Example sentences of "[v-ing] because [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | British construction and glazing consultants suspect that the glass may be exploding because of nickel sulphide impurities introduced when the glass is made . |
| 2 | What appeared to be a more liberal approach towards homosexual relations could be adopted because of the essentially ‘ private ’ and ‘ invisible ’ nature of the behaviour , whereas a seemingly more punitive line was adopted in relation to soliciting because of its ‘ public ’ and ‘ visible ’ character . |
| 3 | I 'm all ready if I got my handbag , but when I start walking because of the cars being broken into I do n't carry a handbag , you see , I just carry money in my pocket . |
| 4 | We simply do not have enough evidence yet to back up the claim that ‘ people are almost certainly ill , dead , or dying because of these sloppy waste disposal activities ’ ( Openshaw et al. 1989 : 12 ) . |
| 5 | They concluded that the indigenous perch , pike , trout , salmon and Arctic char populations were dying because of increasingly acidic water . |
| 6 | ‘ Earth stopped dying because of the AOL . |
| 7 | Many of the people were dying because of a terrible drought and famine . |
| 8 | The Dutch government says a third of the country 's trees are dying because of drought and soil acidification . |
| 9 | ‘ I want really to die , and I want John Major to see I 'm dying because of his and Norman Lamont 's fault , ’ she told reporters . |
| 10 | The humans are slowly dying because of the radioactive dust caused by a human war . |
| 11 | So , basically , as long as your playing sounds good and this is not happening because of sequencing or other electronic jiggery-pokery , who cares how you achieve it ? |
| 12 | A further result of the identification of women with unskilled workers was that they were ideal recruits when the de-skilling of a trade was already happening because of technological change . |
| 13 | 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 |
| 14 | erm Yes , I mean it seems very difficult to keep in touch with exactly what is happening because of the communication blackout , but erm from what we 're hearing erm obviously there is still a lot more mileage in this conflict it seems to me . |
| 15 | This , Eyre opines , is occurring because of social factors similar to those discussed in section 7.2.1 in relation to desertification ; i.e. the need to generate foreign exchange , declining employment opportunity in urban centres and fragmentation of landholdings . |
| 16 | Both can satisfactorily detect situations in which inappropriate suffering is occurring because of external deficiencies in food , warmth , income , housing and health . |
| 17 | The problem is occurring because of low river flows and breaches of the flood defence affecting many miles of riverbank . |
| 18 | Individuals may be held accountable for any loss to public funds or unauthorised disclosure of information occurring because of failure to take these precautions . |
| 19 | ‘ College men ’ or ‘ academics ’ are considered to be potentially dangerous and polluting because of their limited understanding of the ‘ polis 's ’ real world ; for they never stay long enough to experience the depth and complexities of the activities which lend him his ‘ special knowledge ’ . |
| 20 | Practitioners who initially took a stance against involvement in purchasing because of their concerns over fundholding leading to a two tier system need to be persuaded that they are still needed in influencing purchasing decisions overall . |
| 21 | Many midwives leave shortly after qualifying because of difficulties in combining childcare with work and a lack of satisfaction with their salaries . |
| 22 | Rahal , regarded as Mansell 's main rival this weekend , could only manage eighth place in qualifying because of problems with steering and road holding . |
| 23 | Trade with the Soviet Union reached US$2,000 million , but was shrinking because of the withdrawal of Soviet aid and the transfer of trade to a hard-currency basis . |
| 24 | ‘ Accordingly , on the fall of the hammer the property of this car passed to King unless that prima facie rule is excluded from applying because of a different intention appearing or because there was some condition in the contract preventing the rule from applying . ’ |
| 25 | Following a break in nursing practice there may be an understandable hesitation and anxiety about returning because of the inevitable changes that will have taken place . |
| 26 | In one instance a picture lent from Czechoslovakia to Cologne was prevented from returning because of a claim to title made by the former owner 's heir . |
| 27 | Even with such ‘ conventional , crimes , however , different people might interpret events differently , and there might be a degree of under-reporting because of this . |
| 28 | A BR spokesman yesterday said the direct link was ending because of poor patronage . |
| 29 | Failure to make a good hold off and landing because of eagerness to get down |
| 30 | In Damascus , a Syrian official said the plane had made an emergency landing because of mechanical problems . |