Preposition: of

• loss: However, again this slip was not causative of any loss.

• accident: His failure to do so was negligent, and causative of the accident.

• death: In short the inquiry must focus on matters directly causative of the death and must indeed be confined to these matters alone " .

• damage: Why should that have been causative of any damage when the title " problem " never proved to be a problem in fact?

Modifies a noun

• organism: A causative organism was not found in either outbreak.

• agent: The causative agent is thought to an abnormal form of a protein called a ' prion ' .

• mutation: DNA sequencing of the most relevant candidate genes will then be carried out in order to identify the causative mutation.

• factor: The HLA genes are not likely to be main causative factor.

• gene: For example, discovery of the causative gene for a disease often leads to a DNA test to detect disease gene carriers.

• bacterium: Unfortunately, even tho elimination of the symptoms is often possible with appropriate therapy, eradication of the causative bacteria is not.

Modifying Another Word

• not: At the end of the day they were not causative.

• directly: In short the inquiry must focus on matters directly causative of the death and must indeed be confined to these matters alone " .