Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [noun] because of [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This could arise if the plaintiff suffered negligently inflicted injuries and then refused to have a blood transfusion because of his religious beliefs . |
| 2 | Of these four men — Ken is fit and still working part-time , Brian was given a war pension because of his deafness , Pat is well , but Dave suffers dangerously low blood-pressure which his doctor ca n't explain . |
| 3 | She is with the police and a stress counsellor because of what she went through . ’ |
| 4 | Denied a selection vote because of his continuing association with one particular club , he can carry on coaching Llanelli while also — at last — having the input into the national team that many have for years wanted him to have . |
| 5 | Chamlong Srimaung , had refused to accept a Cabinet place because of his party 's performance in the election ( the party had , in fact , increased its representation from 41 to 47 ) . |
| 6 | THE sister of missing estate agent Suzy Lamplugh told last night how she survived a knife ordeal because of what she had learned from the family 's nightmare . |
| 7 | The sharpness of filtering may be vastly improved by cascading individual filter sections to create what is known , rather appropriately , as a ladder filter because of its appearance . |
| 8 | Poppy seeds sprinkled on bread as a flavouring have a disconcerting tendency to react chemically in the same way as the extract of the opium poppy , so that a worker could be mistaken for a heroin user because of what he ate for breakfast . |
| 9 | AMAN jailed for 12 years for robbery after he was picked out on an identity parade because of his ‘ frightening , evil , and sadistic eyes ’ , was cleared by the Court of Appeal in London yesterday . |