Example sentences of "[n mass] because of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although care must be taken in interpreting data because of changes in definitions of households , and imprecision in terminology such as ‘ married couple ’ , some trends are nevertheless clearcut . |
| 2 | Descriptions of offices , studios and wind tunnels , and an account of getting lost in Luton on the way to Vauxhall headquarters because of roadworks on the M1 , are no substitute . |
| 3 | Now it 's especially for people who are black or Asian because a lot of the time they miss out on the opportunities that are available to a lot of other people because of things like language barriers and although you might think it 's unfair it 's not actually illegal . |
| 4 | Authoritarian personalities have been found to display attitudes of hostility towards inferiors and to reject other authoritarian people because of attitudes about authority . |
| 5 | This second wave was most successful in the ‘ Neo-Europes ’ of temperate America , Australia and New Zealand but was perhaps much less so in the tropics because of micro-organisms , which the societies based on shifting cultivation there , had evolved to avoid . |
| 6 | Cable & Wireless Plc has cut its stake in Digital Telecommunications Philippines Inc to 25% from 40% because of problems at another local affiliate : the company recently won a contract to operate a state-run telephone system in Luzon island ; an unidentified foreign group is to take up the stake . |