Example sentences of "to have been cause [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There have also been occasional errors of judgment , regretted by all but recognised to have been caused by the harsh financial climate on the one hand and the immense flood of new books demanding funds and shelving on the other . |
| 2 | These problems have been compounded in the 1980s by the government 's encouragement of the sale of council houses and by the rise in house prices in the owner-occupied sector , so that the acceleration in the urban-rural shift in the mid 1980s is not likely to have been caused by the lower paid . |
| 3 | The man , suffering from a leg injury believed to have been caused by the fall , was taken to hospital for treatment . |
| 4 | The explosion , the worst in Turkish mining history , appeared to have been caused by the ignition of methane gas , which in 20 seconds had reached dangerous levels inside the mine , apparently foiling a sophisticated alarm system . |
| 5 | This latter finding implies that the hypocholesterolaemia is unlikely to have been caused by the metabolic effect of an occult tumour . |
| 6 | Some of the decline in compliance , says the report , is likely to have been caused by the cooler , wetter conditions of 1991 , resulting in a lower rate of " die-off " of bacteria , and an increase in the frequency in operation of storm overflows , which generally do not have any treatment to reduce bacterial numbers . |