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Discover LudwigThe phrase "apt to cause" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate a likelihood or tendency for something to result in a particular effect or outcome.
Example: "The heavy rain is apt to cause flooding in low-lying areas."
Alternatives: "likely to cause" or "prone to cause".
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Jobs involving excessive force application will be more apt to cause muscular and ligamentous damage.
Too apt to cause the patient grief or fear, or torpedo the family's hopes?
This is apt to cause the credit crisis to spread to the massive consumer credit market in the United States.
A casual glance at the opening gross for Clint Eastwood's Gran Torino – £333,000 – is apt to cause head-scratching.
In open play Bayer at times looked off balance yet almost any half-decent centre, free-kick or corner was apt to cause consternation in Real's defence.
Likewise, plans have to be made to have cash positioned where it will be needed in the early days of the case, when the filing is apt to cause the greatest disruption.
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Foreign noises on the line are more apt to be caused by worn-off insulation, dampness in the cables, or some other natural disarrangement.
It is apt to have had experience with similar situations.
Post-anoxic coma is apt to have a poor outcome.
Calcium-chelates are less concentrated but are least apt to cause calcification, low in lead and easiest to absorb.
FEARS COAL PINCH, BLAMES THE PUBLIC; Slow Buying of Bituminous Fuel Apt to Cause Scarcity, Railway Age Says.
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