Example sentences of "cause a lot " in BNC.

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1 If they 're not very careful , the family will lose out every time and that causes a lot of problems in our society .
2 and he causes a lot of problems for the opposition .
3 Causes a lot of talk .
4 Once you 've seen it , you 'll want to change your mind , they always do , and that causes a lot of extra bother . "
5 Though the moment of penetration is almost painless , the presence of the botfly causes a lot of irritation , and by the time it has been in residence for three weeks or so , the resulting lump is quite painful .
6 We all are aware that funds have to be generated but it , it causes a lot of membership .
7 Let's look at that again , when the boat 's heeled over that rudder movement causes a lot of turbulence and that 's just slowing you down .
8 Sitting in the compartment in my dark city suit , working away at the bright knitting caused a lot of second glances from passers-by , but usually ensured I kept the compartment to myself .
9 I caused a lot of hurt to my husband and family when I left them to live with her , but my partner , Kate , felt as strongly about me as I did about her and I know it was the right thing to do .
10 I 'm not saying it had such a positive effect on his career but it caused a lot of attention which he did n't buckle under , and I do feel a lot of people could n't have lived through that experience , but he did .
11 Nanny Fanny was also a Jewess , which caused a lot of bad feeling because Smallfry called herself a Catholic and so they believed in different pars of the Bible and were supposed to go to church on different days of the week .
12 Smallfry had forgotten to warn him because he had done so many bad things and caused a lot of trouble .
13 He says they 're not real gipsies and that last time they came to the district they caused a lot of damage to crops and stole several turkeys . ’
14 They did some dreadful damage and caused a lot of loss of life .
15 Travelling the country , Lola Hahn-Warburg found that her pronounced German accent caused a lot of trouble .
16 Although the case was ‘ exceptional ’ , due to the size of the financial crash , and a careful balance between the administrators ' reasonable needs and the oppression of the addressee was necessary , applications were not necessarily unreasonable because they were inconvenient to the addressee , caused a lot of work or made them vulnerable to future claims .
17 Engine failures cost Mario a number of races that he was leading and at Silverstone he had an unpleasant run-in with Hunt , putting Hunt off the track , which caused a lot of bad blood in the hugely provincial and chauvinistic British press , which backs a Brit no matter what .
18 I did hear from friends , who were still in service at the time , that this caused a lot of bad feeling . ,
19 He would not listen to her instructions and caused a lot of damage by climbing on furniture and shelves , banging things with his toys , knocking down displays in shops , and so on .
20 It caused a lot of financial pain to a lot of people , and especially to the fast operators in the City who were over-extended with investments in secondary stocks and flashy shell companies .
21 ‘ It really shattered her as a person and caused a lot of problems in her life .
22 It caused a lot of tension , riots , and they barricaded the cells .
23 A fine lot of 46 four-year-old prime Highland bullocks were shipped from Port Ellen by Peter Carmichael from Ballymonie and caused a lot of trouble .
24 Erm and that caused a lot of noise .
25 Now that was such a big thing and caused a lot of excitement .
26 It was somehow better than making her own suppositions , which seemed to take an awful amount of energy and caused a lot of stress .
27 Det Con Dave Stanmore of Bootle CID said : ‘ It was a despicable crime which caused a lot of distress to the families of servicemen who died during the war .
28 Well it , it , it caused a lot of aggravation to some
29 Erm , is there really a danger of this , I see that er , the A C C are supporting the proposal , but is it just another sort of Euro directive that is going to cause a lot of expense and distress to a lot of people who keep pigeons , which is on the whole not a , you know , I was going to say , not a very erm , expensive form of sport or entertainment whatever .
30 The world 's great love of the panda could be causing a lot of the damage .
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