Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [vb pp] because [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For him , violent crime had advanced because of the excessive leniency of the law : ‘ the crime of cruel laxity ’ as he put it . |
| 2 | But the price of tetua had rocketed because of the increased land tax in the villages that made it . |
| 3 | Only two subjects in the nicotine patch and one in the placebo group had withdrawn because of side effects . |
| 4 | At first it was felt that the variety of reference systems in use had developed because of inept control mechanisms and general lack of discipline in applying procedures , but as the analysts ' knowledge increased , it became apparent that the references had evolved to suit the needs of users , needs which were considerably different throughout the departments . |
| 5 | Alex Murphy recently suggested this situation had arisen because of the sterility of the Australian game , but there are less complacent views . |
| 6 | By August 1991 , however , the deficit had doubled because of rising unemployment and consequently falling income tax revenues , and the draft budget for 1992 , presented by the government on Aug. 27 , 1991 , contained substantially reduced real expenditure [ see p. 38402 ] . |
| 7 | Oh , there had been speculation that Scawsby was wrong and the Scotsman had died because of some strange seizure . |
| 8 | The banks ' own private deposit insurance scheme had collapsed because of what were termed " extremely high delinquency rates " among borrowers . |
| 9 | Reviewing the situation at the end of the year , Lindsay Cooke , one of the Greens ' 1989 spokespeople , thought despondently that the movement 's share of the poll had shrunk because of a lack of publicity . |
| 10 | Melville explains , ‘ The downside got overlooked because of the crusading side , but eventually I got the sex mag blues . |
| 11 | I knew my brother had died because of me . |
| 12 | British egg production had decreased because of constraints imposed on it by the ministry . |