Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [noun sg] [noun] because of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another example is the Social Charter , which we are told is a matter for European Community control because of its potential effects on the competitiveness of business . |
| 2 | The programme area of economic development has been chosen as suitable for this research approach because of an appropriate spectrum of delivery agencies , common financial and political pressures , wide differences in management structures and approaches between agencies , and major differences in inter-agency relationships with the three main central government departments . |
| 3 | Mr Chambers bought an off-the-shelf company via his solicitors Gold , Mann and Co , opting for limited liability status because of the personal protection it gave him . |
| 4 | We have shown that the combination of adenoidectomy with insertion of tubes provides immediate restoration of subjective hearing ability because of the tube ; longer term sustained resolution because of adenoidectomy ; and also a possible reduction in the need for subsequent insertions of new tubes . |
| 5 | This issue could have practical relevance in the follow up of coeliac disease patients who may seem healthy during dietary treatment but still suffer from some degree of jejunal mucosa damage because of the ingestion of ‘ hidden ’ gluten . |
| 6 | However in many cases it is doubtful whether these are anything other than the traditional wage system in a new disguise — for ‘ merit ’ , ‘ loyalty ’ and ‘ cooperation ’ , which are often tied to length of service have been used as major criteria for wage increases granted in this fashion … managements have not proceeded hastily towards full-blown wage rationalization because of their own concern with preserving worker identification with the enterprise … |
| 7 | Fortunately , too , Labour has agreed to continue with that policy should it come to power — so let us hear no more complaints about depriving local government of central Government funds because of cuts in rate support grant , revenue support grant , or whatever it is called today . |
| 8 | The rumblings that Intel Corp has been having more problems successfully fabricating the Pentium chip than it has been prepared to discuss have erupted again , and our sister paper Unigram.X today reports that Pentium has been hit by another round of serious availability problems because of poor yields . |
| 9 | Intel Corp 's fabled Pentium chip is experiencing another round of serious delivery problems because of low yield . |
| 10 | It was further felt that in some cases the lowest tender tended to gain the contract at the expense of better quality work because of the financial restrictions the Housing Executive Board have allowed to be placed on them . |
| 11 | Autee Lord Justice had this to say at page nine two seven quote , having decided that he , brackets the judge close brackets , could make no allowance for the possibility of increased pension payments because of the increased cost of living index , he had to decide the present day value of the fixed sum payable in thirty one years time . |
| 12 | However , inflation rose from 3.1 per cent in 1989 to 3.5 per cent in 1990 ( partly as a result of increased oil prices because of the Gulf crisis ) . |
| 13 | It is difficult to determine the most effective and safest solution for the arrest of peptic ulcer haemorrhage because of the wide variation in results from different investigators and the lack of comparative or controlled trials . |
| 14 | Reasons for a reduction in productivity may include a poorly planned operation which can result in longer learning curves and a low average output the introduction of more learning curves because of frequent changes of resources and working methods changing physical conditions lower outputs because plant was initially selected for one activity and is used for another inappropriate activity longer hours being worked regularly ( this can occur , for example , when accelerating the work rate to recover delays ) the lowering of morale owing to frequent changes of plan and poor management . |
| 15 | The advantages include those associated with the interferometer ( see above ) and the associated computer , those associated with the high-power directed beam of the laser , which may also be operated in pulses rather than continuously , and also the virtual elimination of fluorescent background signals because of the long wavelength of the laser radiation . |
| 16 | Finally , the nature of rural employment can also militate against successful mortgage applications because of building societies ' lending preferences for ‘ white-collar ’ occupations . |
| 17 | Furthermore , the value of editorial can not be quantified against equivalent advertising cost because of the greater credibility of editorial . |
| 18 | Living alone , although a very real care problem for many dementia sufferers because of the need some of them have for continual safeguarding , might not in itself be a problem for all if they had sons or ( more realistically ) daughters living nearby who could help with their care . |
| 19 | Even when this is done it is difficult to compare the effectiveness of hospital units with perinatal mortality rates because of the increasingly small subset of perinatal deaths that are amenable to medical intervention . |
| 20 | Rampton began life as a criminal lunatic asylum in 1912 and today takes men and women who require treatment under special security conditions because of their dangerous , violent or criminal tendencies . |
| 21 | MILLIONS of home-owners could be stung for more council tax because of a Government blunder . |
| 22 | Cash reserves have been savaged by massive rises in social security benefits because of ever-growing dole queues and interest repayments on debt . |
| 23 | To be sure , there are more young men and women in this age group because of the 1960's baby boom . |
| 24 | Thus blacks have been excluded from high status occupations because of lack of power rather than the quality of their genes . |
| 25 | Lean body mass ( expressing acid secretion as mmol/h/kg ) is considered to avoid the bias caused by variation in parietal cell mass because of differences in the gastric surface area , as this accounts for differences in height and weight . |
| 26 | International marketing research differs from domestic marketing research because of : |
| 27 | Biological factors assume importance in many stratification systems because of the meanings assigned to them by different cultures . |
| 28 | Accordingly , whilst a person such as the appellant is not excused from answering any question in those bankruptcy proceedings because of self incrimination , he is protected in ‘ proceedings for an offence under this Act ’ ( i.e. the Theft Act 1968 ) , his answers not being admissible in evidence against him in those proceedings . |
| 29 | I 've not had the experience perhaps of teaching so many dyslexic children to be able to comment on this , but certainly when I was making the videotape at Brickwall School and I asked the headmaster about that and he pointed to the fact that they certainly have a very wide intake , a complete social mix , and Professor Miles at Bangor University says that in his experience of dealing with dyslexic children they come from all walks of life , and it 's really quite inaccurate — I suppose there 's a sense in which , if we 've got to use these phrases , that middle class people have always been very concerned about the education of their children and so they may be the parents who will ask questions about their children 's lack of development , but I think it 's only , you know , more significant in middle class terms because of that . |
| 30 | Homosexual clergy also need appropriate pastoral support , even though in evidence to us they said that they often prefer to work in Urban Priority Areas because of the greater degree of acceptance and diversity of life-styles . |