Example sentences of "not [verb] because of the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1777 Stein 's piano did not jangle because of the addition of the escapement . |
| 2 | In 1783 Walter 's piano did not jangle because of the addition of the check . |
| 3 | A bookmaker who was not named because of the code of confidentiality between bookmakers and punters told the newspaper that Macari was a frequent client . |
| 4 | Similarly , if the accused obtains the thing by deception through inducing a mistaken belief in the mind of the victim but ownership is not transferred because of the type of mistake , the victim retains an interest within s.5(1) and accordingly the property can be stolen by the accused 's appropriation . |
| 5 | She was conscious , but could not speak because of the gash at her throat . |
| 6 | Its spectrographs can analyse the ultraviolet light given off and absorbed by stars , galaxies , gas-clouds and other celestial paraphernalia , something which earthbound observers can not do because of the ozone layer . |
| 7 | The obvious way of having no head of the table — the circular shape — does not work because of the prestige factor . |
| 8 | He said that a levy assessed on arrears could not work because of the problem of defining arrears and basing the levy on the amount outstanding was unfair because of the different types of debt such as an £80,000 mortgage or £100 weekly collection . |
| 9 | This is not to say that man can mine coal where it does not occur geologically , or that some settlements do not originate because of the existence of some material which the inhabitants extract ; what it does mean is that people themselves determine what is exploited and how they deal with the extraction . |
| 10 | He also supported a catholic Church council presided over by Caesarius of Arles at Agde in 506 , and he approved the holding of another council in the following year , although it did not meet because of the king 's defeat and death at the hands of Clovis . |
| 11 | This is an area where extensive work needs to be done to ensure that the consumer is not misled because of the plethora of terms that are applied . |
| 12 | President Yaya of Mauritania , the fifth member state , did not attend because of the death of his wife on Jan. 16 , Mauritania being represented instead at Foreign Mnisterial level . |
| 13 | Selective catheterisation of the pseudoaneurysm itself was not attempted because of the risk of rupture . |
| 14 | I know that a question has already been asked about export credit guarantees , but does not my right hon. Friend feel that the Government could be more pragmatic , constructive and helpful in assisting manufacturing industry to gain the many orders for capital equipment in the Soviet Union and eastern European countries that can not proceed because of the Department 's failure to grant export credit cover ? |
| 15 | Speculative efficiency does not hold because of the presence of a risk premium . |
| 16 | The organisers regard the condom campaign as successful if just one person is not infected because of the campaign . |
| 17 | The first son had died leaving a son but the second died childless : on the face of it the granddaughter was not admitted because of the wording of the condition . |
| 18 | One shop assistant was polite , but adamant and explained : ‘ Dogs are not allowed because of the risk of soiling or damage to the woollen clothes . ’ |
| 19 | In Armenia and Georgia , the parades were not held because of the strength of local feeling . |