Example sentences of "[vb past] a [noun] because [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The critiques and the alternative policies found an audience because of a number of worrying developments in the mid-1970s ( Chapter 5 ) , independently of the campaigns of Sir Keith Joseph and Mrs Thatcher . |
| 2 | Such a record might appear to be an occasion for delight in consumers and pride in the industry , but it did not in fact arise from efficiency increases ( indeed physical indices of efficiency showed a decline because of inadequate investment in new plant ) . |
| 3 | Whether I became a writer because of my desire for solitude or whether , being a writer I became more solitary , I still do not know . |
| 4 | The ‘ better ’ one was the 13th , where the shot would have been an iron but became a four-wood because of one of Augusta 's rare bad lies . |
| 5 | Are the hours you spend travelling , at work or away from the only chair that suits you made a misery because of BACK AND SCIATIC PAIN ? |
| 6 | They needed a boost because of the Cuban crisis and this seemed to be the opportunity , so they had little choice but to enter into the quicksand of the Vietnam War . |
| 7 | AN 80-year-old woman who lost a leg because of cancer but who nonetheless still campaigns for the handicapped , was rewarded yesterday for her ‘ triumph over adversity ’ . |
| 8 | Alistair Sampson , whose Brompton Road shop specialises in primitive country wares — pottery , carvings , furniture , embroideries — hit a bull's-eye because of the close parallels with American folk art . |
| 9 | Their 1987 balance sheets took a hit because of defaults , but have bounced back nicely in 1988 . |
| 10 | Everybody wanted a fire because of the rain . |
| 11 | No , you missed a go because of you got that two hundred pound . |