Example sentences of "[be] [adj] to have been cause [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Symptoms were unchanged in 7% of patients and therefore were unlikely to have been caused by gall stones . |
| 2 | Some of the decline in compliance , says the report , is likely to have been caused by the cooler , wetter conditions of 1991 , resulting in a lower rate of " die-off " of bacteria , and an increase in the frequency in operation of storm overflows , which generally do not have any treatment to reduce bacterial numbers . |
| 3 | He has also examined the well-publicised cluster of leukaemia cases around the Dounreay nuclear plant and concludes it is likely to have been caused by exposure to incoming oil workers rather than radiation from the plant . |
| 4 | Sometimes the testicles suffer from under or over-suspension , either of which can cause discomfort , but this is unlikely to have been caused by a vasectomy operation . |
| 5 | This latter finding implies that the hypocholesterolaemia is unlikely to have been caused by the metabolic effect of an occult tumour . |