Sentence examples for were thought to cause from inspiring English sources

In people they were thought to cause only mild diseases, and many researchers found them unexciting, difficult to grow and generally not worth the bother.

Doctors used to believe that by draining a patient's blood they could purge the evil "humors" that were thought to cause disease.

The "Schizophrenogenic mother" was once viewed as the cause of her child's psychiatric problems, and "cold, withdrawn" parents were thought to cause autism.

In a blissfully funny book about homosexuality in the 19th century, Strangers, Graham Robb provided a list of things that at the time were thought to cause or to indicate homosexuality.

Tourniquets, once discouraged because they were thought to cause damage to injuries, have returned to favor and have been used to treat wounds inflicted by explosive devices in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Dr. Panter said.

In Italy, until the 17th century, tarantula bites were thought to cause the psychological illness "tarantism", which led to hysterical behaviour and a desperate need to dance, of which they were apparently cured by moving to the upbeat tempo of the folksy tarantella.

Persistently low levels of it are thought to cause depression.

Thromboxane is thought to cause platelets in the blood to stick together, leading to blood clots.

Buildings produce half of all greenhouse gases, the chemicals that are thought to cause global warming.

Particulates in the air pollution are thought to cause inflammation that exacerbate underlying disease.

Genetic, or hereditary, factors are thought to cause more than 50 percent of all hearing loss.