Sentence examples for were the trigger for from inspiring English sources

FALLING house prices were the trigger for the financial crisis, so it should be good news that they have stabilised, in America and Britain at least.

Dr. Arias, the Tufts liver expert, interpreted Dr. DePinho's work more cautiously, saying it was too early even to be sure that short telomeres were the trigger for cirrhosis.

A report by Opec forecasting that demand for oil will fall next year and a separate study showing US stockpiles growing were the trigger for another round of selling on the oil markets on Wednesday, driving prices down further.

Ayad's alleged cries of "Allahu Akbar" – "God is greatest" in Arabic – both during the incident and upon his arrest by police wearing body cameras were the trigger for the Australian federal police to take a rare part in a state murder investigation.

However, whereas worries about Iraq were the trigger for the latest rout, a deeper problem is the fragility of the post-bubble global economy.Figures due on January 30th showed that America's GDP growth slowed to only 0.7% at an annual rate in the fourth quarter of 2002 as consumer spending stalled.

The new species of Uvarus und Hydroglyphus could also be well characterized by their male genital structures, but the results of the analyses of the sequence data were the trigger for improving the existing taxonomy.

She said the war in Iraq may have been the trigger for the rocket attacks.

Lehman was the trigger for the most dangerous phase of the crisis.

The slide would be the trigger for giant waves known as tsunami.

You know that the injustice done to my son was the trigger for war.

That was the trigger for the current friction between the N.H.L. and Russian hockey.