In its extreme form, it is the cause of most of the evil in our world, as some people, groups (yes, including religious factions) and even nations are so militantly committed to defending their self-image, and so afraid of being discovered and proven wrong, that they will actively silence, and if deemed necessary kill, others who present a challenge to it.
The slave-owners know this, and it is the cause of their fury".
"It is the cause of a nation that needs to be addressed," he said.
It is the cause of 13percentt of maternal deaths at hospitals in Nigeria, recent studies have found.
Trying to get rid of it is the cause of his misanthropy and, ultimately, the reason why he can never achieve what he hopes to.
It is the cause of many a brutal teenage hangover as well as a drink for those politely described as "down on their luck".
It is my absinthe, my drug, my downfall, and now it is the cause of a zit the size of Mt. Edna.
X-rays may be used to examine the underlying bone structure in order to determine whether it is the cause of a callus.
Judge Khoramabadi warned on Sunday that Facebook is destroying families, saying that it is the cause of one-fifth of all divorces in the United States.
Overrepresentation of blacks among lawbreakers is the result as much as it is the cause of our overrepresentation among the imprisoned — a fact about which the conventional racial narrative has too little to say.
Above all, it is the cause of the battleground state/spectator state bifurcation, which effectively disfranchises the voters of four-fifths of the states, magnifies the power of political money, depresses turnout, and distorts policymaking.
