Example sentences of "[noun prp] because [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I like Alice in Wonderland because of the funny creatures and because they talk like people except it is not what you expect . |
| 2 | They reported that there was no difference between the first three prize-winners , and so he had appointed Scott because of the genius loci . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | He understood what she meant about Slorne because as the days and weeks had grown into months he had found great comfort in her strange and silent presence . |
| 5 | In a recent analysis that compared economic evaluations of the same intervention ( a new drug ) performed by identical methods in four countries , Drummond et al showed that although the drug was 36% more expensive in the United States than in the three European Community ( EC ) countries considered , it was also more cost effective in the United States because of the relative price and use of other health care resources compared with those in the EC ( such as the higher charges for surgical operations ) . |
| 6 | The new government was greeted with dismay in the United States because of its perceived reluctance to proceed with a US-brokered plan for talks in Egypt with Palestinians [ see pp. 37303-04 ] . |
| 7 | Waldheim continued to be banned from entering the United States because of his alleged participation in the execution and maltreatment of Allied prisoners and in the deportation of Jews . |
| 8 | All London 's football clubs , with the exception of Arsenal because of its training commitment leading up to its eventual FA Cup victory , took part . |
| 9 | Additionally , there is also an economically driven swing towards higher quality crudes , which will benefit LASMO because of the composition of its portfolio . |
| 10 | And er I well remember on one occasion in the course of my analysis with Anna Freud I had the uncanny feeling , well this was more than an uncanny feeling , I think it was the reality , I touched the superego of Sigmund Freud because at one point I said something in my analysis which implied that her father , for instance , might have some interest in religion and Anna Freud flared up and what I felt was flaring was her superego and this was the superego she had got by identification with her father . |
| 11 | Not all are outstanding golfers , but then 18-handicap Group Captain John Prideaux did n't become Secretary at Muirfield because of his own golfing skill . |
| 12 | You just ca n't see any good in Jeff because of Silvia . ’ |
| 13 | ( It was a driver and it 's now mounted in Lyle Towers because after that he could n't hit a fairway with it ! ) |
| 14 | Liverpool 's Rob Jones expects to be fit after failing to re-appear in the second half of the 1–0 defeat against Aston Villa because of a calf injury . |
| 15 | A PILOT who died with his three passengers when his plane crashed on Jura last August had twice been warned against flying north to the Inner Hebrides because of bad weather . |
| 16 | This topic is particularly important in Mexico because of the earthquake which shook the city , and because of the massive size of Mexico City , the world 's largest city . |
| 17 | President Alfredo Cristiani , who had threatened on Nov. 11 to break off UN-sponsored peace talks in Mexico because of the FMLN 's continuing sabotage of electricity installations , said that the government would take action to consolidate the ceasefire , and on Nov. 21 he announced that troops would suspend aerial bombardment and artillery shelling of guerrilla positions . |
| 18 | I really ca n't answer for David because in all the years that I 've known him , I always actually found him a rather cold person , even when I was 14 and he was 16 , even as boy and girlfriend . |
| 19 | The AC Milan player , who has not played since last May 's European Cup triumph over Steaua Bucharest because of a knee injury , is involved in a contract dispute with the club . |
| 20 | Gregory 's account becomes exceptional in the second decade of the sixth century with the election of Quintianus , who had fled from his see at Rodez because of the Visigoths . |
| 21 | Apollinaris survived for only a few months , and on his death Theuderic had Quintianus installed as bishop , apparently on the grounds that the saint had been driven from Rodez because of his loyalty to the Frankish king . |
| 22 | They will earn a UEFA Cup place if they finish third and Manchester United win the League to add to yesterday 's Rumbelows Cup success , and manager George Graham , who had to leave David O'Leary out of his 13 on Saturday because of terrorist threats towards the player and his family , is already chasing more illustrious ambitions . |
| 23 | The on-loan Millwall keeper comes into the reckoning at Southend on Saturday because of a fitness doubt over Welsh international Tony Norman . |
| 24 | French sports minister Frederique Bredin is boycotting the Springboks ' opening match in Bordeaux on Saturday because of the make-up of the squad . |
| 25 | Wycliffe said : ‘ I 'm only interested in what happened at Brand 's place on the Tuesday because of what followed . ’ |
| 26 | The game has been put back from next Tuesday because of the Old Trafford second leg . |
| 27 | There was the cancellation of the second Test after the Guyanese government decided to deport Robin Jackman because of his South African connections ; and then came the real tragedy , when Ken Barrington had a heart attack and died during the third Test in Barbados . |
| 28 | They chose Whitehaven as their base , after fleeing from their native Hungary because of the Nazi threat , setting up the company originally known as West Cumberland Silk Mills . |
| 29 | The controversial Irish singer said she skipped the appearance in Zurich , Switzerland , last Friday because of ‘ private pressures ’ . |
| 30 | Mr Rabin cut short a US trip on Friday because of the wave of violence . |