused damage to the hydraulic system . |
| 25 | It is not difficult to imagine that the impact of the crash caused damage to almost all the various spindles that make up the centre-pieces of many of the sub-assemblies . |
| 26 | In whatever form the respondent 's case is pleaded he must prove not only that the appellants acted fraudulently but also that their fraud caused damage to him by causing the enactment of section 18 . |
| 27 | Assume further that the loose goods caused damage to a vulnerable vessel structure , which damage , in turn , caused damage to the goods themselves . |
| 28 | Assume further that the loose goods caused damage to a vulnerable vessel structure , which damage , in turn , caused damage to the goods themselves . |
| 29 | Owing to a rainfall of extraordinary violence , the stream overflowed at the pond , and a great volume of water , which would normally have been carried off by the stream , poured down a public street into the town and caused damage to the plaintiffs ' property . |
| 30 | A written apology was received from a boy who had accidentally , while playing badminton , caused damage to a picture . |