Example sentences of "[been] cause by a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Brundle 's trouble had been caused by a split exhaust pipe which overheated a shock absorber . |
| 2 | Then , of course , there was Edmund Halley , he of comet fame — he was equally certain that the flooding had been caused by a passing comet . |
| 3 | The unrest , which was connected with further proposed petrol price and bus fare increases and also involved student protests , was believed to have been caused by a Supreme Court decision not to proceed with corruption charges against various former ministers . |
| 4 | Australia 's national research organisation has said that the temperature jump could still have been caused by a natural variable . |
| 5 | On May 24 the navy reopened its inquiry into the 1989 explosion on the battleship USS Iowa after new tests cast fresh doubt on its original finding that the disaster had been caused by a suicidal gunner [ see pp. 36604 ; 37410 ] . |