Example sentences of "have be caused [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The doctor said the injury could have been caused in a number of ways and though the soldier was limping he was ‘ surprised that such a minor injury would cause a limp . ’ |
| 2 | Have you ever come out in a rash after working in the garden , and thought it might have been caused by a plant you were handling ? |
| 3 | There could have been an innocent explanation for the dust cloud : it could have been caused by a herd of cows being driven to market , by a Prussian regiment on exercise , or even by a work gang hammering cobbles into the highway 's bed of chalk and flint , yet the musket-fire Sharpe had heard earlier , and the Presence of the enemy Dragoons on the southern bank of the Sambre suggested a more sinister cause . |
| 4 | Stoddart quotes a great number of opinions on this subject : it seems that some authorities think that they may have been caused by a fall in sea level which meant that the reef flat became a barrier to water movement , so that surf became channelled down the outer edge of the algal ridge as it returned to the sea ; alternatively the spur and groove system may be the most effective form of baffle for dissipating wave energy and is caused by reef-building corals forming the spurs — the grooves , once formed , may of course be accentuated by scouring . |
| 5 | It might also have been caused by a dry soldered joint , that is , one which can make and break with expansion when warm . |
| 6 | Although preliminary speculation was that the crash might have been caused by a bomb , accident investigators revealed that the plane had nose-dived after the right engine suddenly went into reverse thrust ; electronic safety systems designed to cope with this had apparently failed , and a warning light had either malfunctioned or had not been believed by the pilot . |
| 7 | The lack of reversal when splitting data by accident estimates may have been caused by a number of films with very little peripheral information in them , or it may simply have been an effect of the high correlation between risk and accident estimates . |
| 8 | It 's thought the blaze may have been caused by a spark from a firework used in a stage act getting into the air heating system . |
| 9 | It 's thought the blaze may have been caused by a spark from a firework used in a stage act getting into the air heating system . |
| 10 | Australia 's national research organisation has said that the temperature jump could still have been caused by a natural variable . |
| 11 | The court accepted that the plaintiff 's injury could have been caused by a brain shake without any actual blow to the head . |
| 12 | Sources close to the ministry said later that early indications suggested the deaths may have been caused by a fault with a stove in the tent . |