Example sentences of "a [noun] because [prep] " in BNC.

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1 But where , as in this case , a party undertakes to make a payment because by so doing it will gain an advantage arising out of the continuing relationship with the promisee the new bargain will not fail for want of consideration .
2 The Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether potential jurors may be excluded from a case because of their sex .
3 I like the subject , and I like the composition and so on , but it just loses a bit because of the lack of sharpness so a five for that .
4 It certainly the community a bit because of them .
5 There was also argument about whether Slovenia should indeed be exempted from holding a referendum because of its December plebiscite .
6 Understandably , the courts are more willing to review a decision because of the way in which it has been reached than because of its actual merits , or lack of them .
7 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 .
8 The only German in the field , Michael Stich , beat top seed Stefan Edberg to ensure continuing home-country interest in the absence of Boris Becker , who is giving the tournament a miss because of tiredness .
9 I ca n't remember at the policy and resources why it was decided by a majority because in in replying to this report on making our comments to this report , I first had consultations with officers to go through some of the items that we had done and issues that we had covered in this authority especially the members ' services sub committee and we knocked off the bare bones of er a report to the policy and resources committee and the policy .
10 However , as with Wimbledon defender John Scales , he faces a fight because of the price tag slapped on the player .
11 Charles DiBona , president of the American Petroleum Institute , claimed the tax would raise US prices for petrol and jet fuel by ten to 15 cents a gallon because of the uneven way in which the higher crude cost would be passed through the refinery product stream .
12 The spectacular growth of Methodism changed all this ; the two generations before civil registration began in 1837 are often the most difficult for a genealogist because of this .
13 Do not use the stove inside a tent because of the risk of fire and toxic fumes .
14 Held , dismissing the appeals , that , prior to the enactment of the Congenital Disabilities ( Civil Liability ) Act 1976 , at common law a breach of the duty of care did not give rise to a cause of action in negligence until the plaintiff suffered an injury ; that , although a foetus did not enjoy an independent legal personality , by the time that the plaintiffs were born in 1967 the common law recognised that a child born with a deformity because of a negligent act occurring during the mother 's pregnancy had a cause of action ; and that , therefore , the plaintiffs had a cause of action against the defendant health authorities for any negligent act prior to their birth which caused them to be born with deformities ( post , pp. 654H , 656D–F , 660E — 661D ) .
15 We were told that that is impossible to take a vote because with big organisations like B T and the Post Office one example was to sell off a Girobank there are eight thousand people , but they were just told you can either defer your pension , leave it with the Post Office Pension Fund , transfer it to the Leicester and Alliance who bought Girobank , or take your money out and take up a personal pension scheme .
16 A ‘ significant number ’ of people took out a card because of the affinity connection , the society says .
17 He is classified as having a patron/client because of the observed relationship with a large organisation which was one among a number of significant clients .
18 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 .
19 I 've always preferred a Precision to a Jazz because of the way that a Precision plays .
20 And they were shattered to discover that the ir much-publicised ‘ Run With The Ball ’ scheme , devised last year to recompense players for the increased commitment required at international level , has made a loss because of advertising and expenses .
21 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 .
22 US airlines already find themselves at a disadvantage because of ‘ open sky ’ policies during Reagan-era deregulation , they say .
23 In the past , he says , the company was at a disadvantage because of its dependence on system software suppliers for information on databases , graphical user interfaces and operating systems .
24 It might be argued that this scheme puts the claimant who at present has a choice whether or not to use Ord. 53 , at a disadvantage because under the new scheme he or she would have to seek leave and would possibly be subject to very restrictive time-limits .
25 erm , I , well I ca n't commit myself to going down to that to , I mean if it 's , if I can I 'll give you a ring because with Cherry being off as well it 's , I mean it 's gon na be unfair if I start , cos I 've been so much
26 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 .
27 Teesside Development Corporation , which has planning powers over the site , said it had considered doing something with the site but had been deterred from making a bid because of site access problems .
28 ‘ What 's the matter ? ’ she asked with swift acidity , as Melissa 's mouth sagged for a fraction of a second because of the unexpected ferocity of her reply .
29 A proposal was put forward to change the outing to a weekday because of the increasing problems of finding a course to accept ladies on a Sunday .
30 It can be very difficult for people infected or at risk of HIV infection to decide whether or not to have a child because in some cases the HIV virus can be passed on .
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