Example sentences of "are [v-ing] because [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Dutch government says a third of the country 's trees are dying because of drought and soil acidification . |
| 2 | Numbers are declining because of the removal of the calf subsidy , the level of calf prices and the rapid escalation in fodder prices , leading to a substantial drop in profit levels . |
| 3 | Insurance companies are warning that premiums on property in areas that have suffered from severe storms in recent years are rising because of global warming fears . |
| 4 | At body weights close to the required minimum women may still have anovulatory cycles even if they are menstruating because of a lack of peripherally produced oestrogen in adipose tissue . |
| 5 | There are hundreds of ineffectual , half-hearted , derivative , dull , inexperienced , outdated and naff groups out there that are suffering because of some outdated imperialist dogma which states that records-sold equals success . ’ |
| 6 | Mr Milosevic has also been tapping the emotions of ordinary Serbs who are suffering because of sanctions . |
| 7 | Hill farmers , who could not change to dairying because their land was unsuitable , are suffering because of such distortions . |
| 8 | Artificial lift is also expected to be required on a number of producing Gyda wells which are under-performing because of low reservoir pressure . |
| 9 | The wasps are thriving because of the mild winter . |
| 10 | And in a recent hard-hitting editorial its editor Lee Mallett said : ‘ What is most disconcerting … is the apparent unwillingness … of leading figures in the property industry to acknowledge the distortions that are arising because of the suppression of information . ’ |
| 11 | Drive-in cinemas are disappearing because of attacks on families . |