Example sentences of "that cause [noun] " in BNC.

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1 What do you think it is that causes homelessness ?
2 It is precisely this need to conform that causes tensions and difficulties for women studying physics .
3 Recent laboratory tests have shown that lapachol might also inhibit Trypanosoma cruzi , the protozoan that causes Chagas ' disease .
4 Researchers at the University of Warwick have found that Salmonella typhimurium , a bacterium that causes diarrhoea , survives for much longer than three weeks , but in a dormant state that makes it much more difficult to detect .
5 Son of Man will send out his angels , who will gather out of his kingdom everything that causes offence ( Matt .
6 However it is likely that the factor that causes variation in Lolium temulentum measurements is also active here .
7 Paul Zamecnik and Mary Stephenson of Harvard University have used this approach to interfere with the activity of Rous sarcoma virus ( a retrovirus that causes cancer in animals ) .
8 A team from the University of California at San Diego has concocted such a medium in which a particular type of cell that causes cancer in mice grows readily .
9 The nut itself is a curious thing that grows from the so-called cashew apple , and both are filled with a nasty acid fluid that causes dermatitis .
10 In his prize-winning paper , ‘ The Myotonic Goat : A Historical Perspective and Description of Hereditary Myotonia in an Animal Model ’ , James Atkinson of Vanderbilt University in Nashville , Tennessee , notes that the goats ' condition closely resembles Thomsen 's disease , a hereditary disorder in people that causes spasms and rigidity in certain muscles when any attempt is made to move .
11 These include tigers and other dangerous creatures that may or may not have material form at any given time , ghosts , as well as ‘ spirits ’ — the waterfall mara ’ that causes tuberculosis ; the tree mara ’ that kills a person 's ‘ soul ’ by breaking its neck , bringing sickness and death in a single day ; the hilltop mara ’ that twists and shrivels limbs , and so on .
12 And maybe it is this very success rate that causes problems within the indie sector .
13 Morally speaking , we have no doubt that it is ; but again reverting to our cynical sociological standpoint , we suspect that on the contrary it is often the dispelling of secrecy that causes problems for the system and exacerbates the crisis .
14 Erm that causes problems as well .
15 In times of economic difficulty it 's not only debt that causes problems .
16 Parkinson 's disease is a degenerative brain disorder that causes tremors and muscle rigidity among other symptoms .
17 It is this view of the experience produced by literature that causes Richards to emphasize the role of the reader rather than the author or the text .
18 Is it the fact that the mother is blundering towards the unknown , with her children that causes unease , or is it the de-feminised figure of the woman herself ?
19 ( L ) and c.p.m. ( 0 ) represent the amount of bound 125 I-labelled substance P in the presence or in the absence of unlabelled ligand , respectively ; L represents the concentration of unlabelled ligand , and IC 50 represents the concentration of unlabelled ligand that causes 50% inhibition of specifically bound 125 I-labelled substance P. Either Bolton-Hunter 125 I-labelled substance P or [ 125 I ] Tyr8-substance P were used in the assay ; both radioligands gave identical IC 50 values .
20 Some bacteria , such as the one that causes syphilis , have flagellae ; and it seems likely that flagellae and cilia originated as parasitic bacteria which , instead of causing disease , remained and became incorporated into the cell as the relationship was mutually beneficial .
21 We must naturally avoid any compression that causes bias .
22 Lowell Nicolaus and a team from North Dakota State University injected hens ' eggs with a substance that causes illness and vomiting .
23 Now for us that causes concern because we have gas in mines , we do n't recon recognize the Americans as having gas in mines .
24 Whilst there are many types of heart disease , the most common and the most tragic is the type that causes heart attacks and is called coronary heart disease .
25 Coeliac disease is an extreme sensitivity to wheat that causes damage to the structure of the small intestine ( see p l36 ) .
26 Animal Welfare groups say it would be madness to remove laws which have protected Britain for so long from Rabies , a disease that causes fever and paralysis , leading to a slow , painful death .
27 Eighty two staff at the Sainsbury 's supermarket on Tewkesbury Road in Cheltenham have contracted what 's thought to be a virus infection that causes fever , aches and vomiting.They 've all been sent home , and staff from other stores have been drafted in to keep the supermarket open.Tests are being carried out at the public health laboratory in the town to identify the illness.But Cheltenham 's Assistant Chief Environmental health officer says shoppers at the store should n't be worried about the outbreak :
28 If you notice a particular position that causes discomfort or pain , such as sitting or standing for long periods , then you do as Alexander did and use a mirror to help you detect the source of your problem .
29 Shingles is caused by the virus that causes chickenpox : the varicella zoster virus .
30 As no children seem to be on the way , the doctor recommends that the couple make love from 10.30 to 11.30 in the morning and 2.30 to 5 in the afternoon , as well as in the evening , a situation that causes Alfredo to break out in a rash .
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