Example sentences of "single [adv] [adj] cause " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sudden infant death syndrome — the sudden , unexpected , and unexplained death of an apparently healthy baby — remains the single most important cause of death in the United Kingdom of children aged between 1 and 12 months . |
| 2 | From the 1830s it became the single most important cause of the death of children , peaking at four deaths per thousand children per year aged under 15 ; at worst , 30,000 deaths a year in the 1860s . |
| 3 | Twenty years later , in an article in The Times , Treasure was even more categorical : ‘ I believe the tax system is the single most important cause of the lack of desire to improve efficiency that exists in our economy today . ’ |
| 4 | Despite the devastation which could be caused in peace-time , Gregory saw civil wars as being the single most important cause of disruption . |
| 5 | We also know that alcohol is the single most important cause of violence , not just directly , but also through the abuse committed on children by violently drunk parents . |
| 6 | The evidence shows clearly that the single most significant cause of decline in upland bird species in the UK as a whole is the removal of moorland habitat . |
| 7 | They are currently the single most common cause of death in England and Wales accounting for about one-third of all child deaths . |