Example sentences of "[not/n't] cause [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If she dislikes all outward signs of mourning , wanting people to wear their normal clothes and for the proceedings to be very quiet and simple , that should be for her to decide , but if she is of the old school , who prefer mourners to dress rather sombrely , you should try to persuade the rest of the family to do so whatever their personal opinions may be ; although care must be taken not to cause friction over this or anything else which may sour the family gathering . |
| 2 | It is a duty not to cause injury by want of reasonable care . |
| 3 | This apparent rejection of one 's race is often accompanied by a desire not to stand out , not to cause trouble , to tip-toe about hoping nobody will notice you . |
| 4 | If you have a high need to maintain the relationship and a low need to get what you want , you may decide the most appropriate strategy is smoothing , i.e. you agree with what is being said so as not to cause trouble . |
| 5 | A defence of this kind , a claim that the purpose was only to frighten and not to cause harm , requires the full definition to be put to the jury . |
| 6 | Apart from its ease of use , plastic pipe has the advantage of not being so susceptible to frost damage and not causing corrosion with galvanised water pipes and tanks . |
| 7 | Rabbinical writers , whether orthodox or reform , uphold a tradition of not causing distress to living creatures whilst supporting the eating of meat and the role of the schochet or ritual slaughterer in its preparation . |
| 8 | well you stick on the right hand lane when no one overtaking that 's not causing trouble for us is it ? |
| 9 | This proposition , admittedly , is not without its difficulties when the sovereign is the same person in two or more realms where her ministers may tender divergent or opposing advice on the same subject ; but so far the possibilities involved in these different capacities of the sovereign have not caused embarrassment in practice . |
| 10 | In lofts , you must ensure that condensation can not cause deterioration of the roof structure or of any thermal insulating materials that are fixed or laid within it . |
| 11 | d Plastic cling-film does not cause salmonella . |
| 12 | It has the advantage that it does not cause corrosion to galvanised cisterns , but is now more expensive than copper and harder to bend and to join . |
| 13 | Antihistamines became popular remedies for motion sickness , and a search , only marginally successful , began for effective compounds which did not cause drowsiness . |
| 14 | Previous studies with tyr T DNA and cobalt-bleomycin , which binds to DNA but does not cause strand cleavage , showed that the antibiotic produces footprints which are centred around its cleavage sites [ 10 ] . |
| 15 | Pure ethanol given by any route does not cause release of gastrin in humans . |
| 16 | Cholera toxin did not cause nausea or vomiting . |
| 17 | Alternatively , if in exercise of their supervisory duty under s.9(1) the disposal authority form the opinion that modification of the licence conditions is necessary to ensure that the disposal operation does not cause pollution to water or danger to public health , or become seriously detrimental to the amenities of the locality then s.7(1) ( b ) imposes a further duty on them , i.e. the disposal authority SHALL serve a notice on the company modifying the conditions . |
| 18 | The implicit view is that walking is irrelevant to city transport problems because it does not cause pollution , or accidents , or noise , or congestion : it is not a problem as such . |
| 19 | The British Foreign Secretary , John Major , attending his first EC Council meeting , stressed that the undertaking to maintain a majority of European programmes was non-binding , and should therefore not cause offence to the US . |
| 20 | We ask indirect questions so that we do not cause offence or impose on other people . |
| 21 | The decision to go for darker shades was a brave one , as many hoteliers opt for pastels or similar standards in the erroneous belief that they will not cause offence . |
| 22 | For sign-and-magnitude and one 's complement , there are equivalent conditions for overflow to ( a ) and ( c ) , condition ( e ) is the same , and conditions ( b ) and ( d ) do not cause overflow . |
| 23 | And if I were to put it , If you have an opportunity of two sites and the development of one is capable of causing damage to existing characteristics and the other is not , would you go for the the one which would not cause damage rather than the one which would , or would you willy-nilly plump for either ? |
| 24 | It does not cause cancer , heart disease , asthma or bronchitis , but until recently it could only be ingested along with several hundred non-addictive , non-soothing but highly toxic chemicals . |
| 25 | Experts explain that exercise can not cause heart disease or a tendency to accumulate cholesterol , both of which are genetically determined characteristics and can not be ‘ brought on ’ by external factors . |
| 26 | Ectothermy does not cause slowness ; rather , ectotherms simply do not need endothermy . |
| 27 | A slight burn can cause a pale pink colour which may appear between 6–24 hours after exposure and can take 1–3 days to disappear , but may not cause peeling . |
| 28 | Semi-permanents that do not contain oxidation dyes just stain the outer hair and do not cause porosity and damage . |
| 29 | The planners realised that if a quiet residential street is designed using the same process as that used in designing a main road , it should not cause surprise if cars drive along it as though it were a highway . |
| 30 | In addition a 25 second burst of delta activity was seen that did not cause panic or disturbed behaviour . |