The same thing may, and indeed must happen, supposing them to be two different effects of a common cause: and by this method alone it would never be possible to ascertain which of the suppositions is the true one.
The agreement to pay British debts, will silence the clamors of all the body of creditors, and separate them from the tories, with whom they have hitherto made common cause.
Haste in eating, with imperfect mastication, is a common cause of indigestion in this country.
Until comparatively recent years the most common cause of mercurial poisoning was the excessive employment of mercurial medicines, whether by ingestion, inunction, or vapor bath.
Because of the singular uniformity in the symptoms and lesions the temptation is strong to look for a common cause, and to ascribe all cases to this cause, explaining differences by degree rather than by kind.
The cause of the merchants became a common cause, and the non-importation law was enacted, and Mr. Pinkney sent as a special Minister, agreeably to request.
It is no matter by what party names we are distinguished; this is our country--we are children of the same family, and ought to be brothers in a common cause.
The pressure of tight dresses, under the name of a "snug fit," enfeebles the muscles of the back, and is a common cause of projecting shoulders and curvature of the spinal column.
Take heed of worldly trouble and discontent; for this also is a common cause.
The neglect of ministerial duties is a common cause of sin, and of men's damnation.
I take the liberty of speaking to you, as we all seem to be united in a common cause.
They had plainly made a common cause, but it was Hippolyte who spoke.
If it is found that several horses are afflicted much in the same way, we have evidence of a common cause of disease which may prove to be of an infectious nature.
The great, comprehensive, common cause of, sometimes permanent, sometimes only transient, disability of the horse is external traumatism.
We worked for it with ardour and passion because it was stuff of the conscience with us that it would benefit not women only, but the whole community; this is what we meant when we called our paper the Common Cause.
In fact, any sudden chilling of the body is a common cause of lung disorders.
A common cause is striking the head against a low doorway or an ill-fitting halter or bridle.
The use of too much or too rich cream is a common cause of the coated tongue, foul breath and pale gray stools, often called "biliousness.
A common cause is frequent night feeding; an infant who is fed three or four times during the night is almost invariably a bad sleeper.
A common cause of late sitting, standing, or walking is rickets.
My observations, I thought, pointed to a theory of slaty cleavage different from any previously given, and which, moreover, referred a great number of apparently unrelated phenomena to a common cause.
Such a coincidence might fairly give rise to the conjecture that both were due to a common cause; but there is great difficulty in accepting this as a theoretic truth.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "common cause" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
