The scandal rocked the Conservative government, and was generally held to have been among the causes of its defeat by Labour at the 1964 election.

These negative attributes were the cause of his defeat.

Anger about Mr. Duchac's lack of candor was not the only cause of his defeat.

Maybe we need to start some internal changes right now, because the causes of Iraq's defeat were all internal.

The plague ravaged the densely packed city, and in the long run, was a significant cause of its final defeat.

Tarrasch claimed the wet weather was the cause of his defeat.

Buchanan's performance is sometimes offered as the cause of President Bush's defeat, but this seems far-fetched.

This caused considerable dissatisfaction in his party, and no doubt was the cause of his defeat that year.

That injury could have been a cause of their seven-wicket defeat at home to Leicestershire.

There are other causes of the President's defeat.