Example sentences of "[noun] because of [v-ing] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many Japanese companies face cash shortages because of plunging profits during Japan 's recession , the worst in nearly 20 years . |
| 2 | JAPAN produced conflicting economic signals yesterday , announcing a record current account trade surplus at the same time as more companies imposed reductions in bonuses because of falling profits . |
| 3 | Scandinavian countries were the first to have to close waterways because of poisoning problems and now Britain has a potential crisis . |
| 4 | Even in a legal system which had the narrowest of definitions of murder — say , premeditated intention to kill — there would still be an argument that some cases which fulfil that criterion should have their label reduced from murder to manslaughter because of extenuating circumstances . |
| 5 | Australia , Nauru 's main customer for phosphate , planned to cut its imports by half to 500,000 tonnes because of falling demand , and phosphate sales to New Zealand and South Korea were not likely to increase . |
| 6 | The Australian Wool Corporation , which controls wool marketing down under , lowered its floor price by 20% because of falling demand , but still had to buy 70% of the wool on sale at auction each week . |
| 7 | York 's White Rose Pullman , leaving the city at 7.40am , was withdrawn in January because of signalling problems in Scotland , but it will return on Monday after the resolution of difficulties , InterCity announced . |
| 8 | It should be noted that for a person obliged to retire from business because of failing health , the maximum relief can be obtained before the age of 60 ( given a ten year period as director ) . |
| 9 | BUILDING societies are feeling the squeeze as savers withdraw cash because of falling interest rates . |
| 10 | He is out of work after losing his engineering job because of taking time off for rugby . |
| 11 | We might , for instance , ask them : ‘ The local education authority , which is Conservative-controlled , wants to close a popular primary school in a run-down urban area in your constituency because of falling rolls ; there is high unemployment . |
| 12 | People are frightened of using their taps , their baths , their toilets because of using water and paying for it . |
| 13 | This was attributed to reduced export demand because of falling output in trading partner countries and the strength of the franc , and to a fall in domestic demand because of the Gulf crisis . |
| 14 | Oki Electric Industry Co Ltd will suspend operations at two factories in Takasaki and Tomioka , east Japan , for a total of three days in May and August because of falling capital investment by banks : for those three days , Oki will pay 90% of wages to the 3,100 employees ; the Tomioka plant produces computer systems and equipment for financial institutions while Takasaki makes general information and communications equipment and printers . |
| 15 | When you 're working and you 're busy and you 've got to do it I mean like this last week because of playing golf mainly , and putting weedkiller down , the grass is this high and |
| 16 | Rural communities are at risk because of rising poverty , homelessness , and lack of low-cost housing , according to a new report ( News Focus , page 5 ) . |
| 17 | Between the two visits I preferred the Kent trip because of visiting London but I also enjoyed going to Scarborough because of some of the places . |
| 18 | TEENAGE girls are ending up with the bones of old women because of eating disorders which are producing ‘ horrifying results ’ , a doctor said yesterday . |
| 19 | Two of Japan 's three private satellite communications companies will probably merge to avoid excess competition against each other , Reuter reports from Tokyo , quoting a spokesman for Japan Communications Satellite Co Inc : he said that C Itoh & Co and Mitsui & Co Ltd , major shareholders in his company , have been negotiating for the merger with Nissho Iwai Corp and Sumitomo Corp , main shareholders of Satellite Japan Corp since last year because of falling orders for the services for the two groups ; Hughes Communications Co Ltd is expected to take the opportunity to sell its 30% in stake in Japan Communications Satellite and withdraw from Japan 's communications market . |
| 20 | BRITAIN 'S biggest regional electricity company has cut 450 jobs because of falling trade . |
| 21 | A pollution alert was issued in Rome in early June because of rising ozone levels , with the elderly and children advised to stay indoors . |