Collocations withcause
These are words often used in combination withcause.
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cause alarm
News of royal displeasure could cause alarm, but usually the king sought consensus, through negotiation and discussion, and achieved it.
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cause concern
The inflationary expectations of yet another group had begun to cause concern.
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cause death
These other chromosomal anomalies occur less frequently and often cause death in infancy.
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cause of deforestation
Increasing accessibility per se cannot be construed as a cause of deforestation, since improved accessibility through better roads can also facilitate better forest protection.
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cause of homelessness
It has probably been a greater cause of homelessness in this country than any other single factor.
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charitable cause
I do not blame her at all for raising one specific charitable cause and asking me to agree immediately to pay that £17 million.
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common cause
While commonly encountered in historical narratives, they have not been recognized as a general class of events with a common cause.
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contributing cause
On the other hand, inadequate tick control by a neighbour and spread of naturally-infected ticks was found to be a contributing cause.
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contributory cause
This may be a contributory cause in the relative paucity of this species during the rains.
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exact cause
The exact cause of host mortality, however, remains to be clarified.
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external cause
And if there is an external cause for the motion, then what in fact is the question?
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identifiable cause
The most common identifiable cause of bilateral vestibular loss is ototoxic drug exposure.
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intervening cause
This is true, but such symmetries are only implied in the absence of any intervening cause, that is to say in causally isolated systems. 13.
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justifiable cause
I am a strong believer in the principle that one does not make any inroad into individual liberty unless one has justifiable cause.
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known cause
Somatization is a complex problem in which a person purports to have physical complaints for which there is no known cause.
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leading cause
In developing countries, waterborne diarrhoeal illness continues to be a leading cause of morbidity and mortality.
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nationalist cause
This potential danger called for a consideration of whether communists could support the nationalist cause.
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natural cause
Meteors were neither the natural cause of social and political upheavals here on earth, nor even signs for such occurrences.
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noble cause
Nonetheless, he never ceased to believe that it constituted a justifiable and even noble cause.
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philanthropic cause
Busson is also active in a number of philanthropic causes around the globe.
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physiological cause
It seems to be insofar as death is the effect of an underlying physiological cause that one can but does not prevent.
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predominant cause
The shorter stadium duration is likely to be the predominant cause of higher growth rates at higher temperatures.
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primary cause
These findings support the explanation that inadequate engine design was the primary cause of the failings.
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principal cause
This minimizes convection of points that leads to uneven node point distributions and is a principal cause of numerical difficulties.
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progressive cause
At this point, his relative silence on race-based matters could be considered more strategic maneuvering than an embarrassment to the progressive cause.
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proximal cause
This is paradoxical because brain activity is the proximal cause of overt behavior, whereas the action of genes is only a distal influence on behavior.
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righteous cause
They believe themselves to be a legitimate army and that they are acting for a righteous cause.
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sole cause
Starvation is not the sole cause of caffeine-induced mortality, because several of the lines survive for longer on the drugged food than on agar.
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sufficient cause
In the above parlance, such a mechanism would be considered a proximal sufficient cause.
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underlying cause
Prompt diagnosis and treatment of the underlying cause can reduce the severity of peripheral neuropathy or decrease the recovery time.
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unnatural cause
It is a very difficult matter for the instruments to know whether that oscillation is due to a natural or to an unnatural cause.
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unpopular cause
He was sometimes dismissed as a weakling appeaser, but in these circumstances he held his ground for an unpopular cause.
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worthwhile cause
Ideological motivations (belief in a worthwhile cause) were not explicitly mentioned.
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worthy cause
We believe that the maintenance and preservation of our built heritage is a most worthy cause and support is already given by way of grants.
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