Example sentences of "[noun prp] because of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ferry traffic was halted for a week in December because of fears that refugees might hijack the vessel to the United States . |
| 2 | The stop can not be moved nearer to the Pleasance junction without interfering with movement at that junction , nor can it be located on the Pleasance because of junctions , bends and the pedestrian crossing . |
| 3 | She was excited because this was the first time that de Levantiére had followed the New Look that was capturing the world but was still hard to come by in England because of clothes rationing . |
| 4 | The paper , a frequent subject of censorship , had been printed in Nigeria in July because of difficulties with government printers . |
| 5 | Bush had still to convince the US Congress , however , to release the US$94,000,000 in economic and military aid which it had frozen in July because of doubts about the government 's commitment to an anti-drug programme and because of persistent reports of gross human rights abuses by the military . |
| 6 | On Jan. 24 it was reported that Prunskiene was living in Switzerland , having fled Lithuania because of fears for her safety . |
| 7 | On May 30 after government discussions on the fuel industry , it was announced that prices for energy would not be raised to world prices as sought by the IMF because of fears of rising social tension . |
| 8 | Last summer , he and fellow Teesside Polytechnic student Paul Kuiken , 19 , were prevented by police from becoming the first to canoe over the 72-ft High Force waterfall in Teesdale because of fears they would be killed . |
| 9 | On March 26 the US State Department confirmed that it had in July 1991 denied a visa to Narong because of suspicions over his role in heroin trading . |
| 10 | In addition Richard Armitage , acting as a special US ambassador to the Middle East , held previously unannounced talks with King Hussein on Jan. 22 , following a statement by US President Bush that he was not planning to " write off " Jordan because of differences of opinion on the Gulf conflict . |
| 11 | It was also reported that the International Committee of the Red Cross ( ICRC ) was forced to halt relief operations in mid-December because of disputes with the two sides . |
| 12 | The distribution of ECU200 million of emergency food aid ( promised at the EC Maastricht conference in December ) had begun in January ; the food was to be sold in Moscow and St Petersburg at controlled prices in an attempt to restrict inflation , but the first shipment of 130 tonnes of beef from the UK was refused entry at Moscow because of fears of bovine spongiform encephalopathy [ see p. 37534 ] . |
| 13 | In 1935 Uruguay acceded to Brazilian pressure to break links with Moscow because of allegations , apparently not unfounded , that the Soviet trading office in Montevideo had been used as a conduit for funds to the Brazilian insurgents . |
| 14 | But Bishop Duffy acknowleged that rejection of the government proposals would lead to legislation regularising the decision earlier this year of the Irish Supreme Court , which allowed a schoolgirl rape victim to have an abortion in Britain because of fears that she might commit suicide . |
| 15 | Consecrated in Winchester by the legate Henry of Blois [ q.v. ] on 20 June , Bishop William excused himself from the consecration of Fitzherbert in late September because of difficulties in his bishopric , where Cumin was maintaining his position by force and guile . |
| 16 | Anglian Water Authority refused to attend the meeting of residents in Oakham because of rules preventing them discussing matters that might depress the share price during privatisation , and because there was little information available . |
| 17 | Furthermore , despite the proven efficacy of warfarin in primary stroke prevention , physicians remain reluctant to prescribe oral anticoagulants for their older patients with AF because of fears about haemorrhagic complications and understandable concerns about drug compliance in elderly outpatients . |
| 18 | But the event at Langbaurgh motor sports park near Redcar has had to be switched to Lincolnshire because of worries over excessive noise on a Sunday . |
| 19 | THE OUTCOME of the Government 's ‘ taking stock ’ exercise will not be announced until mid-March because of delays caused by the Prime Minister 's visit to Washington . |