Serious consequences occur when young children are maltreated, including developmental issues.

In understanding what consequences did occur, it is necessary to examine the context of her behavior.

More serious consequences, ranging from infection to death, have also occurred.

The consequences of what he'd just done might not occur to him for the better part of a minute.

All of them perceived that a consequence had occurred.

The best known pernicious consequence of all this occurred in August 2001.

The consequences of his callow actions don't immediately occur to him.

- implying that in Africa more serious consequences would occur.

Finally, he added, "no adverse consequence has occurred" as a result of the individual meetings.

Would the alleged consequence have occurred but for the negligent cause.