Example sentences of "used because [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Note the steam pump on the basin side of the stop planks , used because of the lower level could not be drained by gravity . |
| 2 | This is widely used because of the comfort and lack of restriction of the upper body . |
| 3 | In laser surgery , CO 2 lasers ( wavelength 10.6 ) are widely used because of the high absorption in water , and therefore in any soft tissue . |
| 4 | This is somewhat ironic when it is realized that local government has substantial resources that can not be used because of centrally-imposed prescriptions . |
| 5 | They are used because of their alleged efficiency , the two main spectral lines of sodium being emitted at nearly the peak of the colour response curve for the human eye . |
| 6 | PCs have generally been used because of the cost of procurement and because they are more readily available within the Service . |
| 7 | Older cars were used because of the fear of souvenir hunters and vandalism , which did in fact occur when the cars stopped outside Thornton Heath depôt . |
| 8 | For the kitchen china , marked with a ‘ K ’ to distinguish it from the nursery china marked with an ‘ N ’ , as well as the storage jars with printed names on the kitchen shelves , Doulton china was used because of its reputation for being hard-wearing . |
| 9 | Both were traditional tactics hut now neither could be used because of the Conservative Government 's trade union legislation . |
| 10 | It appears that this procedure is rarely used because of the ignorance and fear of disgruntled clients and because there appears to be a generally high level of satisfaction with the services provided . |
| 11 | We support the views of the County Planning Officers Society and the Government that the 1981 provisions have not been widely used because of ( a ) the financial implications of compensation for minerals planning authorities ( MPAs ) , ( b ) the staffing and resource implications for MPAs who were expected to implement the provisions , and ( c ) the complexity and cumbersome nature of the provisions themselves . |
| 12 | The antiplatelet agents prostacyclin and dipyridamole are likewise not routinely used because of their cardiovascular effects and poor efficacy , respectively . |
| 13 | They have wasted , because of the Government , four hundred million pounds building a station at Waterloo that is n't even going to be used because of your Government . |
| 14 | The group 's present offices were intended as a temporary base before staff moved into better premises which can not be used because of fire damage . |
| 15 | That rather ponderous phrase is used because in an unknown but not insignificant number of contemporary prisons the problem still exists , but the actual substance has changed . |
| 16 | As for my own research , there are some areas of it in which quantification has not been used because in these areas it was not necessary or appropriate for the purpose I had in mind ( see for example the discussions in chapter 5 ) . |