I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a cause of stress
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Balancing work and family is the main cause of stress for many people.
a likely cause/reason
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the likely cause of the accident
a source/cause of pollution
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The factory was a clear source of pollution.
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Fumes from cars are a major cause of air pollution.
a source/cause of worry
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Her children were a constant source of worry.
a virus causes sth
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The virus causes people to sweat.
be a cause for concern
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Rising global temperatures are a cause for serious concern.
be grounds/cause/reason for optimism
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The lower crime figures are certainly grounds for optimism.
cause a disease
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Smoking is probably the major factor causing heart disease.
cause a riot
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When the election results were announced, it caused riots in the capital.
cause a scandal
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The vicar caused a scandal by having an affair with a young woman.
cause an explosion
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The police do not yet know what caused the explosion.
cause an incident
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His carelessness caused a major incident.
cause an injury
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The injury was caused by flying glass from the car windscreen.
cause concern
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The announcement will cause concern in the Middle East.
cause controversy
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His speech caused great controversy.
cause célèbre
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The case became a cause célèbre among feminists.
cause damage
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We surveyed the damage caused by the bomb.
cause death
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We still don't know what caused his death.
cause decay
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Bacteria stick to food and cause decay.
cause embarrassment
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Some of his jokes caused embarrassment to the older members of the audience.
cause erosion
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Acid rain has caused serious erosion, and now the entire hillside could slide down.
cause headaches
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The drug can cause headaches.
cause irritation
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The astringent can cause irritation to sensitive skin.
cause jealousy
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A partner's involvement with friends, family, or work colleagues can cause jealousy.
cause mischief (= do things that cause trouble or damage )
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Boys were wandering around, out to cause mischief.
cause nausea
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The medicine can cause nausea and dizziness.
cause panic
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The earthquake caused widespread panic.
cause recession
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Rising oil prices help to fuel inflation and cause recession.
cause sb amusement
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The memory seemed to cause him great amusement.
cause (sb/sth) harm
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Very small amounts of the chemical cause no lasting harm.
cause stress
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Moving house often causes stress.
cause symptoms
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Make a note of which foods cause the symptoms, and which do not.
cause trouble
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I hope the delay hasn’t caused you any trouble.
cause unemployment
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People blamed immigrants for causing unemployment.
cause...aggro
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I hope he doesn’t cause any aggro .
cause/bring about a shift
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The affair has brought about a shift in the government’s attitude towards immigration.
cause/bring about an increase
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The heatwave brought about a massive increase in water consumption.
cause/bring on/trigger a reaction (= make someone ill )
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Wheat is one of the foods that are most likely to cause a reaction.
cause/create a disturbance
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Several people were arrested for creating a disturbance outside the embassy.
cause/create a furore
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The security leaks have caused a widespread furore.
cause/create a hazard
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There was concern that overhead power lines could cause a health hazard.
cause/create a problem
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The building’s lack of parking space could cause problems.
cause/create a storm
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The Prime Minister caused a storm by criticizing military commanders.
cause/create confusion
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English spelling often causes confusion for learners.
cause/create friction
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Having my mother living with us causes friction at home.
cause/create hardship
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The severe winter caused great hardship in remote villages.
cause/create havoc
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A strike will cause havoc for commuters.
cause/create resentment
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The special arrangements for overseas students caused resentment among the other students.
cause/create/bring chaos
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Snow has caused chaos on the roads this morning.
cause/create/lead to anxiety
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Their nuclear programme is causing mounting anxiety among other nations, especially Israel.
cause/create/provoke conflict
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Sometimes very small disagreements can cause conflict within a family.
cause/create/wreak mayhem
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For some children, the first fall of snow is an opportunity to create mayhem.
caused disquiet
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His appointment caused disquiet among members.
caused...angry
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The proposed changes caused an angry outcry from residents.
caused...consternation
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The government’s plans have caused considerable consternation among many Americans.
caused...disruption
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The strike caused widespread disruption .
cause/generate excitement
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The arrival of a stranger caused some excitement in the village.
cause/grounds for complaint (= a good reason to complain )
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I do not think that he has any cause for complaint.
cause/inflict casualties
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The rebels have inflicted heavy casualties .
cause/lead to a boom
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Tax cuts sometimes lead to an economic boom.
cause/lead to a breakdown
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Money problems often cause marriage breakdown.
cause/lead to a decline
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The use of agricultural chemicals has led to a decline in water quality.
cause/lead to a delay
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The bad weather caused a three-hour delay in sending out rescue helicopters.
cause/lead to a misunderstanding
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Hearing loss can cause misunderstandings, when what you say is not correctly heard.
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Don’t just assume that you know what he means; that can lead to misunderstandings.
cause/lead to difficulties
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Stress and worry both cause sleep difficulties.
cause/lead to disagreement
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This is a policy that has caused an enormous amount of disagreement.
cause/lead to extinction (= make an animal, plant etc stop existing )
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Exactly what caused the extinction of the dinosaurs?
cause/lead to illness
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Inadequate hygiene can lead to illness.
cause/lead to inflation
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Too much government borrowing can lead to inflation.
cause/lead to/bring about destruction
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It's clear that the bomb was intended to cause death and destruction.
cause/produce a sensation
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The drug can produce strange sensations in some patients.
cause/provoke/spark unrest
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The introduction of new working practices provoked severe industrial unrest.
causing an obstruction
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Police can remove a vehicle that is causing an obstruction .
causing...commotion
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Everyone looked to see what was causing the commotion .
chief causes
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One of the chief causes of crime today is drugs.
create/cause a shortage
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Poor harvests could cause food shortages in the winter.
create/cause a stir
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Plans for the motorway caused quite a stir among locals.
create/cause/provoke a crisis
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The people fled the country, creating a huge refugee crisis.
create/cause/result in inequality
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Certain economic systems inevitably result in inequality.
deserving causes/cases
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The National Lottery provides extra money for deserving causes.
espouse a cause/policy etc
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He espoused a variety of scientific, social and political causes.
have cause to complain
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Patients sometimes have cause to complain about the hospital treatment they receive.
natural causes
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death from natural causes
root causes
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the root causes of crime
start/cause an argument
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He was deliberately trying to start an argument.
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Money often causes arguments.
the cause of death
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The cause of death was a bullet in his chest.
the fundamental cause
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A burst tyre was the fundamental cause of the crash.
the sole cause
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I’m not saying that TV violence is the sole cause of violence in society.
the underlying cause/reason
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Stress is the underlying cause of many illnesses.
worthwhile cause (= one that helps people )
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We decided to give the money to a worthwhile cause .
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
good
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But Will took it lying down - all in a good cause of course.
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Eat fish for a good cause .
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This means made without good cause or excuse and could extend to a reckless statement.
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There was widespread alarm, and there was good cause for it.
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The tenor of the 1976 Act is permissive: a licence should be granted unless good cause is shown justifying refusal.
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There speaks the nineteenth century: all gone, but in a good cause .
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It is a worthwhile investment in a very good cause .
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That money could have gone to so many good causes .
important
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One important cause of residential segregation is competition for access to preferred forms of housing.
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The more important causes seen in an outpatient practice are discussed below.
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A series of such oscillations, aided perhaps by marine erosion, is probably an important cause of island formation.
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Success-even getting better-is made really important and a cause for celebration with noise and pageantry.
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In so doing, they probably constituted the most important single cause of the subsequent civil war and revolution.
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There will be a food court, beer stalls and fun to be had by all while benefiting an important cause .
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Because infection with Vibrio cholerae is an important cause of diarrhoea, we decided to use cholera toxin as intestinal secretagogue.
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These two physical symptoms are the most important causes of disability and failure to convalesce.
likely
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As to likely causes , the out-of-round wheels phenomenon looks feasible.
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Hypokalemia is usually associated with this condition and is a more likely cause of the arrhythmias.
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But one might be forgiven for doubting if this is the most likely cause of the toxic side-effects of direct drilling!
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Flying experts again reckoned a cockpit mistake was the most likely cause of yesterday's catastrophe.
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And if I insisted he came with me, he'd likely cause trouble, just as he said.
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A spokesman for Greenpeace said that industrial pollution appeared to be the most likely cause .
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What do you think is the most likely cause of your symptoms?
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Given that the doctor has ruled out infection and other likely causes for the diarrhoea, then food sensitivity should be considered.
lost
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My patron saint was Saint Jude, the patron of lost causes .
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A lost cause , the old woman reflected sadly.
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Stand by your principles but don't waste time on lost causes .
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All credit to Bann, though for not shutting-up-shop on an already lost cause as Mark Carson pegged it back.
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It's seems that their marriage is a lost cause in which possess the husband and wife not real affection for one another.
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But they are not completely lost causes .
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When he took his second 6 at the ninth after tangling with bushes, he looked a lost cause .
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In one sense, Mentmore was a lost cause even before we began.
main
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The main cause is the expansion of farming on to permanent grassland and the widespread use of fertilisers.
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The death of your guppies could stem from two main causes - a duff batch or, more seriously, Guppy Disease.
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Chronic dietary insufficiency is thought to be the single main cause but the mechanism is unclear.
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In other words, money supply growth is the main cause of inflation.
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But another main cause , particularly relevant to the south, is the massive rise in development.
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Most climate scientists now agree that human activity is the main cause of global warming.
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The fashion for tanned skin is the main cause of the doubling of malignant skin cancers in the last ten years.
major
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Some officials relied on the evidence of headmen; others believed that the intrigues of headmen were a major cause of crime.
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It is also the major cause of primary liver cell carcinoma. 7.
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By the 1970s, researchers discovered that a major cause of childhood blindness in Third World countries was vitamin A deficiency.
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The third major cause of patchiness is energy subsidy.
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One major cause of the current correction, many analysts and tech executives say, resides on Wall Street.
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With even greater environmental rigour, harshness itself is a major direct cause of community structure.
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The inability to control this growth is a major cause of business failures.
natural
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In my view death resulting from it is a death by natural causes .
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He then went to live with his paternal grandparents, who died of natural causes soon after his placement with them.
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The machine was not switched off, but Mr Lavelle died of natural causes , police said.
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Park officials defended their care of Yaka, insisting she died of natural causes after a lengthy illness.
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The statistics include heart attacks and other natural causes as well as accidents to hikers, climbers, and mountain workers.
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It is believed Mr Stamp died from natural causes .
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Merseyside coroner Roy Barter recorded a verdict of death by natural causes .
possible
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Here we discuss a different aspect of the problem: their possible underlying cause .
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Scientists have begun to investigate and to identify some of the possible causes , which may differ from species to species.
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The objective of this chapter is to consider the possible causes of this cyclical movement in economic activity.
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What are the possible causes of work inhibition?
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Read in studio A new theory has emerged tonight about the possible cause of the Hercules crash in which nine airmen died.
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Later chapters will explore the parent-child relationship as a possible cause of work inhibition.
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What then are the possible causes of conflict within organisations?
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Eating refined carbohydrates such as those above can raise the blood cholesterol level, and is a possible cause of heart disease.
real
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Only by dispossessing him can we turn to the real causes of human behavior.
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Crying with real cause , he begged her not to die.
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The real causes of the disease are still a mystery.
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This playing both arsonist and fire department is the real cause of the arms race in the region.
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Children can compete for the parent's favour and help, which obscures the real cause of the argument.
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She could almost feel the fangs at her throat, and knew the real cause of the choking sensation was fear.
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The real cause of war and strife is not religion, but man's inhumanity to man.
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Whatever the recorded cause of death-leishmaniasis, tuberculosis, pneumonia-the real cause is poverty.
reasonable
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He would then have reasonable cause to believe that an offence had been committed.
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Any person who without reasonable cause fails to comply may be sent to prison for not more than six months.
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Potts J. dismissed the defendants' application to strike out the statement of claim as disclosing no reasonable cause of action.
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We will legislate to bring into use dwellings left empty without reasonable cause for more than a year.
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It disclosed no reasonable cause of action and was frivolous and vexatious.
underlying
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While the underlying cause of the riots was multi-faceted deprivation some of the incidents were sparked off by police action.
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Here we discuss a different aspect of the problem: their possible underlying cause .
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So the underlying cause of the fall in investment is the decline in profitability.
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It is therefore seldom appropriate to treat disorders of language and communication by trying to influence presumed underlying causes .
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Competition between a large mass of parasites and the host for nutrients may be the underlying cause of this weight loss.
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Conventional discussion of the breakup of the boom and its underlying causes are generally inadequate.
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The underlying cause of all this was the girl's future.
worthy
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Membership of these and other worthy causes mean that our countryside is not lost to over development.
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Except all these worthy causes will be lucky to see half that $ 40 million.
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Any spare cash he preferred to donate to more worthy causes .
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She hoped that she did not appear to others like a worthy cause .
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Certainly we're called on to make a large number of personal appearances, frequently for worthy causes .
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The same logic extends easily to all sorts of other apparently worthy causes .
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Would you please consider donating to this worthy cause .
■ NOUN
root
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The main inhibitors to progress, and the root causes of fear, can include: Unrealistic personal goals and expectations.
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What are the root causes ? 4.
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Health promotion - keeping people healthy, and treating the root causes of ill health.
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The root cause of these crises is not that things are being done poorly.
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Admittedly, the back condition responsible is partly congenital, but that can not disguise the root cause , namely over-use.
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But Didion is interested in root causes , not in immediate provocations.
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Faulty circulation is thought to be the root cause of the disorder.
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Like retrenching, the technique of restricting behavior betrays a peculiar logic about performance and its root causes .
■ VERB
champion
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Because of this experience he came to champion the cause of psychiatry and of a high-minded version of socialism.
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If the church is to be truly pro-life, how can it help but champion the cause of battered women?
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Indeed, it was a pleasure for us to hear him champion the cause of unilateralism.
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Odd how no traditional civil rights or liberal black leader stepped forth to champion her cause .
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It is enshrined in draft legislation sponsored by Mario Segni, who championed the cause of electoral reform.
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Hopefully, these opinion-formers will champion the act's cause and gradually the public will be interested enough to find out more.
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Nor was Wilkins a layman championing a secular cause .
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It champions the cause of good beer and good pubs.
discover
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We have already discovered some of the causes of many kinds of cancer, which have been mentioned earlier in this book.
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By the 1970s, researchers discovered that a major cause of childhood blindness in Third World countries was vitamin A deficiency.
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Relying on tablets for the relief of pain without trying to discover its cause can be positively dangerous.
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We too had a humming in the dead of night for about two years until we discovered the cause .
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His glee made Bowring nervous about discovering its cause .
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Castle, this 1959 thriller casts Price as a mad scientist who discovers the biological cause of fear in human beings.
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In their anomalous behaviour electric arcs seemed to defy Ohm's Law and she discovered the cause of this.
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What is more important is to discover the causes of delay, without which general conclusions are likely to be unhelpful.
establish
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The Staffordshire authorities are carrying out an inquest into the accident to establish the exact cause of death.
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But 4 postmortem examinations have failed to establish the cause of his death.
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The important issue, before deciding upon remedial action, is to establish the cause of the movement.
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Connections had postponed running plans for the previously unbeaten Tenby until they had established the cause of his failure.
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Investigators are still at the scene in Woodside Road, trying to establish the cause of the blaze.
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The three year survey will establish the cause of the decline and decide whether a closed season is necessary.
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A postmortem examination failed to establish a definite cause of death and the results of further forensic tests are awaited.
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But the Crown Prosecution Service has dropped the case after four post mortems failed to establish a cause of death.
give
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This report gives a considerable cause for optimism.
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Last week's extraordinary results give them both a cause .
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He had smiled then and said that despite my generosity he would give no cause for jealousy.
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Gifts given without cause and beyond the ability to expend, self-sacrifices which seem so noble at the time compose propitiation.
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Construction faults, equipment failure and inadequate training of staff were given as the major causes of incidents.
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Every repetition of a libel gives a fresh cause of action against the persons responsible for the repetition.
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He has just the one daughter and that girl has given him great cause for concern.
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Yet paradoxically the bird is now giving serious cause for alarm to environmentalists because of a decline in the breeding population.
help
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The Smiths were not helping this cause .
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East Village redevelopment, done right, could help almost everybody's causes , even a ballpark.
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The physician must establish a sympathetic rapport with the patient to help elucidate possible causes and contributing factors.
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Kansas' 51 points in the Aloha Bowl did not help his cause .
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Mr Torres's two drunk-driving arrests did not help his cause .
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At the same time, companies also help out charities or causes through the sale of products.
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In a sense, they do not help our cause .
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At Griffith Park in 1939, Jimmy Demaret helped his cause in the third round by clever use of his wedge.
identify
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He used Pareto analysis to identify the principal cause as a loose loading arm.
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Such studies are often the first integral step toward identifying the cause of an infectious disease outbreak.
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Try to identify any recurrent causes of stress.
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Scientists have attempted for many years to identify a cause for canker sores but have not been successful to date.
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Investigations have so far failed to identify the cause .
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The real progress comes from identifying the cause of the error early and then eliminating the cause early.
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Overall, Skocpol's comparisons identify the causes and consequences of social revolution.
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It took four days for the company to identify the real cause .
investigate
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In investigating the causes of absenteeism from work, for example, researchers have found different contributory factors.
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Firemen were still investigating the cause yesterday of the fire at Mossa Grange Farm in Yafforth.
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We therefore investigated the causes of this complication.
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Almost certainly under Westminster pressure, O'Neill announced the Cameron Commission to investigate the causes of the disturbances.
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Mrs Aquino, we are investigating the cause of death of Inday Rodriguez.
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Police believe the body may have been in the field for several weeks and they're still investigating the cause of death.
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Surrey police are investigating the cause .
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It held up tram traffic for several hours, while the police investigated the cause .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
advance your career/a cause/your interests etc
cause/kick up/make etc a stink
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It's financial clout that counts or, failing that, kicking up a stink .
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It's for your protection, so that you have the union behind you if Mellowes kicks up a stink .
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It will still contain plenty of business and mortgage borrowers to kick up a stink about base rates.
lost cause
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At first it seemed the attempt to save the species was a lost cause.
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The miners' strike of 1984 turned out to be a lost cause.
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But they are not completely lost causes.
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In recent years he had come to feel that he was pouring all his energies into a lost cause.
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It's seems that their marriage is a lost cause in which possess the husband and wife not real affection for one another.
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Like his rebel ancestor, Buchanan is fighting a lost cause with prideful determination despite overwhelming odds.
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Like the languages in which it was born, this seems a lost cause to many.
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My patron saint was Saint Jude, the patron of lost causes.
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Stand by your principles but don't waste time on lost causes.
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That, however, is a lost cause.
make/find common cause (with/against sb)
underlying cause/principle/problem etc
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Doctors cannot find a cure for the illness until they have identified the cause .
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He no longer loved her, and with just cause , because she had betrayed him.
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I've never had any cause to complain about my doctor.
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Investigators are still trying to determine the cause of the accident.
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Money from the charity dinner will go to causes chosen by the guests.
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Our cause is just, and we are prepared to give our lives for it.
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The cause of Socialism is not dead.
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The child's behaviour is giving us cause for concern.
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The root cause of the current energy crisis is that we simply use too much energy.
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There is no cause for alarm about the safety of drinking water.
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Thousands died in the cause of freedom.
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We have little sympathy for people who leave their jobs without just cause .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Also, effects require or alternatively require other conditions as well as causes.
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But the very people who are the cause of the problem have to be part of the solution.
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Lastly, they want to give tax advantages to causes deemed worthy, or at least popular.
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Several other causes, according to their findings, often lie at the root of violence against tenants.
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The immediate cause of last week's blackouts was a large power plant suddenly going offline in Northern California.
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The persistence of black troubles, and the loss of faith in the old integrationist cause , has discredited traditional black leaders.
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These rebels felt they had a cause .
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This time, material progress did not serve the cause of the Church.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
accident
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Daytime drowsiness and associated sleep disorders can affect the quality of your life and can cause accidents , especially among drivers.
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Add rugs to hard floors for softness and interest, but make sure they will not slip and cause accidents .
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In fact I cause a car accident by obstructing some one's driveway.
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I can't imagine what caused the accident .
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Scooter Hire Most holiday injuries we see are caused by scooter accidents .
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It almost caused numerous accidents , here narrowly avoiding a head-on collision.
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But now spoil-sport officials in the Roads Service have ordered him to remove them, claiming they could cause an accident .
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They're warning that overloaded vehicles are dangerous and can cause serious accidents .
change
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What factors would we expect to cause changes in the supply and demand for bills?
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We can predict an increase in equilibrium price greater than that caused by either change taken separately.
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The information systems project will cause changes to the roles of employees and in working relationships.
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A change in operating personnel should not cause any change in quality control values. 67.
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More recent studies have shown that hepatic denervation causes significant changes in the biliary lipid composition.
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And the trauma had caused personality changes which made him irritable and difficult to live with.
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Any change in the number of ions present will cause a change in the electrical conductivity of the solution.
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Stopping rivers and creating lakes, it was reported, had caused irreversible changes to thousands of acres of land.
concern
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Joint interests could cause you more concern than anything else and you may feel that a partner has bungled matters here.
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Needless to say, this causes duck producers much concern and limits the potential enjoyment of this marvelous bird.
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This has caused some concern as peaceful demonstrators may be prevented from marching because of the threat posed by a potentially disruptive counter-demonstration.
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The inaccurate economic predictions should cause concern about the reliability of the financial benefits of annexation.
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The incident has caused great concern among officers at Bullingdon.
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He told them he had received reports that had caused him grave concern .
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But the phenomenon has also caused concern .
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Resistance has been confirmed in most counties where blackgrass is a problem, and is causing increasing concern .
confusion
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I seek your guidance about a matter on today's Order Paper that is causing some confusion .
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It caused a lot of confusion .
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Excessive doses can cause panic, confusion , inability to sleep, hallucinations and paranoia.
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What is being emphasized here is the fact that the two terms should not cause the proposal author confusion .
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The name is likely to cause confusion with Pete Astles' Peak Performance, who also make canoe clothing.
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Answer: Surprisingly, a. Why: This one sneaks into punctuation rule books and is uncommon enough to cause confusion .
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Even at the best of times fighting in the ranks can cause disarray and confusion in the army.
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Often, the terms hypertext and hypermedia are used interchangeably, causing confusion .
damage
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The upset and damage which has been caused to us by these articles is an extremely serious matter.
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The damage caused by this closure will continue to be felt for many years.
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For bosses at Morland damage caused by a Green King take-over would be incalculable.
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Trolley officials were required to build the preserve to make up for damage caused by the trolley project.
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Whatever we do, argues Moltmann, damage has been caused because of the irreversibility of the development of humanity.
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Draft directives on civil liability for damage caused by waste are under discussion.
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However, £200 damage was caused to a rear window.
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An attempt had been made to set it alight but no damage was caused .
death
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His action has already caused the premature death of 700,000 birds with miserly compensation to owners.
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She was in Charleston, South Carolina, the following August when an eight-minute earthquake caused 110 deaths and hundreds of injuries.
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Around the world, they cause the deaths of three and a half million children every year.
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Read in studio A man has appeared in court accused of causing the death of a pensioner by dangerous driving.
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Neighbour Martin Clarke, 31, has been charged with causing his death by careless driving.
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He knew he had caused their deaths .
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Benzodiazepines, of course, are prescription only drugs, and an overdose is far less likely to cause death .
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It was their sin that had caused the death of John Parker.
delay
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One train broke down, causing a two-hour delay .
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But bad weather causes frequent delays and cancellations.
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This may cause some delay to processing orders in this period.
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Now that in itself would cause major delays .
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It's been caused by a delay in the operation to move a bridge crossing the M4 near the Severn estuary.
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There also is a bug when searching by date that can cause delays in query time.
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The local emergency services have stated that the proposals will not cause any significant delays .
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However, many experts predict economic and financial obstacles will cause a delay of several years.
difficulty
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The second group causes most of the difficulties in spelling with consonants.
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Still, the lawsuit has the potential to cause difficulty for Clinton because it is in essence a simple story.
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Such divisions of opinion were causing difficulties in the functioning of local medical committees.
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But subjects that are more abstract, such as scientific concepts or math, may cause them difficulties .
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It is this adjustment which causes difficulties for our body rhythms.
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This caused many difficulties , for it seemed so remote to him now.
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They say it could cause difficulties , but are waiting to see whether the idea will come to fruition.
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Another use for the sequestering agents is to immobilize metals that might cause difficulties in processing.
disease
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The result is a hybrid virus that will multiply readily when given to humans but will not cause disease .
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But the role of the fungus in causing human disease is less well understood.
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These raised levels may be triggered by the bacteria causing gum disease , which escape into the bloodstream when gums bleed.
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However, there were complications that required additional surgery, jaundice possibly caused by gall-bladder disease , and pneumonia.
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Only within the last few years have doctors begun to realize that this microbe can cause disease .
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Perhaps gene therapy could prevent the mutation of the prion gene that causes hereditary brain disease .
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The authors believed that their serological results supported the view that infection with M paratuberculosis might cause Crohn's disease .
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Many of the germs that cause disease pass from our hands into our mouths; so can environmental metal toxins like lead.
disruption
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As a result they are less willing to accept the increasing costs caused by disruption and seek to recover them through claims.
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The Court ruled that such speech could be punished even if it was not legally obscene and did not cause substantial disruption .
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Only minutes before the final whistle, Halliday weaved his way infield, causing the disruption from which Morris was to score.
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Such speech is still protected by the First Amendment unless it causes substantial disruption or interferes with the rights of others.
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At the time of the shooting the students were not rioting or causing civil disruption .
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To support such action, officials would have to show that the publications caused or would probably cause substantial and material disruption .
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The influx of large numbers of construction workers had inevitably caused disruption in the nearby villages, especially the closest, Stogursey.
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Not according to a Texas case where officials prohibited armbands because they expected those who opposed the armbands to cause disruption .
disturbance
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They then distort the long-wave pattern which is controlling them, causing the next short-wave disturbances to move differently.
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Work inhibition is not caused by severe emotional disturbance .
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In 1957, Paisley and Wylie were charged with causing a disturbance in Donaghadee by preaching through a loud hailer.
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Thus, clinical disorders of volume are caused by disturbances of salt balance.
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This may cause disturbances in the basic organization.
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The advantage of this approach is that pain relief may be obtained without causing disturbance of sensation over the face and cornea.
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Binge-eating can cause menstrual disturbances , acute swelling of the stomach and also salivary gland enlargement.
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One athlete in particular, however, has caused more of a disturbance with his seeming lack of concern.
harm
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On that occasion he received a sentence of imprisonment for causing grievous bodily harm .
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Decision makers need to be aware of the harm that their decisions can cause .
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A 19 year old female student from Bath University was charged by Essex police with unlawful imprisonment and causing actual bodily harm .
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Scientific studies involving humans have a statistical threshold for causing harm to participants, and if passed they are discontinued.
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Another 40 people are facing charges of riot and conspiracy to cause grievous bodily harm .
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Some representatives from health clinics argued that the proposal would cause more harm than good.
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Land could be sold off or developed, causing significant harm to present areas of natural beauty and important wildlife habitats.
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Yesterday McClelland, 17, appeared before Teesside Crown Court and admitted assault causing actual bodily harm .
injury
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Heavier passengers will cause greater injury to others in an accident if they are not wearing a seat belt.
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The legal principles that apply to teachers whose negligence causes injury are the same as those that apply to anyone else.
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The police did not prove any intent on the part of the possessor to use it to cause injury .
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Sometimes there is a question about what precisely caused the injury .
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Anyone associated with the game of rugby quite right abhors tactics which can easily cause injury .
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I really believe the turf here causes a lot more injuries than grass.
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And it even comes in a plastic bottle, so it can be thrown at Teddy without causing serious injury .
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The early morning blast at the embassy in the capital, Sana'a, smashed windows but caused no injuries .
loss
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He or she closed down major corporations around the world for a day-causing losses estimated at billions of dollars.
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The question we ask is how small can z be without causing losses from trade to either one of these factors.
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Naturally this only applies where there has been no illness or injury which would cause dramatic loss of functioning.
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Unexpectedly weak earning from Motorola Inc. coupled with rising government bind yields weighed on stocks, caused widespread losses .
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Oxidation of hops causes a loss and alteration of flavours.
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This can cause loss of control, or at least a lot more work for the controller.
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A tumour or trauma in one side of the brain causes a loss in the field of vision on the other side.
pain
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This has been a fairly gritty chapter, all about beating up baddies, causing them pain and putting them to flight.
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The resulting recession caused enormous pain across the country.
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This causes no discernible pain in the vast majority of cases.
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Taking an extra dollar from a rich person would cause less pain than taking an extra dollar from a poor one.
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The fact that it doesn't cause you immense emotional pain doesn't mean you're not committed to it.
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In fact, an ear infection alone can cause sudden severe pain as fluid builds up in the middle ear.
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It will certainly cause pain and slow him down.
problem
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Subdivision is carried out only in so far as it is profitable; too much splitting would cause more problems than it would avoid.
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Sometimes doing that causes nasty structural problems , like a caved-in cake.
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The apparent lack of multiple entry and exit gates on the crowd side of the airfield was bound to cause problems .
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Is it possible that some aspect of his personality is causing this problem ?
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It is mistake which causes problems .
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One kid said you should go through her stuff, but that will cause more problems than you really want.
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If it's your end that's caused the problem , you might have a whole batch of mail to resend.
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But when these eco-skeptics do propose solutions, they generally advocate technological adjustments that fail to address the root causes of problems .
sensation
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This is a show that would cause a sensation in London or New York.
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This caused a sensation in Western countries where the threat of serious infectious disease had come to be considered remote.
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But the thick, hardened layers of dead skin sometimes press on the nerve, causing a burning sensation when you walk.
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When this happens the esophagus becomes irritated and inflamed, causing a burning sensation that has the potential to awaken a sleeper.
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The see-through trouser suit she had designed herself had caused a sensation at Rachel Ansorge's party.
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The advantage of this approach is that pain relief may be obtained without causing disturbance of sensation over the face and cornea.
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It also, vitally, causes the moment of sensation to be prolonged.
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Many neurologic disorders affecting the brain stem, cerebellum, and spinal cord posterior column may cause dizzy sensations .
stir
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Read in studio Voice over Kevin Maxwell has caused a stir by turning out for his village cricket team.
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Later still, the place caused a stir by refusing service to then-Sen.
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In the marketplace he caused no stir .
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He also caused a stir with his purchase in 1896 and resale in segments of the Trafford Park estate in Manchester.
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If I may say so, it caused quite a stir .
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They are marvellously done, and they have caused a stir of approval in this country, while also raising doubts.
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Then some of the Cowboys players caused a stir when they hired a limousine to take them to practice.
trouble
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Yet here he is, pleading for the life of the stubborn nation that caused him nothing but trouble !
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So it is at this time the contra have been causing trouble .
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There are people out there who will use any excuse to cause trouble .
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This could cause trouble when you bring the final rewrite home the next night.
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We didn't give them a chance to cause trouble .
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It covers the seventy-six areas of the tax law that cause people the most trouble regardless of the business they are in.
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Don't cause any trouble and don't insist if they look like objecting.
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The Empire Crusade was designed to cause the maximum trouble for the Conservative leadership.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
cause/kick up/make etc a stink
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It's financial clout that counts or, failing that, kicking up a stink .
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It's for your protection, so that you have the union behind you if Mellowes kicks up a stink .
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It will still contain plenty of business and mortgage borrowers to kick up a stink about base rates.
lost cause
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At first it seemed the attempt to save the species was a lost cause.
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The miners' strike of 1984 turned out to be a lost cause.
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But they are not completely lost causes.
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In recent years he had come to feel that he was pouring all his energies into a lost cause.
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It's seems that their marriage is a lost cause in which possess the husband and wife not real affection for one another.
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Like his rebel ancestor, Buchanan is fighting a lost cause with prideful determination despite overwhelming odds.
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Like the languages in which it was born, this seems a lost cause to many.
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My patron saint was Saint Jude, the patron of lost causes.
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Stand by your principles but don't waste time on lost causes.
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That, however, is a lost cause.
make/find common cause (with/against sb)
underlying cause/principle/problem etc
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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About half of the chemicals that were tested caused cancer in rats.
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As children we were always causing our parents trouble.
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The autopsy showed that her death was caused by liver failure.
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The fire caused $500,000 in damage.
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The power failure caused the whole computer system to shut down.
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Try to isolate the problems that are causing you the most difficulty.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Approximately 90% of deaths from lung cancer and bronchitis are caused by smoking.
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He claimed that the site was geologically unsound and any stress caused by a shift in water levels could cause an earthquake.
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It caused an estimated $ 40 billion in damage and killed 72 people.
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Such large emboli usually cause death within one to two hours.
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The stepfather denies 24 charges of cruelty and two of causing actual bodily harm.
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The theory among media honchos is that sending a reporter may cause families to change their minds.
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We're sorry if we've caused any confusion.
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What used to cause a belly laugh now earns a pleasant chuckle.