Example sentences of "was cause by [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ‘ Oh ! ’ was caused by a flash of insight ; it seemed like an answer to the prayer I had not prayed , the prayer I had only thought . |
| 2 | There was a certain bitter anger in his voice , but it was obvious that it was caused by a tenderness for his grandmother . |
| 3 | The situation was caused by a conflict between the Peugeot Talbot and Citroën accounts , which has bedevilled the Euro RSCG merger from the start . |
| 4 | But firemen confirmed the blast at 3.42am was caused by a gas leak from a water heater . |
| 5 | Fire chiefs said the explosion , at 3.40 a.m. , was caused by a gas leak from a water heater . |
| 6 | Detailed geophysical investigations in the most anomalous area identified a large induced polarisation anomaly between Borland Glen and Coul Burn , which diamond-core drilling showed was caused by a zone of altered and pyritised volcanic rocks . |
| 7 | Ferguson knows his flop in the title race was caused by a goal drought and he said : ‘ We needed a shake-up . |
| 8 | According to a spokesman in the museum , the leak was caused by a blockage of the drainage system which , despite regular checks , had become clogged up after strong winds the previous week . |
| 9 | A major difficulty the divers faced was caused by a lack of valves . |
| 10 | Saying scurvy was caused by a lack of vitamin C was just a blind , put about by doctors and nutritionists who ought to know better . |
| 11 | By far the most devastation was caused in Coleraine on October 30 last , when £14m damage was caused by a car bomb that left a swathe of the town centre in ruins . |
| 12 | This was caused by a combination of a very strong gust and the fact that no one was keeping the nose down while the glider was being towed into wind . |
| 13 | Many improvements have been made since Hillsborough , which was caused by a combination of factors . |
| 14 | But he said the problem was caused by a staff shortage : |
| 15 | A doctor from the Gloucestershire Royal Hospital who treated Mr Hoad at the time said the spiral fracture of the arm was caused by a rotation force , a twisting of the arm . |
| 16 | ‘ The accident was caused by a loss of pitch control following the in-flight separation of the right hand horizontal stabiliser and elevator … . ’ |
| 17 | The fire at Reay Court , Borough Road , was caused by a cooker grill and the flames spread to the dining room . |
| 18 | The family alleged that her death was caused by a police-officer who pushed her over ; the police denied that this had occurred . |
| 19 | The problem was caused by a fault at an electricity sub-station . |
| 20 | For a claim to be recoverable the Policyholder must satisfy us that on the balance of probabilities the loss or damage sustained was caused by a peril insured against . |
| 21 | Lucille 's despondency was caused by a fear of Sharpe 's death , not a British defeat , but she dared not articulate such a thought . |
| 22 | It is very important to be sure that the wreckage of the whole aircraft is present in case the accident was caused by a piece breaking off in flight and falling possibly a mile or two away . |
| 23 | The scare was caused by a report which showed that cavers were sometimes being exposed to levels of radiation , in the form of radon , up to 800 times the official safety limit in homes . |
| 24 | The report was believed to have concluded that the crash was caused by a bomb carried on board by a Congolese national , Appolinaire Managatany , an opponent of the Congolese government , and , moreover , that Managatany had close links with the Libyan leader , Col. Moamer al Kadhafi , and the head of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command ( PFLP-GC ) , Ahmed Jabril . |
| 25 | Robson , snapped up on a free transfer from West Ham last season , added : ‘ I 've had to be very careful because the trouble was caused by a virus infection . |
| 26 | The burden of proof is on the plaintiff to establish that the product was defective , that the injury was caused by that defect , and that the injury was caused by the manufacturer 's lack of reasonable care . |
| 27 | The second fire occurred inside the concrete casing covering the damaged reactor and was caused by the ignition of a wooden structure in the ventilation circuit . |
| 28 | More concern was caused by the abolition of free trade unionism in the GCHQ security establishment at Cheltenham ; this appeared to equate trade unionism with disloyalty , even treason . |
| 29 | This , he had eventually decided , was caused by the diversity of his present academic work , which was especially taxing in that one of his university duties was a daily round of language-teaching at the local high school , the Pädagogium . |
| 30 | The basic argument of this tradition was that revolution was caused by the machinations of secret societies , who used their knowledge of occult forces to undermine authority and the stability of governments . |