Sentence examples for been a main cause from inspiring English sources

An investigation of the plane's flight data recorder determined poor maintenance to have been a main cause.

Liquefaction has been a main cause of damage to civil engineering structures in seismically active areas.

Accident investigations indicate that inadequate barrier management has been a main cause of many accidents in the process industry.

Problems with this system, known as full authority digital engine control, were a main cause of the delays.

They note successive military coups in Pakistan are a main cause of the country's current malaise.

Arab nations have demanded progress between the Palestinians and Israel, a conflict that is a main cause of unrest in the Middle East.

It is now well documented that the policy of sanctions are a main cause of the death and destitution in Iraq.

The United States, the I.M.F. said, was a main cause of the slower world economic growth, which it said would grow at 3.7percentt in 2008 compared with 5percentt last year.

Of those who did, almost 30% endorsed Silvio Berlusconi, whose ruinous policies as a clownish prime minister are a main cause of Italy's economic woes.

If distorted competitive conditions, rather than bad corporate governance and no proper banking system, are a main cause of Russia's plight, this should come as no surprise.

The development of computer technology in the second half of the 20th century is a main cause of the interest in finite mathematics in general and combinatorial theory in particular.