Below you will find example sentences with "first cause". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

First Cause in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 11
  • Discovered as a combination around: cause
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 7
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 26.4 words

Words in this phrase

first cause

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • first can mean: Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest. Very common word
  • cause can mean: The source of, or reason for, an event or action; that which produces or effects a result. Common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 3 start, 5 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 9 statements, 2 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

a purely first cause argument than 1× a single first cause or arche 1× an efficient first cause is problematic 1× as the first cause and constitutes 1× caused the first cause 1× choices where first cause means that 1× here the first cause is insufficient 1× is its first cause 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

according to maimonides 1× being responsible for 1× by simply denying 1× god therefore is 1× objections and counterarguments 1× proponents argue that 1×

Common sentence endings:

and constitutes heresy 1× father of men 1× god s existence 1× moisture or water 1× natural and voluntary 1× of that cause 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

god 7× argument 3× choices 2× explained 2× existence 2× argue 2× action 2× creative 2× responsible 1× means 1× antecedent 1× rejecting 1×

Related phrases

first floor first lady first round first inning first leg first innings first phase first nations first amendment first sight

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around cause:

may cause 10×

Just before it in the phrase index:

first black first bet first battle first base first attempt first appearance

Just after it in the phrase index:

first choice first class first debate first defendant first degree first down

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

first floor first lady first round first inning first leg first innings

Same ending:

root cause may cause leading cause

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "first cause" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 26.4 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as a purely first cause argument than, a single first cause or arche, god, argument and choices stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with first floor, first lady, first round and may cause, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with first cause

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

What is its first cause? (5 words)

Objections and counterarguments seeAlso What caused the First Cause? (9 words)

God, therefore, is the first cause, Who moves causes both natural and voluntary. (13 words)

Longer example sentences

This form of the argument is far more difficult to separate from a purely first cause argument than is the example of the house's maintenance above, because here the First Cause is insufficient without the candle's or vessel's continued existence. (43 words)

By simply denying that an efficient first cause is problematic, being easily explained as the creative action of an omnipotent God, medieval theologians re-purposed and enhanced Aristotle's argument, as if the intention had been to prove God's existence. (41 words)

Rejecting mythological and divine explanations, he sought a single first cause or Arche (origin or beginning) under which all phenomena could be explained, and concluded that this first cause was in fact moisture or water. (35 words)

Question examples

Objections and counterarguments seeAlso What caused the First Cause? (9 words)

What is its first cause? (5 words)

Example sentences (11)

Being responsible for one's choices is the first cause of those choices, where first cause means that there is no antecedent cause of that cause.

Rejecting mythological and divine explanations, he sought a single first cause or Arche (origin or beginning) under which all phenomena could be explained, and concluded that this first cause was in fact moisture or water.

This form of the argument is far more difficult to separate from a purely first cause argument than is the example of the house's maintenance above, because here the First Cause is insufficient without the candle's or vessel's continued existence.

Proponents argue that the First Cause is exempt from having a cause, while opponents argue that this is special pleading or otherwise untrue.

Ramsey’s first cause of action was for unlawful deprivation of property without due process against defendants in their official capacity for the wrongful denial of his current right to hospital privileges at CHC.

According to Maimonides, to admit corporeality to God is tantamount to admitting complexity to God, which is a contradiction to God as the First Cause and constitutes heresy.

By simply denying that an efficient first cause is problematic, being easily explained as the creative action of an omnipotent God, medieval theologians re-purposed and enhanced Aristotle's argument, as if the intention had been to prove God's existence.

God, therefore, is the first cause, Who moves causes both natural and voluntary.

Objections and counterarguments seeAlso What caused the First Cause?

Rabbi Samuel S. Cohon wrote that "God as conceived by Judaism is not only the First Cause, the Creative Power, and the World Reason, but also the living and loving Father of Men.

What is its first cause?