Example sentences of "the [adj] [num] because [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The weapon has a strength of 4 , a range of 40″ and an armour save modifier of -2 instead of the usual -1 because of the power of gunpowder weapons . |
| 2 | ‘ And Carl has decided not to play in the Top 12 because of a commitment with his German League team . |
| 3 | The school is described in detail in Organizing Resources , and was very influential in the early 19705 because of its thorough-going use of existing resources : staff , equipment , space , finances and enthusiasm . |
| 4 | Rift systems have been studied for many decades but have received renewed attention since the early 1970s because of their association with crustal upwarps and their role in continental rupture . |
| 5 | It has survived from the early 1930s because of its craggy independence , its non-institutional base , its ability to adapt to new social movements thrown up by the working-class and oppressed groups and , most important , its radical philosophy and perspective . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , the medium shows promise for disposal of polychlorinated biphenyls ( PCBs ) , whose use has been restricted since the late 1970s because of their high toxicity . |
| 7 | Promoted thereafter as a source of cheap and clean energy , neither of which has actually been realised some 40 years on , nuclear power is a source of considerable debate in the late 1980s because of its annihilation potential in the case of warfare and the problems that characterise waste disposal from nuclear power plants ( section 5.4.3 ) . |