Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun sg] because of " in BNC.
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| 1 | GOALKEEPER Adrian Blake will be missing from Kingstonian 's FA Cup rematch against Peterborough on Friday afternoon because of work commitments . |
| 2 | GOALKEEPER Adrian Blake will be missing from Kingstonian 's FA Cup rematch against Peterborough on Friday afternoon because of work commitments . |
| 3 | Another significant absence was that of Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi , leader of the mainly Zulu Inkatha Freedom Party , who withdrew from the Inkatha delegation because of the refusal of the CODESA steering committee to allow separate delegations for Inkatha and for the Zulu King Goodwill Zwelethini . |
| 4 | I sang so well on Tuesday night because of him . |
| 5 | Doubts about their availability arose last week , when the German Hockey Board announced an alteration to the Bundesliga season because of the 1994 European Nations Cup . |
| 6 | PORTADOWN rider Darren Gawley claims he was left ‘ high and dry ’ and unable to compete in yesterday 's British Championship round at Donington Park because of Robert Dunlop 's win in the 125cc class at Saturday 's North West 200 . |
| 7 | HOLIDAY motorists have been warned to avoid a major Florida highway because of sniper and stone-throwing attacks . |
| 8 | Her royal plane , she explained , could not get her back to Sandringham that early December night because of bad weather . |
| 9 | Neither Richard Gough nor Ian Ferguson was included in yesterday 's Scotland squad because of their injury difficulties and Roxburgh 's comment on the rest was that Rangers , in keeping with other clubs , would be given every consideration because of the nature of their programme . |
| 10 | The launch , set for May , has been switched from Europe 's Ariane rocket because of continued problems with its turbopump and lubrication system . |
| 11 | Though a man of conservative , even authoritarian views , who had been a protege of Pétain 's , de Gaulle rejected the Vichy regime because of its identification with surrender and collaboration , actions which were unworthy of France . |
| 12 | They 've yanked that big juicy $422m CAD 2 contract to supply the US Naval Facilities Engineering Command away from Intergraph Corp because of a protest lodged by competitors Centel , Sun and Autodesk . |
| 13 | The President , responding to the USA 's threat to withhold its contribution to the UN budget because of the draft , reminded the Assembly that contributions were not a " loan or a charity " but an obligation . |
| 14 | ‘ What would you do if you could n't get the Land Rover back because of floods ? ’ he asked . |
| 15 | On Nov. 27 Colombian radio , quoting Jaramillo as UN permanent representative , stated that the government had discounted the possibility of UN mediation because of the " excellent " chances for peace through direct talks with the CNGSB . |
| 16 | The M4 has been a bit slow although only eastbound , and the M25 is still a bit sluggish at the Thames Valley because of an accident , mainly on the clockwise carriageway by the M4 interchange , it 's just er a little slow with a couple of miles queue either side of the M4 interchange itself . |
| 17 | He gets shirty with Sir Burke Trend because of the impersonal way in which the Cabinet Minutes are prepared : ‘ I pointed this out to Burke Trend and I said , ‘ Harold ca n't have said this . ’ |
| 18 | After Gower came Nicholas , anxious to do well having missed last year 's NatWest final because of injury , and he hit about to great effect . |
| 19 | Newcastle 's Benny Kristensen last night hit back at claims that he missed out on a £150,000 move to Bristol City because of knee trouble . |
| 20 | The 76th was known as The Hindustan Regiment because of its distinguished service in the Hindustan Campaign of 1803–1805 . |
| 21 | On the buses , everything is running smoothly , except for buses heading down the Headington Road out towards the Green Road roundabout because of the accident there . |
| 22 | The most tantalizing is known as the Drosten Stone because of the remains of a Roman inscription : |
| 23 | His business , which now employs 60 people , has prospered in the UK recession because of its reliance on export markets . |
| 24 | Western companies are particularly interested in the Nakhodka site because of its proximity to Japanese markets . |
| 25 | In the eighteenth century at least one French nobleman refused the offer of the St Petersburg embassy because of the warning example of others who had ruined themselves by accepting it . |
| 26 | Platt , England 's only goalscorer since March , was dramatically pulled out of a Juventus friendly on Wednesday night because of a knee injury , which he has been secretly carrying . |
| 27 | Due to the down-grading of the Athenry-Tuam-Claremorris line because of engineering possession earlier in the year . |
| 28 | For instance , members of Volga communes were apt to be more outward-looking than those in Kursk guberniia because of their wider market ties and better transport facilities . |
| 29 | Normally he would manage projects from his office in Bridge of Allan , but he is now based on the North Morcambe site because of the size of this contract . |
| 30 | The example concerns sex bias , which is of particular interest to the Modular Course at Oxford Polytechnic because of the high proportion of female applicants which it attracts . |