Example sentences of "[conj] of the presence " in BNC.
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1 | Where a rural freight branch has survived , this is only because of the presence of a major user , such as Blue Circle Cement at Eastgate , Associated Octel at Amlwch and Esso at Fawley . |
2 | Because of the presence of all these links , there is order in such a system , even though it is a type of ‘ society which still 'has ' no state ’ [ p. 188 ] and no classes . |
3 | Cetacean muscle is usually very dark because of the presence of the respiratory pigment myoglobin , which acts as an oxygen reservoir . |
4 | They occur because of the presence of harmful genes , which may be impossible to detect , but are again rarely inherited . |
5 | When they decide to go for a swim there 's a real rigmarole because of the presence of the English girl . |
6 | Marguerite Duras 's L'Amant and La Douleur bear witness to real , historical events ; indeed , her fiction as a whole is particularly susceptible to politicizing readings because of the presence of feminist and colonial concerns . |
7 | Of all the islands , Benbecula shows great evidence of change , because of the presence of a military base associated with the Royal Artillery rocket range on South Uist . |
8 | Clarke and Hayward ( 1989 ) have also shown that the Bell-Szekeres solution is extendable to the future through the surface , but the extension is not unique because of the presence of the singularities . |
9 | They chose Milan as the venue because of the presence of two schools which for the previous ten years had pursued the Pure Oral System , or the German System as it was more commonly known , and to help to give the Congress credibility , they chose as the President one of the schools ' headmasters , while the other school 's headmaster was Secretary . |
10 | This was found to be a general feature of elastomers because of the presence in most polymers of water soluble impurities . |
11 | After an appallingly rough five-day voyage the self-styled monarch was unable to land , as intended , at Montrose in Angus , because of the presence of a suspicious-looking vessel , and had to sail on for a further 60 miserable miles [ 96 km ] to Peterhead , beyond Aberdeen . |
12 | In contrast there may be certain parts of the world — Siberia has been suggested — where it may be important , because of the presence of energy or raw materials or for other strategic reasons , to have integrated factories where the emphasis is on minimising the number of people employed at that location ( Hatvany et al. n.d . ) . |
13 | Diagnosis of HIV infection in new-born infants is difficult because of the presence of the mothers ' antibodies in the babies ' blood . |
14 | He argued that the bread and wine somehow coexisted with the body and blood , and more importantly that the miracle occurred because of the presence of the faithful and not as a result of the magical powers of the priest . |
15 | The junior Dog is a very small constellation , but is unmistakable because of the presence of Procyon , which is one of the nearest of the bright stars ; it is 11½ light-years away , and is the equal of 11 Suns . |
16 | This is partly because of the presence of a remarkably heterogenous group of pictures displayed under the name of Giorgione . |
17 | This is the site of the beginning of the Louth to Tetney Navigation Canal , which was completed in 1770 and still retains something of its former atmosphere because of the presence of some mellow old warehouses . |
18 | The very small sums allowed for children under social insurance benefits have been kept deliberately low because of the presence of a separate system of payments for children . |
19 | It is true that 8 exemplifies a recurrent semantic contrast , but this is possible only because of the presence of m — in both sentences . |
20 | However , it is also an area where great failures can occur , despite or perhaps because of the presence of such people . |
21 | The hypothesis that MHC class II gene expression in RJ2.2.5 cells is suppressed because of the presence of a repressor , does not exclude that activation is also required . |
22 | The contradiction was less dramatic for the revolutionaries in Cuba , where the Church 's influence was not great , partly because of the presence of vestiges of African religion from the slave culture and partly because of the comparatively developed state of Cuba 's economy and educational system . |
23 | While few are fatal , all are difficult to control because of the presence of fish . |
24 | And then the evil was meant to flow into his own body , where it could do no harm because of the presence of God . |
25 | Since then most archaeological work has been concentrated on the fortifications , with all too little excavation being carried out in the interior , mainly because of the presence of modern buildings . |
26 | Speculative efficiency does not hold because of the presence of a risk premium . |
27 | From the Durbin-Watson statistic which Barro reports one can not reject the null hypothesis ( although , strictly speaking , the Durbin-Watson test is not applicable because of the presence of the lagged dependent variable ) . |
28 | Because of the presence of gas ( usually air ) in the system , a stream of positive and negative ions is also generated and this may induce sample damage . |
29 | ‘ Oh , the church here is very pleasant , ’ said Rupert , seeming a little embarrassed , probably because of the presence of Ianthe and Penelope . |
30 | Apart from malarial mosquitoes , a surprising number of aircraft are being grounded because of the presence of rats and mice on board . |