Example sentences of "[noun] because of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 61 | He could n't lie down for seven weeks because of problems with his head , neck and pelvis , ’ recalled Knight . |
| 62 | On March 26 the US State Department confirmed that it had in July 1991 denied a visa to Narong because of suspicions over his role in heroin trading . |
| 63 | They believe their children have asthma because of emissions from the two plants . |
| 64 | Bilal and Samir returned home to Lebanon , but doctors feared there would be a setback in their recovery because of conditions in the Bourj al Barajneh refugee camps and the lack of medical facilities there . |
| 65 | British pubs and clubs usually face great difficulty securing a late licence on anything approaching a regular basis because of fears that longer hours will mean increased drunken mayhem . |
| 66 | Two years ago she was forced into early retirement because of cuts in funding to the organization where she worked . |
| 67 | ‘ What would you do if you could n't get the Land Rover back because of floods ? ’ he asked . |
| 68 | A planned visit by the king to Timisoara on Christmas Eve was cancelled at the last minute because of restrictions imposed by the government . |
| 69 | He had said it was unwise to load up in villages because of thieves and dangerous to camp apart from each other because of bandits . |
| 70 | There was general agreement , said Sir John , that the average temperature of the earth 's surface — as predicted by computer models — would increase by 0.3C per decade because of emissions from industry and transport , coupled with the effects of deforestation and intensive agricultural practice . |
| 71 | BellSouth Corp , Atlanta warns that first quarter profits will be reduced by about $20m to $25m or about $0.05 per share because of costs associated with the severe winter weather that scoured the south : among the extraordinary costs are labour and material costs to maintain and restore telephone service . |
| 72 | In addition Richard Armitage , acting as a special US ambassador to the Middle East , held previously unannounced talks with King Hussein on Jan. 22 , following a statement by US President Bush that he was not planning to " write off " Jordan because of differences of opinion on the Gulf conflict . |
| 73 | Some of these dogs will be strays , abandoned by their owners because of difficulties with them in the home . |
| 74 | They 're fifty pounds because of economies of scale . |
| 75 | If the client takes more of the risks , the contractor 's tender prices may be lower , but the clients may have to pay extra sums as the contract proceeds and the risk becomes quantifiable in the light of claims and variations because of events such as unforeseen ground conditions . |
| 76 | The year began with cold clammy fogs , and although some industry had come to a standstill because of workers called to the colours , and factories bombed by the enemy , we still did not have the Clean Air Act , and there was still quite a lot of smoke from domestic fires , and from the slack coal burnt by factories making munitions . |
| 77 | It was also reported that the International Committee of the Red Cross ( ICRC ) was forced to halt relief operations in mid-December because of disputes with the two sides . |
| 78 | Xerox , meanwhile , pride of the office technology set , is trying to wash its hands of its PC-based desktop publisher Ventura because of losses . |
| 79 | ‘ Lifetime ’ partners do not refer to a finite time period but to partners since first sexual intercourse ‘ so far ’ ; this may be the most inaccurate measure because of difficulties of recall , whereas discrepancies over shorter time intervals are much smaller . |
| 80 | I can foresee a crisis situation where councils are unable to collect any money because of delays with appeals . ’ |
| 81 | Several others , however , including one individual who testified that he had suffered discriminatory treatment from his employers because of views he had expressed in public about the political situation , requested that their names be withheld from the final report , because they felt that their jobs and perhaps even their very lives would be at risk . |
| 82 | ‘ Aid to these countries is of a high humanitarian priority at the moment , ’ he said , ‘ and it is not getting the desired coverage because of problems in neighbouring states . ’ |
| 83 | The demand for action comes in a week when John Bond has been advised to stay away from his former club , Burnley , for Shrewsbury 's FA Cup tie this afternoon because of fears of reprisals from angry Turf Moor fans . |
| 84 | any type of predator will still produce a biased prey assemblage because of differences in activity patterns between predator and prey ; |
| 85 | Lean body mass ( expressing acid secretion as mmol/h/kg ) is considered to avoid the bias caused by variation in parietal cell mass because of differences in the gastric surface area , as this accounts for differences in height and weight . |
| 86 | He continues to serve a 14-year sentence because of reports he sent to the British Broadcasting Corporation and for ‘ possession of anti-government literature ’ . |
| 87 | And last night it was revealed that the murdered child 's body lay at the scene for over four hours because of fears of another blast . |
| 88 | And last night it was revealed that the murdered child 's body had lain at the scene for over four hours because of fears of another blast . |
| 89 | Thus urban neighbours may attempt to curb farming operations because of problems of noise or smell . |
| 90 | The offeror 's directors subsequently felt unable to continue to recommend the offer to its shareholders because of differences in expectations over the combined group 's financing , and the offer was withdrawn with the consent of the target and the Panel . |