100 Sentence Starters for Explaining Causes

No.	Item	Definition
1.	A common cause is	Names a frequent cause
2.	A contributing factor is	Names a partial cause
3.	A key reason is that	Highlights an important cause
4.	A likely cause is	Names a probable cause
5.	A major cause is	Highlights an important cause
6.	A possible cause is	Names a possible cause
7.	Another cause is	Adds another cause
8.	Another reason is that	Adds another cause
9.	As	Introduces a reason briefly
10.	At the heart of this is	Introduces the central cause
11.	Because	Introduces a direct reason
12.	Behind this is	Introduces an underlying cause
13.	Contributing to this is	Adds a contributing cause
14.	Due to	Shows the cause of something
15.	For this reason,	Signals the cause clearly
16.	Given that	Considering that this is true
17.	It appears to be due to	Suggests an apparent cause
18.	It arises from	Shows what produced it
19.	It can be attributed to	Assigns a cause
20.	It can be explained by	Introduces the cause
21.	It can be traced to	Shows the origin cause
22.	It follows from	Shows logical cause
23.	It happened because	Explains why it happened
24.	It is brought on by	Shows what caused it
25.	It is caused by	States the cause directly
26.	It is driven by	Shows what powers it
27.	It is due to	States the cause
28.	It is explained by	Shows what accounts for it
29.	It is fueled by	Shows what intensifies it
30.	It is prompted by	Shows what led to it
31.	It is rooted in	Shows a deep cause
32.	It is triggered by	Shows what set it off
33.	It is worsened by	Shows an aggravating cause
34.	It may be due to	Suggests a possible cause
35.	It may result from	Suggests a likely cause
36.	It may stem from	Suggests a source cause
37.	It occurs because	Explains why it occurs
38.	It results from	Shows what caused it
39.	It seems to result from	Suggests an apparent cause
40.	It stems from	Shows the source cause
41.	Now that	Because this has happened
42.	On account of	Means because of
43.	One cause is	Introduces one cause
44.	One reason is that	Gives one cause
45.	Owing to	Means because of
46.	Part of the reason is	Gives a partial cause
47.	Seeing that	Since this is true
48.	Since	Introduces a reason or cause
49.	Thanks to	Shows a positive cause
50.	That is why	Explains the reason
51.	The cause of this is	Introduces the cause
52.	The direct cause is	Names the direct reason
53.	The immediate cause is	Names the direct cause
54.	The indirect cause is	Names a less direct cause
55.	The leading cause is	Names the top cause
56.	The main reason is that	States the primary cause
57.	The primary cause is	Names the main cause
58.	The problem started because	Explains how it began
59.	The reason is that	States the cause directly
60.	The root cause is	Names the basic cause
61.	The source of this is	Introduces the origin cause
62.	The underlying cause is	Names the deeper cause
63.	This appears to be due to	Suggests an apparent cause
64.	This arises from	Shows what produced it
65.	This began because	Explains how it began
66.	This can be attributed to	Assigns a cause
67.	This can be explained by	Introduces the cause
68.	This can be traced to	Shows the origin cause
69.	This follows from	Shows logical cause
70.	This happened because	Explains why it happened
71.	This is because	Introduces an explanation
72.	This is brought on by	Shows what caused it
73.	This is caused by	States the cause directly
74.	This is driven by	Shows what powers it
75.	This is due to	States the cause
76.	This is explained by	Shows what accounts for it
77.	This is fueled by	Shows what intensifies it
78.	This is prompted by	Shows what led to it
79.	This is rooted in	Shows a deep cause
80.	This is triggered by	Shows what set it off
81.	This is worsened by	Shows an aggravating cause
82.	This may be due to	Suggests a possible cause
83.	This may result from	Suggests a likely cause
84.	This may stem from	Suggests a source cause
85.	This occurs because	Explains why it occurs
86.	This results from	Shows what caused it
87.	This seems to result from	Suggests an apparent cause
88.	This started because	Explains how it began
89.	This stems from	Shows the source cause
90.	This was brought on by	Shows what caused it
91.	This was caused by	States the cause directly
92.	This was fueled by	Shows what intensified it
93.	This was prompted by	Shows what led to it
94.	This was triggered by	Shows what set it off
95.	This was worsened by	Shows an aggravating cause
96.	Underlying this is	Introduces a deeper cause
97.	What caused this was	Introduces the cause directly
98.	What explains this is	Introduces an explanation
99.	What led to this was	Introduces the cause directly
100.	What lies behind this is	Introduces the deeper cause