Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb past] caused [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It has been used effectively for example in destroying odours from maggot farms which had caused a nuisance over a wide area , for more than twenty years and not even a tall chimney was necessary to remove the resultant exhaust gases .
2 But it was n't that which had caused the perspiration to stand out on her skin .
3 The whole truth of course he had not sussed out , for who could possibly imagine that luck of hers , which had caused the telephone to ring at precisely the right moment .
4 Mr Geoffrey Robertson , QC , submitted that the scenes which had caused the board to ban the video were to be seen as ‘ manifestations of a woman 's subconsciousness ’ .
5 The negotiations started positively , with agreement on separate Palestinian representation within the joint Jordanian-Palestinian delegation , the issue which had caused the collapse of the second round of talks .
6 This followed the arrest in Switzerland of Gerald Andries , one of the French agents against whom a warrant remained outstanding in connection with the bombing of the Greenpeace ship in Auckland harbour in July 1985 , which had caused the death of one of its crew [ see p. 38480 ] .
7 The plan , which included conservation , diversification and financial assistance , was designed to combat the severe depletion of east-coast fish stocks , particularly off Newfoundland and Nova Scotia , which had caused the closure of several plants and the unemployment of several thousand fishermen and processing workers .
8 What had caused the change ?
9 As I stared at her wondering what had caused the condition , I decided that it must be some kind of vitamin deficiency .
10 And what had caused the overpopulation ?
11 Scared pelicans flapped away , and Ellen came up from the galley to see what had caused the commotion .
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