Example sentences of "of the [noun prp] because [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 We British have accepted our membership of the EC because we reckon we shall be more prosperous in than out .
2 Like the Jaguar and lightning jets , they 're being phased out of the RAF because they 're considered too expensive to service .
3 Forestry interests and landowners in Scotland had been lobbying the Scottish Office to draw the teeth of the NCC because it had been too successful in defending the uplands from conifers .
4 Riborg approved of the Iraquis because they wore clean shirts every day , but disapproved of the Welsh because they were dirty and noisy and went round in droves .
5 I 've had first hand er experience of the States because I 've worked there for a couple of years .
6 And he maintained he was sacked on the direct orders of the RUC because they knew he was a security risk .
7 Indeed , a painter-critic named Lecomte had resigned from membership of the Salon because he felt the Cubists were too numerous and their work too well hung .
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