The pacifist heritage of the colonists was a partial cause; now they could stop hating those brothers who wore the Emperor's uniform.

The police have also pointed to increased gang activity as a partial cause.

Some point to this as a partial cause of the financial meltdown of 2008.

Another partial cause for the years it took to solve this crime was the initial work done by the New Haven police force itself.

Living in London might be a partial cause.

Each of these factors is partial cause, partial effect, of the other.

Many of these conditions are interrelated, for example obesity is thought to be a partial cause of many other illnesses.

In 1526, he married Diana Contarini, whose early death was at least a partial cause of his entering upon an ecclesiastical career.

It is a partial cause, there are far wider influences.

Hurricane Joan was a partial cause of Nicaraguans being, on average, worse-off than they were in the 1970s.