Example sentences of "[art] [noun] because of " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We 've been stopped from coming into the Park because of people throwing paper and things on to the ground . ’ |
| 2 | It seemed he held all the cards — there were other agencies who could handle his business , and if he denied Grantham and Marsh the opportunity because of her stubbornness how could she explain it to Sebastian ? |
| 3 | But unfortunately , they are not getting the opportunity because of er some of the management failings means that they 're not actually getting the contracts to which they 're entitled . |
| 4 | ‘ I was at the NME because of punk rock really , ’ he says blandly . |
| 5 | He is not impressed by the Prince because of who he is , but because of the man he is : because of his gift for talking to people , his tenacity and his courage in confronting problems that other men would shy away from . |
| 6 | At the same time , formal sector employment , never very large , has fallen some 10 per cent since the mid-1970s because of economic stagnation , and the informal sector is now overcrowded and income therefore low . |
| 7 | Stress alone can be more harmful than cigarette smoking and has been proven to operate indirectly against the fetus because of the woman 's behaviour under stress . |
| 8 | Then , in missing the trial because of my collarbone injury , I thought I might have missed my chance because Greig Oliver played very well in the trial . |
| 9 | One other patient withdrew from the trial because of development of a painful rectum during radiotherapy . |
| 10 | Alan Noble , another former Darlington director , said he would not rejoin the board because of business commitments . |
| 11 | Vice chairman Alan Noble resigned his seat on the board because of business commitments , but that was n't the last of him . |
| 12 | was describing , an analysis that would permit the surety to avoid the contract with the creditor because of undue pressure brought to bear by the debtor , or some misrepresentation by the debtor as to the extent of the risk , or some other impropriety of the debtor , all unknown to the creditor , would be inconsistent with the commercial purpose of the contract . |
| 13 | Mary Law had felt she might refuse the money because of this problem : |
| 14 | A number of explanations for urban economic decline are based on the assumption that jobs and/or industrial investment have moved out of the cities because of prevailing production costs and the problems associated with the older urban cores . |
| 15 | On Nov. 24 , 1989 , the European Parliament ( EP ) had asked its legal affairs committee to conduct an investigation into the case because of growing international concern about such convictions , while in January 1988 the Court of Appeal in London had unanimously rejected an appeal against the convictions [ see p. 36237 ] . |
| 16 | That is unlikely to be the case because of the higher cost of beef , lamb and pork in Britain compared with US production . |
| 17 | But England could do nothing with the advantage because of the ferocity and speed with which the Irish forwards hammered whichever luckless Englishman was left to tidy up the tap . |
| 18 | Mr Brown 's half-room turned out to be nearly as dark as the basement because of the cardboard panes stuck in the window where the glass had been blown out . |
| 19 | It was considered that there was a need for a public authority to play a role in securing access to and observance of the law , where the issues involved justified it , if individuals might otherwise be deterred from bringing cases to the courts because of their complexity , the financial costs involved or for any other reason . |
| 20 | Small time offenders in need of psychiatric help are being jailed by the courts because of a rundown of psychiatric hospitals . |
| 21 | ‘ Now , I ca n't build on the south or the east side of the houses because of the sea . |
| 22 | Motor industry executives believe that many people held off buying until after the election because of uncertainty about higher tax bills if Labour took office . |
| 23 | My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland has expressed the view that , unless the outstanding issues are resolved in the near future , it is unlikely that political talks could begin before the election because of a lack of time ; but the Government very much hope that the obstacles will be overcome and that the talks can then begin . |
| 24 | They 've already been to the Jonquil because of Sabine 's death . |
| 25 | The German Association of Water and Gas Utilities has protested about the decision because of the extra pollution that will result . |
| 26 | Two further contributory factors to the decline of the industry have been : the lowered earnings of energy companies giving rise to spending cutbacks ; and the dampening of government enthusiasm for the projects because of the abundance of crude oil . |
| 27 | Immediately before the conference Germany had expressed reluctance to commit further funds to the projects because of the costs of German unification . |
| 28 | Having rejected much of the literature because of faults found in the methodology , the authors focus their attention on three relatively small clinical trials . |
| 29 | It is a system that works particularly well with the Yakuza because of the bizarre but rigid code of ethics by which the Japanese Mafia conducts itself , quite different from any other criminal society in the world . |
| 30 | Ferguson is prepared to risk Robson because another of United 's Englishmen , Lee Martin , is unlikely to face the Russians because of a stomach bug . |