Example sentences of "[pron] because [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were both looking for comfort — I because of Marcus , you because of Lotta — and we found it together . |
| 2 | For example , an employer is not in breach of contract for sacking someone because of his or her age . |
| 3 | In one case promotion in the off-farm employment had been refused by the employed himself because of the added restriction it would have placed on his farming activities . |
| 4 | ACTOR Patrick Swayze has slashed £200,000 off the wooden mansion he built himself because of the US property slump . |
| 5 | ‘ Good , ’ said the Count , who was in London himself because of the importance of the venture and the advisability of maintaining direct contact with his operatives . |
| 6 | Lucien could not see very far in front of himself because of the tablecloth over his face and was unaware of the bewildered and amused glances he received from passing house staff . |
| 7 | ‘ Ah , do you think , ’ her face blanched , ‘ that he poisoned himself because of our quarrel ? |
| 8 | I 'm the drummer the dragon boats arise from an ancient chinese legend about a council official who drowned himself because of the poor service the people were getting . |
| 9 | The beast is now everywhere on the island and Simon is punishing himself because of it . |
| 10 | For present purposes the point is that such passages , which because of the name ‘ Anchises ’ may seem Virgilian , are nothing of the kind . |
| 11 | This generates a number of economic changes which because of the overlap of social , economic , political and religious systems in rural communities , have extensive social repercussions . |
| 12 | Lacanian psychoanalysis , they argued , offered the best understanding of the objectification of woman in film , of the way film constructs a gendered viewer , and of the complex of perversions-voyeurism , exhibitionism , fetishism — which because of their prominence in mainstream cinema are pertinent to the feminist engagement with film . |
| 13 | The second main type of lending occurs when libraries borrow from one major centre , which because of the size of its collections can provide an effective service on a large scale . |
| 14 | We live in an age which because of AIDS and cirrhosis of the liver knows full well the dangers of pursuing such life styles . |
| 15 | It was worked by petrol-electric single deck buses , which because of varying agreements , appeared at different periods either lettered ‘ GeneraL ’ or ‘ Thomas Tilling ’ . |
| 16 | No. 16 , which because of the poor condition of its body , had already been re-pillared with five windows , was sent to Hendon in August or September 1928 , stripped right down and rebuilt with flush sides , two and one reversible cushioned seats inside and a number of other improvements . |
| 17 | In order that the Crystal Palace service could be strengthened , to the 15 cars available ( 36–51s , less 47s ) were added three ex-Croydon Corporation cars , Nos. 11 , 21 and 31 , which because of the reversal of numbers of the single truck cars at the 1927 renumbering , they were the newest . |
| 18 | Moreover , there are a number of other types of measurement , such as time sampling , which because of their more specific nature are not included here . |
| 19 | The remaining two B. & C.D.R. carriage bodies , which because of the terms of the Trust Deed we are not permitted to sell , are still at Mr McBriar 's , and a home for these is urgently being sought . |
| 20 | Everything , in fact , except the 50MHz 725 which because of non-standard packaging is n't scheduled to ship until the second quarter . |
| 21 | We started the collection of pictures for schools , and had many memorable visits to painters ; sometimes we visited schools together , which because of the shared observation , interest , ( and often amusement ) was always enjoyable . |
| 22 | And it does not accommodate certain institutions , such as Durham , Keele or the Open University , which because of origin or nature , are sui generis . |
| 23 | The inner ring comprised the older areas built up to around the turn of the century , which because of their high density and lack of open space required ‘ decentralizing ’ , involving 415,000 persons . |
| 24 | It also pointed out that all these proposals had a major weakness in that none of them gave consideration to the university sector , which because of its involvement in the provision and validation of teacher-training courses and because of the different , smaller scale of Welsh provision , made its contribution more critical . |
| 25 | In February 1990 the Chinese government admitted for the first time that HIV infection had spread to China in significant numbers , particularly to the south-western province of Yunnan , which because of its proximity to the " golden triangle " of drug production in Thailand and Burma had a relatively high number of intravenous drug users . |
| 26 | Betty was approached by the vicar 's wife at Hurley to start a class in 1966 , which because of her local influence , was held in the beautiful surroundings of Bisham Abbey . |
| 27 | Er but which because of their erm pattern of tree cover for example , may well be able to erm erm er accept er a new settlement which will blend reasonably erm er into the er landscape . |
| 28 | Erm if there are areas la large areas around Greater Greater York particularly to the west of the city , which because of their flat open character would not be suitable for for a new settlement . |
| 29 | In the Habsburg territories in central Europe , which because of their exposed geographical position and limited economic strength greatly needed an effective and well-controlled foreign policy , the Emperor Joseph I in 1709 set up a new committee of nine officials for this purpose . |
| 30 | 60 ) , which because of its association with one of the saltire mosaics ( Brown et . |