Example sentences of "[be] [adj] because [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The investigators found no evidence that the Maya returned to the San Antonio locality to farm during Classic times , which , they suggest would probably have been impractical because of increased coastal flooding . |
| 2 | Another 146 homes are empty because of major renovation works . |
| 3 | Another 146 homes are empty because of major renovation works . |
| 4 | Soil mark sites are visible because of different coloured marks in the soil , usually just after ploughing For example , if a burial mound with a ditch around it has been flattened by ploughing , the material from which the mound was constructed , the soil filling the ditch , and the soil in the rest of the ploughed field may be of different colours . |
| 5 | At present , though , Spain 's leading sailors are unavailable because of Olympic commitments . |
| 6 | Jobs which are unattractive because of low pay , inadequate training , poor conditions and career progression paths will be hard to fill . |
| 7 | Clearly , if a person has contracted to buy his own goods from someone else , the contract can be set aside on the basis of mistake and any money paid over will be recoverable because of total failure of consideration . |
| 8 | Orchestrating publication can also be difficult because of internal factors . |
| 9 | The inspection is thorough ; it excludes only a structural survey , unless this is subsequently felt to be necessary because of apparent defects . |
| 10 | However , the second element must always be present : typically there are at least short-run gains from reneging on an agreement and so tacit collusion requires the perception that to do so would in the end turn out to be unprofitable because of punitive reactions by the other firms . |
| 11 | Furthermore , in a survey carried out last year , over 88 percent of British doctors agreed that animal experiments can be misleading because of anatomical and physiological differences between humans and animals . |
| 12 | Although most of the existing dubious credits stem from the speculative frenzy of the late 1980s , banks have begun to admit that an increasing number of loans are non-performing because of general economic weakness . |
| 13 | Sales of semiconductor manufacturing equipment also were slow because of sluggish capital spending in the semiconductor industry , it said . |
| 14 | Multiple operations were necessary because of enterocutaneous , enteroenteral , and rectovaginal fistulas , a fistula perforation with faecal peritonitis , ileum and colon stenosis , and abscess formations of the abdominal wall . |
| 15 | Salinisation in the region is extensive because of inadequate natural drainage and the fact that much of the ground-water in the underlying aquifer is also saline . |
| 16 | This in itself is odd because in previous terms I had often ( though not regularly ) described meals in detail . |
| 17 | ‘ If digging or scraping out a pit is impracticable because of hard or waterlogged ground , try netting . |
| 18 | I suppose this is natural because of potential rivalry for office , a feeling generalised with people of another political party . |
| 19 | The positioning of electric equipment is important because of possible splashing with waterjets ; therefore , it is imperative that such equipment is specially protected and that outlet sockets are placed at a level where there is no danger of their coming into contact with water . |
| 20 | meaning is unclear because of insufficient punctuation or omitted words ; |
| 21 | Comparison of these studies is difficult because of different patient populations . |
| 22 | Comparing the absolute number of patents filed between countries is difficult because of different national patent regimes . |
| 23 | As a general rule , the last three months are associated with weight gain , your centre of gravity is affected by the baby and your breathing is difficult because of upwards pressure on the diaphragm/lungs . |
| 24 | Unfortunately , much of such data is less than useful because of poor definition or methodology , or it is inapplicable because of local or special constraints in derivation . |
| 25 | Financing for Sequoia is necessary because of reduced revenues and operating losses during the past two quarters , and its default under its bank credit arrangement and liquidity difficulties . |
| 26 | In some cases a move to sheltered or care housing is beneficial because of increased stimulation and ( in the case of " care " housing ) the provision of meals . |
| 27 | This is many orders of magnitude less than that of PSR1957+20 and probably about two orders of magnitude less than our best estimate for that of PSR1744–24A , although is unknown because of gravitational contamination by the cluster . |
| 28 | Controls whose mother had died ( two ) or was unavailable because of ill health ( one ) and controls whose father could not be identified ( eight ) were also considered ineligible . |
| 29 | Dissection was tedious because of multiple adhesions . |
| 30 | But the issue was fascinating because of other things , heralding the rapid development of technology in the next century . |