Object

• confusion: We have used the terminology of the time except where it could cause confusion.

• death: Smoking causes 120,000 deaths a year - 13 every hour or more than 300 a day.

• harm: The cause of that lay in his causing harm to the Prophet.

Converse of object

• tackle: So New Labor is failing to tackle two causes of crime, drink and drugs.

Subject

• bacterium: The common cold Is a cold caused by a bacterium or a virus?

Adjective modifier

• underlying: What is more, the underlying cause is well understood.

• worthy: He is no stranger to doing his bit for a worthy cause.

• common: The most common cause of infection is via pig movement.

• worthwhile: We ask that children donate the money that would have been spent on a snack to support this worthwhile cause.

Modifies a noun

• celebre: In Tyneside, the case is a cause célèbre.

Noun used with modifier

• root: This is still the root cause of all the unhappiness in the world today.

Preposition: of

• death: Take coronary heart disease, the second biggest cause of premature death in the UK.

Preposition: for

• concern: Provision for pupils under five is a cause for concern.

• celebration: Making it into the 21st Century after living 17 years with HIV is a cause for celebration.