Sentence examples for a direct cause of from inspiring English sources

The directional effect is a direct cause of the severe anisotropy in the mechanical properties of the fabricated part.

And not, apparently, a direct cause of death.

Some Chinese are even pointing to the dam as a direct cause of the drought.

While early pregnancy might rarely be a direct cause of maternal death, unsafe abortion most certainly is.

It has stopped banks from lending to "job creators," they contend, and is a direct cause of high unemployment.

In many towns and cities this brutal policy of deliberate destitution is seen as a direct cause of the increase in prostitution.

Further research is needed, however, to confirm whether the lack of neurons is a direct cause of autism, or is merely a consequence of it.

Home Office pathologist John Clark said it was unlikely that a head injury suffered during a fight earlier was a direct cause of death.

The number of passengers appears not to have been a direct cause of the crash, but obviously contributed to the high death toll.

Increasingly, gerrymandered districts may also be helping to protect incumbents, although academic research disagrees on whether gerrymandering is itself a direct cause of declining competition.

A seed, for example, is a direct cause of a plant, while sunshine, water, and earth are auxiliary causes of a plant.