Example sentences of "because of the threat [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Minister must be aware that , because of the threat of poll tax capping , by April 1992 we will have lost 200 police personnel on the beat and 200 civilian personnel . |
| 2 | Because of the threat of poll tax capping this year , it was compelled to cut £5 million from its budget . |
| 3 | Coun John Williams , leader of Darlington Borough Council , said : ‘ Because of the threat of poll tax capping we have to consider cutting the twinning budget . ’ |
| 4 | On the positive side , however , Mr Gross acknowledged that high standards are in the public interest and that , because of the threat of JMU visits , staff know their standards must remain high . |
| 5 | This man wo n't reveal his surname because of the threat of letter bombs and hate mail , but is angry about the auction . |
| 6 | Other economic benefits of migrant labour include the recruitment of migrants to particular jobs at lower wages than indigenous workers , partly because job titles and grades could be invented to cover up the fact that job content remained the same , and also because of the threat of repatriation and other forms of intimidation ; the enhanced possibilities for the introduction of shiftwork and piece-work , deskilling , and the slower introduction of safety measures ; the avoidance of national insurance payments by the recruitment of illegal migrants ; and the ability to shed and recruit with relative ease , thus avoiding the costs of labour hoarding ( Paine , 1977 ; Fevre , 1983 ) . |
| 7 | In August 1989 the Registration Officer will ask everyone on the Poll Tax Register if they wish to be taken off the Public Extract because of the Threat of violence . |
| 8 | A small number of people were happy to have their money paid into the bank , but opposed the scheme because of the threat to Post Offices and inconvenience to others . |
| 9 | Finally , there is a sense in which these two enterprises in London and Edinburgh were perceived as particularly worrying not just because of the social origins of promoters and beneficiaries , or because of the threat to wages , but because they meant bringing women into the work-place . |
| 10 | This is not just because of the threat from disease , famine or a self-inflicted nuclear holocaust ; all social worlds are precarious in a deeper sense . |