Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] because [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Following a break in nursing practice there may be an understandable hesitation and anxiety about returning because of the inevitable changes that will have taken place . |
| 2 | It is in a complicated building , and WHS had to close the shop soon after opening because of a planning dispute which included fears of excess noise from the airconditioning system . |
| 3 | Many midwives leave shortly after qualifying because of difficulties in combining childcare with work and a lack of satisfaction with their salaries . |
| 4 | The National Farmers Union opposes the scheme , but would also be unhappy about undergrounding because of the damage to crops . |
| 5 | It is estimated that 24 per cent of Mediterranean beaches are unsuitable for swimming because of the sewage risk alone . |
| 6 | Firstly , they achieve purposes less central to the main tasks of policing because of the narrower range of settings in which they are used . |
| 7 | Even with such ‘ conventional , crimes , however , different people might interpret events differently , and there might be a degree of under-reporting because of this . |
| 8 | The plaintiffs were ultimately only able to complete on the basis of the terms subsequently offered by the bank which were financially disadva disadvantageous and effectively deprived the business of any chance of surviving because of the lack of operating capital and er many of the losses which are set out on page sixty two erm are based on that intention and are dealt with er in full |
| 9 | ‘ Most of them are incapable of fighting because of the way the system squeezes all the verve and vigour out of them . |
| 10 | Probreeder sources in France say that the premium is worth paying because of the energy independence given by a breeder , which ‘ breeds ’ its own plutonium fuel . |
| 11 | You do n't get into racing because of the money . |
| 12 | The remaining patients were either unwilling to complete the form ( two ) , had problems with reading because of poor vision or language ( two ) , or died early ( six ) . |
| 13 | Talk of a bypass through Hailing because of the volume of traffic recalls memories of when I was a boy in the late 20 's and early 30's . |
| 14 | Rory grimaced , remembering with more than a touch of bitterness Candy 's original theory that Adam had tried to spoil her pleasure in singing because on stage she was public property , and he wanted her for himself . |
| 15 | Practitioners who initially took a stance against involvement in purchasing because of their concerns over fundholding leading to a two tier system need to be persuaded that they are still needed in influencing purchasing decisions overall . |
| 16 | In one instance a picture lent from Czechoslovakia to Cologne was prevented from returning because of a claim to title made by the former owner 's heir . |
| 17 | Rahal , regarded as Mansell 's main rival this weekend , could only manage eighth place in qualifying because of problems with steering and road holding . |
| 18 | ‘ Accordingly , on the fall of the hammer the property of this car passed to King unless that prima facie rule is excluded from applying because of a different intention appearing or because there was some condition in the contract preventing the rule from applying . ’ |
| 19 | The idea is to help doctors and nurses who may otherwise have difficulty in conferring because of geography or timing , to review and analyse non-emergency patient cases . |
| 20 | In Beatty v. Gillbanks , the Salvation Army was stopped from marching because of fears that it would incite a disorderly rabble , loosely organized as a so-called ‘ skeleton army ’ , to acts of violence against it . |
| 21 | This has caused some concern as peaceful demonstrators may be prevented from marching because of the threat posed by a potentially disruptive counter-demonstration . |
| 22 | In Kosovo , which like Vojvodina was officially administered as an autonomous province within Serbia , and where elections to a 130-member " constituent Republican Assembly " on May 24 [ see p. 38919 ] had been declared illegal by the Serbian authorities , the assembly was prevented from proceeding because on June 23 Serbian authorities surrounded the building and arrested several deputies . |
| 23 | If you are prevented from travelling because in the opinion of any person in authority you appear to be unfit to travel or likely to cause discomfort of disturbance to other passengers , our responsibility for your holiday thereupon ceases . |
| 24 | It can cause prolonged suffering due to difficulty in breathing because of the obstruction or narrowing of the small airways in the lung and the destruction of the air sacs in the lung due to smoking . |
| 25 | Many thousands are deterred from claiming because of the complexity of the scheme , so many people go without vital treatment . |
| 26 | Older children may have greater ease in leaving because of the hostage children left behind ; indeed , the last child may have been conceived , as many late children are , to postpone the final loss . |
| 27 | Some 628 officers were made compulsorily redundant — many had been deterred from volunteering because of the recession . |
| 28 | But a small deficiency can occur through struggling to manage on a low income , through a difficulty in swallowing or chewing food , not bothering to plan a nourishing diet , or difficulty in shopping because of a disability . |
| 29 | What appeared to be a more liberal approach towards homosexual relations could be adopted because of the essentially ‘ private ’ and ‘ invisible ’ nature of the behaviour , whereas a seemingly more punitive line was adopted in relation to soliciting because of its ‘ public ’ and ‘ visible ’ character . |
| 30 | The men 's World Cup downhill scheduled for Saalbach-Hinterglemm on December 21 has been switched to Schladming because of a lack of snow . |