Example sentences of "[noun sg] because of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They may hold these views about perception because of views they hold about our nature and the nature of the things we look at . |
| 2 | The action would , he said , make redundant the complaint that certain elements had resorted to violence because of allegations that elections held in March 1987 had been rigged [ see p. 35203 ] . |
| 3 | These items are incomplete on the computer drug dictionary because of inconsistencies with the drug database at the prescription pricing authority . |
| 4 | Thompson was forced to reshuffle his side because of injuries , work commitments and one player missing the team bus and indeed the manager had to name himself as one of the substitutes . |
| 5 | Iran was also to co-operate on oil exploration and refining with Turkmenistan , whose offshore oil extraction in the Caspian sea was suffering disruption because of shortages of hitherto centrally supplied materials . |
| 6 | I do n't want my son to grow up to be a sexual pervert because of lessons he 's learned at school . |
| 7 | They run courses especially for people who might find it difficult to do a course at their local college because of things like language difficulties and the fact that you might have children to look after . |
| 8 | This is a figure included to ensure that all three methods yield identical results which , of course , they should do in principle , but which they invariably fail to do in practice because of errors and omissions which arise through imperfect data collection . |
| 9 | One of the authors , John Perry , director of the Institute of Housing , said yesterday that it had not been possible to calculate a Scottish figure because of differences in the financial systems . |
| 10 | But in April 1980 the lengthy trial proceedings ground to a halt because of allegations that attempts had been made to bribe the jury . |
| 11 | In the US , buyers will have to hold back for 90 days after the issue because of Securities Exchange Commission restrictions on overseas dealings . |
| 12 | In the US , buyers will have to hold back for 90 days after the issue because of Securities Exchange Commission restrictions on overseas dealings . |
| 13 | Similarly , most of the ‘ volunteers ’ were older and , in the main , contacted the Drugs Council because of problems with other agencies . |
| 14 | Up to forty jobs could go at Thamesdown Council because of cuts announced today . |
| 15 | BEVERLY Hills 90210 star Jason Priestley keeps loaded guns at his Hollywood home because of threats to his life . |
| 16 | Sparta Prague have been banned by UEFA from playing their next European Cup match at home because of attacks on Turkish fans during a game against Fenerbahce . |
| 17 | Their 1987 balance sheets took a hit because of defaults , but have bounced back nicely in 1988 . |
| 18 | Environmentalists are demanding that plans for Europe 's largest housing development are put on ice because of fears that nearby power lines could be a health hazard . |
| 19 | The 1996 Olympic slalom in Atlanta is open to some question because of disputes within the USA about funding . |
| 20 | Gray 's plans have been thrown into disarray because of injuries . |
| 21 | Whilst it is true that , in the main , the replacement of fixed capital is usually accompanied by an increased production capacity because of advances in technology , we do not have to take this into account when dealing with the basic theory of the cycle . |
| 22 | For the first 10 years of the Government , the cry that used to come from the Dispatch Box was that the economy was in a mess because of strikes by workers . |
| 23 | The students will be taking a 22-man squad to Gibson Park to face Malone although skipper David Humphreys will be an absentee because of holidays . |
| 24 | The crash happened on the A-Forty at Wheatley between Oxford and Thame where a contra-flow system is in place because of roadworks . |
| 25 | We finished up with only one point because of events outside of my control . ’ |
| 26 | There are also a number of cases where the Commission has held that the banning of meetings and procession for a restricted period because of fears for public safety , such bans being under the democratic laws of a State , were not in contravention of the Convention . |
| 27 | In practice , the student will necessarily miss some continuity because of days off and night duty . |
| 28 | LOYALIST prisoners have been banned from wearing Remembrance Day poppies inside a top-security jail because of fears it could provoke republican violence , the Northern Ireland High Court heard today . |
| 29 | For the previous few years the soap factory had been losing business because of imports of synthetic detergents , mainly through Lever Bros , the local branch of Unilever . |
| 30 | PILGRIMS to Walsingham are being asked by clergy to reduce the amount of Holy water they take from the Anglican shrine because of fears that the well will dry up . |