Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] because of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We had a lot of youngsters in because of injuries and they did n't let us down . ’ |
| 2 | He recognised that doctors were taking decisions every day to limit treatment in futile cases but , equally , some doctors were continuing to treat patients in such circumstances partly because of doubts about their legal position . |
| 3 | He replaced Absamat Masaliyev , who was leaving the post apparently because of differences with Kirghizia 's President Askar Akayev . |
| 4 | Nothing changes much on the railway , the Scotsman arrived at Toddington late , two weeks late because of delays at the point of departure in Devon . |
| 5 | Theodossin also implies a third element here , that the scheme began and developed with a wide range of institutional consent precisely because of features of its initial design ( he points , for example , to the choice of a term-long unit and the control retained by staff over field changes , if not module changes , by students ) . |
| 6 | The government has resisted introducing a ‘ disregard ’ of maintenance for those on income support partly because of fears that this might create a disincentive to work . |
| 7 | The oldest nuclear power plant in the United States , located near Rowe , Massachusetts , has been closed down by its operators after experts from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission ( NRC ) recommended that it be taken out of service immediately because of doubts about its safety . |
| 8 | Souness said : ‘ Stewart has not really started his Liverpool career yet because of injuries . |
| 9 | We do not demand a ban on all sterilisation just because some women are forced to be sterilised , we do not even attack the whole concept of a well are state just because of abuses like the cohabitation rule , so why oppose pay for childcare solely because it might be abused ? |
| 10 | task hard because of features of carer 's life or characteristics ( 12 per cent of those who found tasks difficult ; four per cent of all informal carers ) |