Sentence examples for major cause was from inspiring English sources

A major cause was infill development whereby gardens were built over.

But Tensie Whelan, director of New York University's new Center for Sustainable Business, said that a major cause was the pressure from Greenpeace and other activist groups.

But in the decade or so since then, reforms stalled, and a major cause was the evaporation of political commitment in Beijing.

We were convinced a major cause was the extent of government control over industry, because we saw then what the collapse of socialism has now made so apparent: state-owned industries will always perform poorly.

In analyzing the breakdown, both sides said a major cause was disagreement over how long a plan should be in place before it sunsets, or has to be renewed.

The major cause was the rapid human induced land-cover and land-use changes, especially forest logging, thinning, and urbanization.

However, failures do still occur and a major cause is complications arising from wear debris.

I propose a major cause is a catastrophic failure of collective human memory and collective human imagination.

Officials are still investigating, but a major cause is already clear: 5,900 men were being held in a facility designed for 3,000.

And one major cause is the replacement of the camel by four-wheel drive vehicles as the desert vehicle of choice.

Major lower limb amputations continue to be performed at an increasing rate, the major cause being the rising prevalence of adult onset diabetes.