Example sentences of "have been cause [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The figures suggest that some 1200 excess cases of leukaemia may have been caused in Britain by the Windscale accident , since leukaemia deaths account for some 15 per cent of cancers attributable to nuclear accidents , the total toll of cancer deaths suggested is 8000 . |
| 2 | With this in mind , many companies give the customer the benefit of the doubt when this does not involve high cost , even though they suspect that the fault may be caused by inappropriate use of the product on the part of the customer ; for example , garden fork manufacturers may replace prematurely broken forks , even though the break may have been caused by work for which the fork was not designed . |
| 3 | The possibility that this accident may have been caused by vandals . |
| 4 | Post-mortem examinations on each of the deceased showed no signs of injuries which could have been caused by contact with the car , he said . |
| 5 | Oxford University medical expert Dr Godfrey Fowler said Cherie 's addiction could have been caused by Amanda smoking when pregnant or while breast feeding . |
| 6 | Purely on the strength of a chance remark by my retailer , who thought the symptoms could have been caused by metal toxicity , the tank was stripped down piece by piece . |
| 7 | At least some of the increase in late life fitness in ‘ old ’ lines could have been caused by reduction in the frequency of predominantly late-acting mutations , and a study of the effects of reverse selection suggested that this was the case , and that mutation accumulation had therefore also contributed to ageing in the base stock . |
| 8 | It may indeed have been caused by sunstroke or by an epileptic seizure . |
| 9 | Jacques Okoko , the Transport Minister , later suggested that the crash might have been caused by saboteurs seeking to undermine the country 's transition to democracy . |
| 10 | THE LONDON Ambulance service , hardest hit by the national overtime ban , is to investigate two deaths last week which may have been caused by staff shortages . |