Example sentences of "[verb] because of [noun pl] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In discussing the stages in the manufacture of the Kentish disc brooches considerable detail was omitted because of uncertainties regarding the actual methods of jewellery manufacture at the time . |
| 2 | A brief discussion of some major categories , with examples , is intended to illustrate the kinds of difficulty that translators often encounter because of differences in the grammatical structures of source and target languages . |
| 3 | Provision is also made for payment when the bonus can not be earned because of circumstances outside the workers ' control . |
| 4 | This happens because of changes at the synapses between motor and sensory cells . |
| 5 | Third , there are items that are not measured because of shortcomings of the data sources . |
| 6 | It was agreed in principle by the 16 NATO and seven Warsaw Pact countries at a conference in Ottawa , Canada , in February 1990 [ see pp. 37259-60 ] but then stalled because of concerns by the Soviet Union and its disintegration . |
| 7 | Slippage may also occur because of derogations from the 1992 deadline . |
| 8 | On April 24 , 1990 , the government legalized the Eastern Rite Catholic Church , although the return of church buildings taken over by the Orthodox Church remained difficult to resolve because of uncertainties over the current number of Uniates . |
| 9 | More successful , indeed , than even contemporaries realised because of inaccuracies in the official statistics which were available . |
| 10 | They are also faced with an increasing need to diversify because of changes in the Common Agricultural Policy to counter the problem of over-production , and a consequent decline in farming income . |
| 11 | Three previous attempts by Scargill to get a strike declared ( in 1981 , 1982 and 1983 ) failed because of splits within the union . |
| 12 | The scheme was first mooted in 1946 , but subsequently delayed because of disputes between the three states which share the Narmada river 's resources — Gujarat , Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh . |
| 13 | Her sight was failing because of cataracts at the time these were written . |
| 14 | In 1981–87 , there was a continuing process of national job loss ( Figure 5.4A ; this period of decline is little known because of delays in the availability of the data that are considered here ) . |
| 15 | The actual number of IgG producing cells per mucosal length unit could not be quantified because of problems with the sample orientation . |
| 16 | The Interfax news agency reported on Nov. 24 that Hetman , whose resignation because of " illness " had been confirmed by parliament the day before , had gone because of differences with the government over currency policy . |
| 17 | Mr Trippier said a number of inspectors had left because of offers from the private sector , but morale had improved recently . |
| 18 | But , though in custody , he has still not been tried because of delays in the French legal system . |
| 19 | UP to one quarter of the nation 's water supply is lost because of leaks in the mains pipes . |
| 20 | More working days were lost because of strikes in the last 12 months of the last Labour Government than have been lost in all the last five years put together . |
| 21 | Secondly , that the matter was considered but was rejected because of doubts about the extent of the House of Lords ' jurisdiction . |