Example sentences of "were [adv] because [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Up till now , anyone who was away on holiday when an election was held lost the right to vote , and some people who were away because of their work lost their vote too . |
| 2 | At least the postbag was relatively light at the moment : so many people were away because of the holiday season that the normal deluge of correspondence had dried to a trickle . |
| 3 | The premiums charged by Outhwaite should have been sufficient to cover future claims , but in fact were not because of a heavy spate of asbestos and professional liability claims after 1982 . |
| 4 | There were seven bookings in an untidy game and Hoddle added : ‘ The problems tonight were totally because of the new laws of the game . |
| 5 | ‘ There 's always some police by the Circus , ’ I knew they were there because of the Jewish population around the area — and the frequent Mosley British Fascist parades . |