Example sentences of "[vb pp] to have been cause [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fire was reported to have been caused by a wiring short circuit . |
| 2 | The fire was reported to have been caused by a wiring short circuit . |
| 3 | That the windscreen wipers started to work can properly be said to have been caused by a set of things including the state of the wipers ' mountings and the smooth surface of the windscreen as well as the switch 's being flipped . |
| 4 | The infant had defects that were alleged to have been caused as a result of injuries , when in the womb , sustained when an accident occurred to her mother as a consequence of the negligence of a railway company . |
| 5 | In certain running-down cases , however , a defendant should be asked to make discovery ( eg latent defect cases , where the plaintiff may want to see all his maintenance and servicing records ; accidents alleged to have been caused by sudden and unexpected illness or death , where the plaintiff wants to see the medical records ; and of course claims in nuisance against highway authorities and their contractors , where discovery can often reveal breaches of prescribed safety codes and bad accident records ) . |
| 6 | Sharks , killer whales , and false killer whales are believed to present some threat to dolphins - scar marks thought to have been caused by shark attack have been observed . |
| 7 | Similar pores have been observed also in the Z1 Carbonate of the Auk ( Brennand and van Veen 1975 ) and Claymore fields and in outcrops of Zechstein carbonates in the U.K. , where leaching is thought to have been caused by meteoric water during uplift and exposure ( Clark 1980a ) . |
| 8 | At first the explosions were thought to have been caused by a gas leak , but gradually the police were able to piece together evidence linking the disaster to the Weathermen , one of whom had attached a wire to the wrong terminal . |
| 9 | Fergie 's ill temper was thought to have been caused by an argument on the telephone with Texan pal Johnny Bryan . |
| 10 | The problems of all five aircraft were thought to have been caused by fuel with a low octane level . |
| 11 | A car and the garage in which it was parked at a house in Filey Road , Scarborough were gutted by a fire thought to have been caused by an electrical fault on the vehicle . |
| 12 | A car and the garage in which it was parked at a house in Filey Road , Scarborough were gutted by a fire thought to have been caused by an electrical fault on the vehicle . |
| 13 | There have also been occasional errors of judgment , regretted by all but recognised to have been caused by the harsh financial climate on the one hand and the immense flood of new books demanding funds and shelving on the other . |
| 14 | It was believed to have been caused by high levels of SO2 or NO2 pollution from East Germany or Poland . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The erosion is believed to have been caused by a combination of : i ) the relative rise in sea level brought about by the slow sinking of southeastern England ; ii ) an actual rise in sea level locally since the 1970s ; and iii ) the reduction of saltmarshes due to human-made sea defences . |
| 17 | Cuts to Mr Gannon 's forehead were estimated to have been caused before his arrest . |