Example sentences of "[noun pl] because of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first team coaches — honorary jobs — are Neil Mantell and Steve Holdstock while Roger Taylor and Gary Hartley , both of whom have made early playing retirements because of injuries , are also involved in the preparation of Nottingham 's teams . |
| 2 | A MERSEYRAIL train may not run for three months because of vandals . |
| 3 | He also promised that the country 's schools — which had been closed for two months because of fears of political violence — would reopen within days , and that a civic work programme would be implemented for Haitian youths . |
| 4 | Fortunately , too , Labour has agreed to continue with that policy should it come to power — so let us hear no more complaints about depriving local government of central Government funds because of cuts in rate support grant , revenue support grant , or whatever it is called today . |
| 5 | His comments came after a Granada Television World in Action programme revealed people were being denied access to Britain 's intensive care units because of cuts in staff and beds . |
| 6 | Both companies were thought to have taken these steps because of fears that a future SPD government would abandon the plant . |
| 7 | He suggests that the systems model is applicable to the study of comparative industrial relations since , although every county displays special or particularistic industrial relations characteristics because of differences in the environmental settings in which they operate , ‘ the attention to rule-making in industrial relations systems provides a common denominator for the comparative analysis of different forms ’ ( p. 27 ) . |
| 8 | They tend to be people who are used to making regular weekly payments and they have a substantial equity in their homes because of discounts . |
| 9 | After scoring on his Villa debut against his former club , Wednesday , on the opening day of the season , he made only 13 more appearances because of injuries and failed to register another goal . |
| 10 | After scoring on his Villa debut against his former club , Wednesday , on the opening day of the season , he made only 13 more appearances because of injuries and failed to register another goal . |
| 11 | Debts also arise between countries because of services performed by one country for another . |
| 12 | Disease diagnosis may vary both within and between communities because of differences in health care systems and structures . |
| 13 | Firms too keep precautionary balances because of uncertainties about the timing of their receipts and payments . |
| 14 | It is not always easy to directly compare the interest rates between different lenders because of differences in the way the charges are calculated — a good guide is the APR rather than the basic rate — and always bear in mind the possible arrangement or setting up fees ! |
| 15 | Tory MPs protested the measures may be held up for two years because of delays on the Bill to ratify the Maastricht Treaty . |
| 16 | Radioactive waste will pile up at nuclear power stations , defence establishments and the Sellafield reprocessing plant for another twenty years because of delays in building an underground repository , according to the Radioactive Waste Management Advisory Committee , which advises the Department of the Environment . |
| 17 | It had long been a controversial issue and its approval had been delayed for years because of worries about the environmental consequences and the cost of the project . |
| 18 | He could n't lie down for seven weeks because of problems with his head , neck and pelvis , ’ recalled Knight . |
| 19 | Some of these dogs will be strays , abandoned by their owners because of difficulties with them in the home . |
| 20 | They 're fifty pounds because of economies of scale . |
| 21 | If the client takes more of the risks , the contractor 's tender prices may be lower , but the clients may have to pay extra sums as the contract proceeds and the risk becomes quantifiable in the light of claims and variations because of events such as unforeseen ground conditions . |
| 22 | Several others , however , including one individual who testified that he had suffered discriminatory treatment from his employers because of views he had expressed in public about the political situation , requested that their names be withheld from the final report , because they felt that their jobs and perhaps even their very lives would be at risk . |
| 23 | And last night it was revealed that the murdered child 's body lay at the scene for over four hours because of fears of another blast . |
| 24 | And last night it was revealed that the murdered child 's body had lain at the scene for over four hours because of fears of another blast . |
| 25 | Thus urban neighbours may attempt to curb farming operations because of problems of noise or smell . |
| 26 | The offeror 's directors subsequently felt unable to continue to recommend the offer to its shareholders because of differences in expectations over the combined group 's financing , and the offer was withdrawn with the consent of the target and the Panel . |
| 27 | By 1985 at least half of them were lying idle , stored in warehouses because of shortages of skills and software programmes . |
| 28 | Then no more cats because of problems with birds . ’ |
| 29 | Secondly , growth in centrally planned economies has been the fruit of high levels of investment ( 30 per cent in some cases ) , which would be politically unacceptable in most liberal democracies because of effects on consumption . |
| 30 | ‘ I do not myself feel justified in attaching much weight to the tenuous evidence upon which we were invited to find that the plaintiffs made their payments because of apprehensions induced by words or conduct of state officials that vehicles would or might be seized and detained under section 47 . |