Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] because [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the authority felt them to be impractical to implement because of the assumptions about resources . |
| 2 | Even so , the potential gain from a lower rate — even if it had been negotiable through the International Monetary Fund — is not easy to estimate because of the problems of relative elasticities of demand for both exports and imports and the problem of the cost effects of higher import prices , not least as they would have affected wage bargaining [ Ball , 1967 ] . |
| 3 | However , a contract for the sale of unascertained goods can be frustrated at common law if it subsequently becomes impossible to perform because of an unexpected turn of events , as in Howell v. Coupland . |
| 4 | Among printers ' mementoes , one should not forget the special examples , in the nature of things not easy to find because of the infrequency of the occasions , produced by presses set up on frozen rivers , such as the Thames and Severn . |
| 5 | There was about half an hour when It was impossible to sleep because of the noise of military aircraft |
| 6 | The subsequent improvement in the balance of payments clearly owed something to devaluation but its effect is impossible to disentangle because of the general improvement in world markets . |
| 7 | The villagers find it easy to use because of the ‘ T ’ piece at the end of the handle , and also like it because the pump produces a good flow of water . |
| 8 | Most often , related papers are easy to determine because of the specificity of titles in the field , and unrelated papers are very obviously unrelated . |
| 9 | Most often , related papers are easy to determine because of the specificity of titles in the field , and unrelated papers are very obviously unrelated . |
| 10 | Of the written words available , the Club 's own records , in particular the minutes , were infuriatingly incomplete , largely impossible to read because of the writing , and either terse about something important or long winded about something trivial . |
| 11 | Secondly , he was a designer whose work is hard to excel because of the inspirations he took from natural sources . |
| 12 | He said : ‘ I 've found it very hard to relax because of the pressures . |
| 13 | It was hard to tell because of the sun glinting on his glasses . |
| 14 | Comparisons are hard to make because of the unreliability of the numbers recorded prior to the introduction of charges . |
| 15 | They are most likely to occur because of a jerk in the cable causing an overrun , with the rope becoming tangled in the main wheel of the glider . |
| 16 | Though total equality might be hard to achieve because of the biological differences between the sexes , the legislation has perhaps been rounded of by the Equal Pay Act 1970 and the Sex Discrimination Acts 1975 and 1986 . |
| 17 | The punching elbow must be flexed before it can be extended fully , and any attempt to strike with a semi-extended arm is sure to fail because of the obvious weakness of the technique . |
| 18 | Some of the patients with a curve in excess of 100° were no longer able to sit because of the pelvic obliquity consequent on the scoliosis ; they were bedridden not because of the Duchenne muscular dystrophy itself but because they had been allowed to develop such extensive spinal curves before referral to an orthopaedic muscle clinic . |
| 19 | Mr Empey today said he would be unable to attend because of a prior engagement , but he defended the use of ratepayers ' money to fund the trip and described SDLP opposition as ‘ hypocritical ’ . |
| 20 | I would open the door to them and check their names off in the appointment book , often unable to converse because of the language barrier . |
| 21 | Later that year , when Beltrami was acting for McGuinness in another matter , McGuinness admitted his involvement at Ayr — information that Mr Beltrami was unable to divulge because of the confidentiality of the client-solicitor relationship . |
| 22 | They are unable to relax because of a constant need to remain in control of their emotional responses and thought processes , ’ she explains . |
| 23 | They were also able to survive because of a large freshwater pond . |
| 24 | They added that the foreigners were not hostages ‘ in the normal sense of the word ’ but merely ‘ unable to move because of the rebel presence ’ . |
| 25 | Most women who arrive at the prison have been subjected to brutal torture and a prolonged stay in a secret prison , They arrive in a very weak condition from which many are unable to recover because of the inadequate food and health facilities , Two doctors visit the prison , but they are very negligent , in part , as one Prisoner explained , because their pay is always in arrears . |
| 26 | Laura nodded , temporarily unable to speak because of a thick lump in her throat . |
| 27 | On the same day , the eighteenth of October , Mr came back and spoke to Miss about this telephone call and he rang Peter in the afternoon of that Friday and he asked again if it was possible to withdraw because of the landlord 's failure to consent to the er assignment and again er after what will er be described as a fairly easy discussion between the plaintiff and er Mr , er he was told very clearly that it was not possible for him to withdraw , contracts had been exchanged and he was advised that what the landlords er failure to consent did was in fact er provide Mr with more breathing space in order to obtain proper funding and re-arrange his finances er , that again is denied . |
| 28 | While this approach might appear to be the treatment of choice for many adolescent self-poisoners , in practice , family therapy is often difficult to establish because of the reluctance of some family members to become involved . |
| 29 | Hot spots appear to be rather irregularly distributed over the Earth 's surface ( Fig. 4.4 ) but the real pattern is difficult to establish because of the problems of identifying specific hot spots and incomplete data in some regions . |
| 30 | The academic course is extremely difficult to characterise because of the multiplicity of higher education courses taken by future language teachers ; and it is becoming more so , as the predominance of the ‘ traditional ’ literature course is weakened . |