Example sentences of "[noun] because of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The issue of their timing was seen by the opposition as of crucial importance in determining the fairness of the presidential contest because of the role of local administrators in the electoral process . |
| 2 | Crawford ensured that no one under fourteen would be allowed into the performances because of the strong language and much hopping in and out of bed — and he banned his grandmother . |
| 3 | He stressed that the meaning was to be contrasted with an error made in carrying out the testator 's intentions by the draftsman 's words , and also with a mistaken choice of words because of a failure to understand the testator 's intentions ( a matter covered by s 20(1) ( b ) of the Act . |
| 4 | Neither stacks nor queues are appropriate to store a list of words because of their FIFO and LIFO storage and access principles , however the linked list structure can be used . |
| 5 | Lucien found it hard to doubt Azmaveth 's words because of the zeal with which she spoke , but he still had difficulty believing her . |
| 6 | I remember the time when you and I , Mr. Speaker , had a few words because of what was happening because of the Secretary of State for Health |
| 7 | I like Alice in Wonderland because of the funny creatures and because they talk like people except it is not what you expect . |
| 8 | They reported that there was no difference between the first three prize-winners , and so he had appointed Scott because of the genius loci . |
| 9 | Bank fishing is verboten on Strathbeg because of the importance to nesting birds of surrounding marsh-lands , privacy being essential when engaged in the serious business of propitiating species . |
| 10 | These are sometimes smaller than their stellar images because of the distorting effect of the Earth 's atmosphere . ’ |
| 11 | The best image resolution was obtained from transverse images because of the orientation of the resonance frequency coils . |
| 12 | She looked round at us and asked : ‘ Have any of you left your husbands because of this talking that you do ? |
| 13 | He has turned away the glorious light of his countenance — or maybe the traffic fumes have got in the way , or maybe he 's turned off the telly because of the charismatics . ’ |
| 14 | They may hold these views about perception because of views they hold about our nature and the nature of the things we look at . |
| 15 | However , the Historic Buildings Council for Scotland has increasingly been able to give some very substantial grants towards churches , ensuring that churches faced with closure because of a repairs crisis have been able to continue in use . |
| 16 | This was the largest grant ever offered by HBCS , but many other churches faced with closure because of a repair crisis have also received substantial aid from the Council |
| 17 | A project run by the Richmond Fellowship in north London has been earmarked for closure because of high renovation costs and ‘ changes in referral patterns ’ . |
| 18 | Thurcroft colliery in my constituency is now threatened with closure because of a short-term geological problem , yet it has 20 million tonnes of workable low-sulphur reserves . |
| 19 | I hope , however , that it has not escaped the attention of the Leader of the House that one of the most famous companies in Scotland , Armitage Shanks of Barrhead , is facing closure because of the parent company 's axe . |
| 20 | And finally , an animal sanctuary threatened with closure because of a cash shortage has been saved thanks to Central South viewers . |
| 21 | An historic Gloucestershire coaching inn , which was facing closure because of financial problems , has been saved . |
| 22 | A museum described as containing one of the finest collections of modern art of its kind is threatened with closure because of council cutbacks . |
| 23 | Nevertheless it was felt that the papers deserved a wider circulation because of their intrinsic interest to a larger audience . |
| 24 | The Clarion 's offices were small and dingy , but despite this , and the fact that it only appeared once a week , the magazine had a large and growing circulation because of the crusading character of its editor , J. D. O'Connor , who had been a leading journalist with the Morning Post before he had struck out on his own , financed by money left to him by his land-owning father . |
| 25 | This view has been superseded by the concept of the thoracic pump , whereby sternal compression causes a generalised rise in intrathoracic pressure which is selectively transmitted to the arterial circulation because of closure of the venous valves . |
| 26 | The industrialisation of agriculture and the spread of commercial forestry also arouse opposition because of their impact on rural landscapes , wildlife , the welfare of farm animals and , most recently , the safety and quality of food . |
| 27 | The remains of these edifices in Italy , France , Germany , Spain , Yugoslavia , Greece , Rumania and Asia Minor give us a clear idea of their way of life as well as their modes of building and it is a much more complete picture than that which we have from the Greek civilisation because of its very complexity and variety . |
| 28 | It we he phoned at it was , it was five to six , Jim was going to take me to aerobics because of the weather |
| 29 | Reeling over a savage blow Writer Chapman Pincher marvels at the wonderful salmon rivers of Scotland — but he is outraged by their depletion because of English drift-netting . |
| 30 | Similar to other villages in the area in most respects , a part of it has acquired a semi-industrial facade because of its proximity to the main highway . |