Example sentences of "[conj] of who [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Elaine , a 16-year-old girl who has spent most of her life on the streets of Rio de Janeiro , in Brazil , puts it better : ‘ I dream of a better world , a world where children and adults are no longer abandoned , tortured and murdered because of who we are or what we do … |
| 2 | Susie had been secretive partly because of who she was — a different woman might have confronted him openly — but partly because he had driven her to it . |
| 3 | He is not impressed by the Prince because of who he is , but because of the man he is : because of his gift for talking to people , his tenacity and his courage in confronting problems that other men would shy away from . |
| 4 | He began to see that God was not a tyrant but a loving Father ; he began to see that the Christian life was not a series of impossible demands to satisfy the whims of an unreasonable employer ; he began to see that he was welcome because of who he was , and not on the basis of what he could achieve . |
| 5 | Not just because of who he is , but because they think that he understands and cares , and may be able to intercede . |
| 6 | Thus the Metropolitan Commissioner 's testimony to a brand of tyre as a major contribution to road safety carries weight because of who he is rather than what he looks like . |
| 7 | Jesus can claim these things because of who he is : |
| 8 | He suffered opposition , rejection , hatred and death because of who he was and what he had come to do . |
| 9 | I 'm sure he would , but he has that greater degree of influence because of who he is . |
| 10 | In particular , you may gain the impression that you are being victimised because of what you are , rather than because of who you are . |
| 11 | But I 'm afraid of marriage because I 'm afraid someone might want me because of who I am instead of because they loved me . |
| 12 | ‘ There are those who want to be seen with me simply because of who I am . |
| 13 | ‘ I mean — have you been avoiding me like the very plague simply because of who I am ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Because of who I am ? ’ |