Example sentences of "cause [pron] [to-vb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At Liverpool the Principal wrote , also at the end of 1967 , that within the new polytechnic ‘ there will be complete autonomy in respect of the academic work of the Faculty of Art and nothing that has been said causes me to have any misgivings on this score . |
| 2 | The experience of watching my late husband 's 16-year fight against the degenerative effects of Parkinson 's disease ( one of those conditions which might one day benefit from embryo research ) causes me to write this letter in the hope that all who take part in the debates will recognise and confound these tactics of the anti-abortion pressure groups , quite rightly described by the British Pregnancy Advisory Service as ‘ an attempt to hijack government legislation ’ . |
| 3 | It causes them to suffer temporary lapses of memory and to have difficulty in concentrating for a short period of two to three hours . |
| 4 | But the gas also causes them to grow extra arms and legs ( at a rate for the average adult male Vascar of one limb every two months , slightly longer for women and children ) . ’ |
| 5 | How you start your day could even depend on how Dickens causes you to feel that morning in that particular part of the book . |
| 6 | For instance , a child may inherit a predisposition to schizophrenia , which causes him to have certain childhood adjustment problems , which in turn bring about unusual family communication styles . |
| 7 | Then , as M. Dupin stresses more than once in his book , all types of genuine Gruyère cheese should be cut into little pieces for cooking , never on any account grated , a procedure which causes it to form sticky masses rather than the long creamy threads which constitute one of its essential characteristics — a characteristic considered especially important when it comes to the soupe au fromage of the eastern French provinces , that same soup which , transmogrified into the onion soup of the Paris all-night bistros , has now found its way into packets labelled la soupe au fromage instantanée . |
| 8 | Ulph ( 1987 ) points out that those who earn close to the tax threshold will enjoy little or no income effect from the tax cut so that the substitution effect should dominate , causing them to work more hours . |
| 9 | The whiskery young man gave a sudden outlandish yell , causing everyone to look that way , several horses to dance skittishly and their riders to curse . |
| 10 | This caused me to regrade double jacquard . |
| 11 | As I opened the case I heard a groaning , splintering noise , which caused me to experience extreme pain as the bridge flew off and whacked me on the side of the head ! |
| 12 | So I jerk a reluctant Rainbow to her feet , cause her to blurt appropriate remarks about the lateness of the hour , and steer her out of this snakes ' nest of baby ben Issachars . |
| 13 | It was almost as though some supernatural force possessed him , causing him to shed twenty years ; his face lost much of the sunken look of recent times , and he went about his work with such youthful vigour that a stranger might have believed there were not one but several such figures pushing trolleys about the corridors of Darlington Hall . |
| 14 | Howard finally got his gun into position and fired one barrel at their original assailant , causing him to dive headlong back behind the palm tree . |
| 15 | Leading evangelist Jim Smith certainly thinks so , causing him to write three books on how the church can reach out and hold men . |
| 16 | Against an opponent who had bitten through his glove in their last fight , causing him to have seven stitches in the fist , he concentrated on punches to Carr 's mouth . |
| 17 | Her eyes blinded by scalding tears , Isabel stumbled after fitzAlan , the punishing pace he set almost causing her to fall several times , only his vice-like grip on her arm keeping her upright . |
| 18 | This caused him to invent Ambivalent Music , which you ca n't quite tell if you are listening to or not ( see Ambulance house music … ) |
| 19 | Luke sipped his juice : its extreme stringency caused him to lift both elbows and give a single , embittered nod . |
| 20 | Then something , a movement to her right , caused her to turn that way . |
| 21 | However , she realised the wisdom of his words , but hunger and the sound of the lunch bell caused her to discard all thoughts of a long soak , and instead of running a bath she stood beneath the soothing waters of a hot shower . |
| 22 | Whatever had happened up on the moor to cause him to feel this way about Sarah , she wondered . |
| 23 | The imperfections of our parents cause us to generate compensatory emotions that go on influencing us throughout life . |
| 24 | Apart from the need to reduce delays in the investigation of complaints there is no more important issue than the need to ensure that serious misconduct is met with suitable sanctions , and that the costs of disciplinary proceedings should , so far as is practicable and just , be borne by those who cause us to incur those costs . |
| 25 | Now he acknowledged to himself that his admiration for Sarah had caused him to overlook young Martha 's attractions . |
| 26 | No woman had ever caused him to make that kind of mistake before . |
| 27 | You 've caused us to miss Red Dwarf ! |
| 28 | ‘ Information obtained during the course of this year 's audit has caused us to seek direct confirmation of the beneficial ownership of this shareholding , ’ say the auditors . |
| 29 | ( 2 ) The appointment of any alternate Director shall terminate if and when the Director by whom he has been appointed vacates his office as Director and upon the happening of any even which , if he were a Director , would cause him to vacate such office . |
| 30 | ( 2 ) The appointment of any alternate Director shall terminate if and when the Director by whom he has been appointed vacates his office as Director and upon the happening of any even which , if he were a Director , would cause him to vacate such office . |