Example sentences of "have [verb] cause for [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It will be used following a routine AFP test if this has given cause for concern , and will be preceded by an ultrasound scan in order to determine the position of the baby in the womb .
2 In the first place it is noticeable that the great theme of his two Councils was the same as that of the Roman Council of 1059 , when the first effective legislation on clerical celibacy was initiated : it almost seems as if this subject had matured in his mind since that date ; certainly his early Deploratio virginitatis male amissae suggests that he may have had cause for thought on this subject .
3 The recent novels of the elder Amis , however , have given cause for concern .
4 A senior police source said : ‘ Certain events in London recently have given cause for concern . ’
5 The research should contribute not only to knowledge about the degree and type of control over this area of professional practice but also provide information on aspects of general medical services which have given cause for complaint .
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