They are the consequence of criminal behaviour by smugglers".
Some are the consequence of a brilliant new invention.
"I really like building things that are the consequence of ideas," O'Neill says.
Analysts say allegations of widespread corruption in state governments are the consequence of political decentralisation over the past 20 years.
They say those limitations are the consequence of a Constitution devised to prevent the reoccurrence of the country's totalitarian past.
Intellectual declines in the elderly are the consequence of underlying disease conditions, such as Alzheimer's disease or cerebrovascular disease.
Supply shocks, for instance, do more damage to global growth than higher prices that are the consequence of stronger demand.
Some of the ensuing errors, my friend believes — including the fight in the National Assembly — are the consequence of the internal tensions between different Chavista groups.
Crime is not the consequence of a set number of criminals; criminals are the consequence of a set number of opportunities to commit crimes.
"These results are the consequence of a strategy set out several years ago," Endesa's chief executive, Rafael Miranda, left, said in a telephone interview.
GM food, genetic engineering and all the rest are the consequence of the discovery that has edged out Einstein's relativity theory as the greatest of the twentieth century.
