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"been a major cause" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to describe something that has been a significant factor or reason for a certain outcome or situation. For example: - The increase in pollution has been a major cause of concern for environmentalists. - The company's poor financial management has been a major cause of its recent struggles. - Lack of education has been a major cause of poverty in developing countries. In each of these examples, "been a major cause" is used to explain the reason for a certain issue or problem.
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But terrorism has never been a major cause of Home Office embarrassment.
The dispute has been a major cause of tension in south Asia, provoking two wars.
Housing costs have long been a major cause of London poverty in general.
Such storms also have been a major cause of crop failure in the region.
It has been a major cause of accidents in America and abroad.
Pathogenic Vibrio parahaemolyticus in prawn has been a major cause of saefood-borne infection outbreaks.
Limits on religious freedom have been a major cause of discontent.
Accidental ingestion of iron supplements has been a major cause of fatal poisoning in young children.
Fatigue of structural elements has been a major cause of many catastrophic failures of railway and highway steel bridge.
Senate Republicans blamed Democrats for holding up the project, which has been a major cause for Mr. Rowland.
South Sudan's relationship with Khartoum has been a major cause for concern, both before and since independence.
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