Example sentences of "been [verb] [conj] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | A modified version of the southern mountain route has been examined because of the resolution . |
| 2 | And er the all-nighters have been stopped because of it . |
| 3 | Although his initial interest had been aroused because of the connection between current problems and events which may have taken place in a former life , he became so enthralled by the topic that he took it up for its own sake . |
| 4 | The remaining work has been delayed because of problems encountered with the render and the removal of the existing paint . |
| 5 | His visit , the first by a senior East European official since the collapse of communism there , had been delayed because of political turmoil in China and Poland , according to a Polish official . |
| 6 | This had been delayed because of the November 1991 general election [ see p. 38589 ] and the resulting political uncertainty . |
| 7 | At the moment erm because of the extra time we 've got available because production investment has been delayed because of ministerial decisions , we 've set in train three further studies and they will look collectively at alternatives , comparison in combat modelling and also in the numbers and if I could describe those three very briefly because I think they 're the they 're relevant to what we 're talking about . |
| 8 | Teachers and other academics have been persecuted because of their chosen area of research . |
| 9 | Their heightened expectations for educational progress had not been realised because of low investment and poor management . |
| 10 | The number of bidders on AFCAC 300 is thought to have been limited because of the amount of money needed to pursue it . |
| 11 | The Vulcans have recently been withdrawn because of their age . |
| 12 | By eight weeks , three patients had been withdrawn because of adverse drug side effects while four had been transferred to other medical treatment and two had undergone surgery because of increasing pain or ulcer size . |
| 13 | Night-time bus services are to resume on a council estate where they 'd been withdrawn because of gang attacks . |
| 14 | Nine players — Goram , McPherson , Robertson , McCall , Durrant and McCoist ( all Rangers ) , McStay ( Celtic ) , McLeish ( Aberdeen ) and Malpas ( Dundee United ) — have been withdrawn because of injury . |
| 15 | Like many readers before and since , the author of The Cloud identified Mary the contemplative with Mary Magdalene and with the woman who had anointed the feet of Christ , washed them with her tears and who was told by Jesus that her sins had been forgiven because of her great love . |
| 16 | The UK Department of Transport 's plans to build a road through rare water meadows in Herefordshire have been rejected on environmental grounds after a public inquiry — reportedly the first time that a road project has been halted because of environmental concern . |
| 17 | A marriage is so voidable if it has not been consummated because of the incapacity of either party , or because of one party 's wilful refusal to consummate it ; if the marriage was entered into without the consent of either party ( e.g. by reason of duress , mistake , or unsound mind ) ; if at the time of the marriage one party was suffering from mental disorder of such a kind as to render him or her unfitted for marriage , or from venereal disease ; or if the wife was at the time of the marriage pregnant by some other person than her husband . |
| 18 | Various self-help groups have been formed because of dissatisfaction with the help that professionals provide or a realisation that such help is limited . |
| 19 | The Congress ( I ) claim to form a government headed by V. Vaithilingam was accepted by the Lieutenant-Governor , Har Swarup Singh , on June 22 but a government had not been formed as of early July . |
| 20 | The programme for Causewayside Phase 2 has been revised because of delays due to weather and ground conditions and completion is now expected in June 1994 . |
| 21 | This must lead us to consider whether the differences in theistic belief between Near Eastern traditions like Judaism , Christianity , and Islam on the one hand , and Indian traditions like Hinduism on the other hand , have been exaggerated because of language . |
| 22 | There is reference in paragraph two point two to the local ombudsman and I , I , I should perhaps add that during the year in question , there is one current matter er which er with the subject of the referral to the local ombudsman and that of course has not been included because of definition reasons in this report . |
| 23 | In paragraph four , page six , we do make a small point about the financial implications er on of course that has been resolved because of er the resolution carried forward in the budget debate and a note there about central training which I could er just , just explain slowly because I have had a number of questions about this . |
| 24 | The more powerful , well-established organizations were often able to put forward their own projects — many of which might simply have been cancelled because of capital cut-backs after the International Monetary Fund imposed constraints in 1976 . |
| 25 | The future of the National Book Sales was this week thrown into doubt after Book Marketing Ltd announced that the summer sale , due to run from 3rd July to 7th August , had been cancelled because of a lack of support . |
| 26 | Bard blues : As You Like It , due to be staged at the Liverpool Empire on Monday , has been cancelled because of ‘ a lack of support . ’ |
| 27 | Many commentators believed that he had been nominated because of his self-effacing personality and the fact that he had left no " paper trail " in the form of recorded legal opinions on divisive contemporary issues . |
| 28 | Prosecutor Smither Thiara said : ‘ The charge has been dropped because of lack of evidence . ’ |
| 29 | The manufacture of flannel had been discontinued because of the growth of the textile industry in the large towns — and the consequent loss of markets where it could be sold without loss . |
| 30 | He showed her a letter from the CPS saying proceedings against him had been discontinued because of lack of evidence . |