Example sentences of "[coord] because [prep] " in BNC.

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1 No I think it was just , certainly Tom tried to lift us or because over the winter months when nothing was happening negotiations-wise , you know he knew if he did n't lift us then nothing would and everyone would get so disheartened they 'd just say oh sod it and back to work or forget it and what have you .
2 I would therefore advise against taking any kind of drugs , not just because it is unsporting , or because of the threat of severe penalties on discovery , but also because of the adverse effects any drug regime has on the mind and body .
3 Those who do might also be thought to be insincere , but some policemen showed real regret and disappointment when they were unable to provide the service they felt they should , whether because of the nature of the call or because of unrealistic public expectations ( such as finding lost budgies , preventing sheep-worrying , or reconciling warring spouses and quarrelsome neighbours ) .
4 This work surprisingly shows that leisure time actually diminishes as productive technology advances ; whether this is because of population increases or because of the rise of an exploitative class is not clear .
5 Sometimes it has to be abandoned for convenience or because of a changed lifestyle .
6 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 .
7 Sometimes enzymes used for degradation of a target contaminant are not induced by the presence of the pollutant , either because the concentration is too low or because of the xenobiotic nature of the compound .
8 The remarks on Germany , France and Italy show what the dangers are when party confrontations disappear , whether because of excessive consensus or because of excessive fragmentation between parties .
9 His wife Melanie was pressed by Boenninghausen , Hering and other students of Hahnemann to publish the document after his death , but she would not release the manuscript either because of a desire to protect his name or because of her desire for money !
10 They were placed in mental handicap hospitals because they were suffering from a temporary mental illness , or because of ‘ moral incompetence ’ and never released .
11 They may be at risk because of identifiable genetic disorders which are known to be present , or because of the age of the mother .
12 Even if you are coping well enough overall , you may sometimes be provoked into anger against the patient , either because of his behaviour , or because of your mutual frustration at the situation his illness has created .
13 Since Alladice , the Divisional Court has accepted that access by a solicitor 's clerk to a detained person may be refused if the police believe that the clerk is ‘ not capable of providing advice , whether because of his appearance , age , his mental capacity or because of the police knowledge of him ’ .
14 It also occurs when people who want to go on working are forced to retire because of their age or because of stereotyped assumptions based on age .
15 Included in this group are schizophrenic subjects who have injured themselves as a consequence of a delusional belief ( for example , that part of the body was evil ) , or because of an hallucination ( such as one in which voices tell the subject to harm himself ) .
16 Despite this marked success , or because of it , it is time that serious consideration is given to the industry , particularly the pharmaceutical and agricultural chemical sections .
17 Women are becoming more prone to alcohol dependence , either through similar career demands or because of loneliness , boredom or the heavy demands made by family and older relatives .
18 In the General Household Survey of 1981 , about 10 per cent of the registered unemployed declared that they were ‘ economically inactive ’ , mostly for reasons associated with their age , health or because of family or domestic responsibilities .
19 Remember , and keep remembering , that you are special because you are a person , not because you do ( or do n't do ) a particular job or because of what you do ( or do n't ) possess .
20 However , if at node k no new problems are created ( because LPk has an integer solution , or is infeasible , or because of bounding ) , we develop the active node with the largest ‘ value ’ .
21 Teenagers could test your patience and older members of the family may add to the problem , either by interfering or because of their own situations .
22 NEDs may not be independent at all , as their appointment may be for some personal reason or because of existing business connections .
23 If the Government decides to regulate a particular area of activity , whether because of public pressure following financial scandals or because of an EC directive , the profession is not going to be able either to make it go against public opinion or to relieve it of its responsibilities under the Treaty of Rome .
24 If , notwithstanding the above provisions , there shall be liability on the part of DW/LD by virtue of this Agreement , or because of the relation hereby established , whether due to negligence or otherwise , such liability is and shall be limited to a sum equal to the payment for the Program which sum shall be paid and received as liquidated damages , and not as penalty and this liability shall be complete and exclusive .
25 Although AI believes in the indivisibility of human rights , the campaigning work of the organisation focuses on issues within a strictly defined mandate : No one should be imprisoned for the peaceful expression of their beliefs , or because of their colour , sex , ethnic origin or religion ; no one should be tortured , ill-treated or executed ; all political prisoners should receive prompt and fair trials .
26 They had n't negotiated any furniture to get to the far side of the room and sit against the opposite wall and she had the impression , either because of that or because of the resonance of voices , that the room was empty .
27 But the relevant changes are further defined by being unintended and at least to some extent beyond the control of the societies they affected , either because of their intrinsic character , or because of the scale on which they occurred .
28 In their wisdom ( or because of the lack of it ) they appointed me as working group chairman .
29 Teachers , that is , do not just decide to deploy particular skills because of their recognized professional worth and value , or because of their own confidence and competence in operating them .
30 Most crucially it means identifying the population which is at ‘ risk ’ of being exposed to the noxious or infectious agent via proximity or because of certain characteristics which make them more vulnerable .
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