Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] because [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ One way , my life goes on despite my mother 's death ; the other way , someone else 's life goes on because of it . ’ |
| 2 | He had to sit down because of the shock . |
| 3 | Personal bankruptcies may also slow down because of the recent interest rate cuts but are expected to continue at a high level for some time , he said . |
| 4 | After the two cross-examinations , lasting perhaps ten or fifteen minutes in all , the two counsel put their heads together for a minute , and then one of them addresses the rest of the gathering , who have acted as jury , and submits that the alibi has been broken down because of this and that discrepancy . |
| 5 | The system of setting limits to public spending had broken down because of the following : |
| 6 | Egypt has joined in because of its dependence on United States aid and good will and because of its distaste for Iraq 's bid for Arab leadership . |
| 7 | It is used less and less as people have cracked down because of its toxicity — it used to be sloshed around . |
| 8 | According to the ITAR-TASS news agency the referendum call was voted down because of alleged breaches in the law during the collection of signatures . |
| 9 | saying oh we 've warned er not to come in because of the roadworks . |
| 10 | He had to be carried in because of his legs . |
| 11 | The SHAPE project , launched in 1985 , grew out of the educational reforms proposed in the late 1970s but never systematically carried through because of the economic crisis . |
| 12 | It seems to have been assumed , however , that His Majesty would have acquiesced in a suggestion that he should invite the US to train the Vietnamese army and although the suggestion , like Acheson 's message , was not carried through because of political sensitivity the US was becoming involved in the war one way and another . |
| 13 | It all seemed so logical that you knew Ryan , had come over because of the land . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ But Olechea was playing a winner 's game and he failed to come through because of his cowardice . |
| 15 | Four were arrested on the orders of the chief public prosecutor , but Mr Honecker was let off because of ill health . |
| 16 | He moved at once , for he would not lie here on the floor before this ancient evil creature and , although it was awkward and painful to stand up because of the ropes that bound his arms , he did so in a swift fluid movement and stood eyeing the Robemaker . |
| 17 | I think the other possibility to take Stella 's point is that if there is a change that 's come up because of an audit , where a particular job has been audited and you know that within the next week or so another similar job is being audited , it may make sense to refer it 'til the next meeting , providing you 're not deferring it for a long period of time , to compar the results of the two jobs . |
| 18 | Opposition to the deal built up because of fears that this plutonium would free US stocks for use in its weapons programme and so indirectly help US weapons expansion . |
| 19 | In other words , some good measurements might be lost , but bad measurements are likely to be picked up because of the requirement that both the subject measurement and the reference measurement must be consistent . |
| 20 | As well as using up adrenaline you may also need to relax muscles which have stiffened up because of tension . |
| 21 | Scottish champion Jim Mailer was not included in the main draw ; Bruce Flockhart had to pull out because of a leg injury ; and Gordon and Jillian Haldane withdrew because of a family bereavement . |
| 22 | ‘ And you 've come back because of Ari , have n't you ? ’ he asked softly , standing just behind Tammuz . |
| 23 | ‘ Often the cream of talent drops out because of lack of knowledge about how to effectively use time . ’ |
| 24 | Two Police houses have been empty for five years after officers moved out because of attacks . |
| 25 | The survey was completed in 1640 and the deer destroyed , but the planned disafforestment and partition was not then carried out because of the outbreak of the Civil War . |
| 26 | Large-scale use of set-nets in the Amazon is recent , and has come about because of the worldwide availability of cheap monofilament nylon nets . |
| 27 | Many of the issues in the contemporary study of perceptual systems have come about because of our improved understanding of how the systems might work , based largely on people 's attempts to build models of perceptual processes . |
| 28 | That has come about because of Government policies . |
| 29 | That has come about because of our liberalisation policy and as a result of the investment moneys that British Telecom and others have available . |
| 30 | The plaintiff in Diamond Stylus Co Ltd v Bauden Precision Diamonds Ltd [ 1973 ] RPC 675 paid the price for not having an express covenant restraining employees from soliciting customers after employment ended and was forced to argue that solicitation could only have come about because of the misuse of business secrets . |