Example sentences of "[num] because [prep] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It currently appears unlikely that either directive will be implemented before the end of 1991 because of disputes over the whole Company Law Statute , which the Germans in particular are not happy about . |
| 2 | If one of them succumbed to the temptation to defect , it would very probably end up with fewer points than 600 because of retaliation by the other player ( most of the submitted strategies had some kind of retaliatory behaviour built into them ) . |
| 3 | If one of them succumbed to the temptation to defect , it would very probably end up with fewer points than 600 because of retaliation by the other player ( most of the submitted strategies had some kind of retaliatory behaviour built into them ) . |
| 4 | A proposed merger between PolyGram and WEA was abandoned in late 1984 because of opposition from the anti-monopoly bodies of the American and German governments . |
| 5 | According to the NAO , in one division conservation work had slipped to an almost negligible level in 1989/90 because of pressure of work , a high level of vacancies and lack of expertise . |
| 6 | ‘ In one division in midlands and western region , conservation work had slipped to an almost negligible level in 1989/90 because of pressure of work , a high level of vacancies and lack of expertise , ’ says the report . |
| 7 | There was talk of India soon becoming a grain exporter and she discontinued PL480 shipments in 1971 because of shortage of storage capacity . |
| 8 | West Germany abandoned plans for a similar scheme in 1980 because of lack of cash . |
| 9 | Artificial growth promoters , such as steroids , have been banned in the EC since 1986 because of fears for human health , but there is a widespread black market . |
| 10 | The American , playing his first serious match since April 9 because of tendonitis in his right wrist , lost 5–7 6–2 6–1 to German Carl-Uwe Steeb in the first round . |
| 11 | Imports of methanol to supplement alcohol supplies were banned by a lower court in December 1989 because of fears of its environmental impact , but this ban was overruled by a federal court in January 1990 . |
| 12 | The only division to show a fall-off in profits has been the foods ingredients where profits fell from £10.8 million to £9.1 million because of difficulties in the bread market and the temporary impact of the closure of the Gainsborough plant . |
| 13 | The announcement follows the county council being sued for £2.2 million because of delays in building the bypass . |
| 14 | Although exports continued to grow in 1990 , up 3.9 per cent at $280,000 million , imports increased by 12.3 per cent to $216,000 million because of increases in oil prices and in demand for imported consumer goods , and overseas production also increased . |
| 15 | For advanced economies , substantial changes had occurred over the latter half of the 1960s because of loss of comparative advantage in what had become basic technologies which could be mastered by low-income countries , together with changes in the nature of world demand and direct and indirect forms of trade barriers erected to protect domestic industry . |
| 16 | Thirty one patients withdrew during the trial : four because of adverse events ( one receiving fluticasone propionate , three receiving prednisolone ) , 24 because of lack of improvement ( 12 in each group ) , one receiving fluticasone propionate because of poor compliance , one who did not complete the trial , and another because of a positive pregnancy test ( both receiving prednisolone ) . |
| 17 | Artur Balazs , Minister without Portfolio responsible for contacts with political parties , resigned on April 24 because of differences with Olszewski over widening the coalition . |