sufficient cause
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsufficientandcause
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sufficient
adjective
uk/səˈfɪʃ.ənt/us/səˈfɪʃ.ənt/
enough for a ...
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cause
noun
uk/kɔːz/us/kɑːz/
the reason why something, especially something ...
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(Definition ofsufficientandcausefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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In the above parlance, such a mechanism would be considered a proximalsufficientcause.
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Again, avoidance of taxation is not asufficientcauseof a declaration.
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This called for the identification of asufficientcausefor a particular event.
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The possession of communist literature was often deemedsufficientcauseto investigate a federal employee.
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He considers culture to be a "contributory if notsufficientcausefor war" (p. 11).
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We refer to such words as suspects; but it should be understood that this, by itself, is notsufficientcauseto flag the word as a likely malapropism.
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This chapter by itself, backed by arguably the best bibliography in the book, would for me besufficientcauseto take it off the library shelf.
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Madison's argument can therefore be seen to be an essential element (in the presense of the outside threat) of asufficientcauseof the federal bargain.
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I was not persuaded that being yoked to unbelievers was asufficientcausefor exemption.
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Will that besufficientcausefor a declaration of war?
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That action would have been asufficientcausefor a motion of censure on its own.
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These important duties ought not to be performed by a deputy except in the case of illness, or for anysufficientcause.
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Any man or set of men who wantomly, or withoutsufficientcause, prolonged a terrible conflict like this would have on his.
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I believe that in itself is asufficientcausefor an inquiry.
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Thesufficientcauseis that the man did not want to register.
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A young man may be called up at his own request after reaching the age of 17½, provided he showssufficientcausefor his application.
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I do not believe that there was good orsufficientcausefor launching a war.
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Such a step is wrong withoutsufficientcause, and it is in breach of she royal commission's recommendations.
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There is nothing exceptional in that and it is not in itselfsufficientcausefor us to waive the rules.
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That is notsufficientcausefor abandoning a carefully thought out system.
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