Example sentences of "have [verb] [adv prt] because [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Large-scale use of set-nets in the Amazon is recent , and has come about because of the worldwide availability of cheap monofilament nylon nets .
2 The plaintiff in Diamond Stylus Co Ltd v Bauden Precision Diamonds Ltd [ 1973 ] RPC 675 paid the price for not having an express covenant restraining employees from soliciting customers after employment ended and was forced to argue that solicitation could only have come about because of the misuse of business secrets .
3 He had to sit down because of the shock .
4 The system of setting limits to public spending had broken down because of the following :
5 It all seemed so logical that you knew Ryan , had come over because of the land . ’
6 Jacques Lanxade , 56 , was named Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces in place of Gen. Maurice Schmitt , who had reached retirement age in early 1991 but had stayed on because of the Gulf crisis .
7 He went there before you , as did your grandfather Cornelius Swift , who gave us the vases in the hallway and the stuffed baboon I had to throw out because of the fleas .
8 The Law Society says it is not aware of any firms , so far , which have gone under because of the property slump .
9 The Law Society says it is not aware of any firms , so far , which have gone under because of the property slump .
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