Example sentences of "has caused [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The source of this never-ending supply of wealth lies ten miles offshore : a huge seabed mound called the Happisburgh Sandbank which has caused countless maritime disasters down the centuries . |
| 2 | Where a chattel is unlawfully on the plaintiff 's land and has caused actual damage , the plaintiff may retain the chattel until the damage has been paid for . |
| 3 | The exclusion of women from this central moment in the history of the ‘ people ’ of Israel , when they are made God 's holy people , has caused great difficulty for Jewish religious feminists . |
| 4 | This has caused great alarm among the young men in the western half of the city , many of whom moved to Berlin to avoid going insane with boredom in a Bundeswehr barracks . |
| 5 | One of the problems is that we have not found a way of doing it cheaply , and this has caused great anxiety . ’ |
| 6 | The detection of single atoms in this way has caused great excitement because of its application in many areas . |
| 7 | Support for these other levels of reality has come from biologist , Rupert Sheldrake , whose ‘ Hypothesis of Formative Causation ’ has caused great controversy in scientific circles of recent years . |
| 8 | In the past the term " politics " has caused great confusion when applied to non-European societies . |
| 9 | The sudden death of Sir Charles Baskerville has caused great sadness in the county . |
| 10 | The incident has caused great concern among officers at Bullingdon . |
| 11 | The news has caused great excitement among scientists in Liverpool , who say their Edinburgh colleagues ' work could provide the missing pieces of the puzzle . |
| 12 | He will tell them that the proposal has caused great alarm and anxiety , and will ask the company to examine alternative ways of improving the efficiency of its limestone transport system , possibly with a conveyor system . |
| 13 | Er Chairman this , this matter has caused great concern in Bungay I can tell you , I went to the Bungay town meeting last night and they were absolutely horrified at the way this has been handled and I have to apologize on behalf of the , of the County Council . |
| 14 | No justification therefore exists for treating subfertile women with contraceptive drugs , and the endometriosis should be considered to be coincidental unless it has caused tubal and ovarian damage that requires repair . |
| 15 | Oh , she 's got all the answers up her sleeve I expect , but that has caused tremendous debt charges , which , at the moment , have to be paid , and whether we could find a private operator to take them on or not I do n't know , but private operators operate throughout the country and in many other of the districts within the county of Oxfordshire , and they operate efficiently and do just as good a job as the City Council are doing in the present situation . |
| 16 | Its planned introduction has caused adverse reaction from the Union of Communications Workers , which represents 40,000 BT employees . |
| 17 | ( 2 ) A licensing board may order the suspension of a licence on one or both of the following grounds : ( a ) that the licence-holder is no longer a fit and proper person to be the holder of a licence ; ( h ) that the use of the premises in respect of which the licence is held has caused undue public nuisance or a threat to public order or safety . |
| 18 | I do n't see any reason why they should n't be able to sue i if it can be proved that er the employer has caused undue stress on on an employee . |
| 19 | Which is more than can be said for the album sleeve of the new ACR album , which has caused unheard-of dissent at the offices of British Coal who claim that the artwork looks too much for comfort like the British Rail Freight logo and are threatening legal action . |
| 20 | A claim that the product is dangerous and has caused personal injuries or damage to other property ( i.e. other than the product itself ) is a claim for physical damage and can be brought in either contract , tort or under statute . |
| 21 | What is the position when the first defendant is sued and the second defendant has caused similar or greater damage ? |
| 22 | ( S. ) 65 ) that the Court of Appeal is less likely to be persuaded to quash the compensation order in such cases , where the offender in the Crown Court has caused specific information relating to his finances to be put before the court . |
| 23 | In recent years the use of CFCs ( a group of gases known as chlorofluorocarbons ) has caused increasing environmental concern . |
| 24 | Deforestation is also a significant problem in mountainous regions , notably in the Andes and the Himalayas , and has caused accelerated soil erosion as well as water management problems for downslope piedmont and deltaic regions . |
| 25 | The economic recession has caused European governments to take a fresh look at the extent to which a degree of interdependence in the past has been translated into a heavy dependence of the poorer areas on the richer north . |
| 26 | But even where there is no real warfare , man 's inhumanity to children has caused serious deprivations of rights and of benefits generally . |
| 27 | I have heard of cases where sudden terror and stress has caused involuntary evacuation of the bowels and I know without question that this was the occasion when I came nearest to suffering that unhappy fate . |
| 28 | However , the inner city depopulation of recent years has led to falling rolls in city schools and the consequent rationalisation of local education has caused certain Board schools to become redundant , releasing them for alternative uses . |
| 29 | It recommended that ‘ as rape is a crime which is still without statutory definition , the lack of which has caused certain difficulties , we think that this legislation should contain a comprehensive definition of the offence which would emphasise that lack of consent ( and not violence ) is the crux of the matter . ’ |
| 30 | It is a simple point , but it has caused certain distress . |