Example sentences of "[noun prp] because [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I like Alice in Wonderland because of the funny creatures and because they talk like people except it is not what you expect . |
| 2 | They reported that there was no difference between the first three prize-winners , and so he had appointed Scott because of the genius loci . |
| 3 | Bank fishing is verboten on Strathbeg because of the importance to nesting birds of surrounding marsh-lands , privacy being essential when engaged in the serious business of propitiating species . |
| 4 | He understood what she meant about Slorne because as the days and weeks had grown into months he had found great comfort in her strange and silent presence . |
| 5 | In a recent analysis that compared economic evaluations of the same intervention ( a new drug ) performed by identical methods in four countries , Drummond et al showed that although the drug was 36% more expensive in the United States than in the three European Community ( EC ) countries considered , it was also more cost effective in the United States because of the relative price and use of other health care resources compared with those in the EC ( such as the higher charges for surgical operations ) . |
| 6 | Additionally , there is also an economically driven swing towards higher quality crudes , which will benefit LASMO because of the composition of its portfolio . |
| 7 | Liverpool 's Rob Jones expects to be fit after failing to re-appear in the second half of the 1–0 defeat against Aston Villa because of a calf injury . |
| 8 | This topic is particularly important in Mexico because of the earthquake which shook the city , and because of the massive size of Mexico City , the world 's largest city . |
| 9 | President Alfredo Cristiani , who had threatened on Nov. 11 to break off UN-sponsored peace talks in Mexico because of the FMLN 's continuing sabotage of electricity installations , said that the government would take action to consolidate the ceasefire , and on Nov. 21 he announced that troops would suspend aerial bombardment and artillery shelling of guerrilla positions . |
| 10 | The AC Milan player , who has not played since last May 's European Cup triumph over Steaua Bucharest because of a knee injury , is involved in a contract dispute with the club . |
| 11 | Gregory 's account becomes exceptional in the second decade of the sixth century with the election of Quintianus , who had fled from his see at Rodez because of the Visigoths . |
| 12 | The on-loan Millwall keeper comes into the reckoning at Southend on Saturday because of a fitness doubt over Welsh international Tony Norman . |
| 13 | French sports minister Frederique Bredin is boycotting the Springboks ' opening match in Bordeaux on Saturday because of the make-up of the squad . |
| 14 | The game has been put back from next Tuesday because of the Old Trafford second leg . |
| 15 | They chose Whitehaven as their base , after fleeing from their native Hungary because of the Nazi threat , setting up the company originally known as West Cumberland Silk Mills . |
| 16 | Mr Rabin cut short a US trip on Friday because of the wave of violence . |
| 17 | The Darlington Lions charity bookshop has had to leave Priestgate because of the Cornmill development . |
| 18 | The fault came to Rangers ' attention when they were forced to postpone a Premier Division game with Dundee United at Ibrox in December because of a fractured drainage pipe . |
| 19 | The deal is not affected by this week 's decision to slow down part of the emergency aid agreed upon by the Twelve in December because of the repression in the Baltic republics . |
| 20 | The Finnish government had cancelled the signing of this treaty in December because of the disintegration of the Soviet Union . |
| 21 | PAKISTAN captain Imran Khan ( left ) said yesterday that he could miss this summer 's tour to England because of a shoulder injury . |
| 22 | Imran Khan , the Pakistan captain , may miss this summer 's tour of England because of a shoulder injury . |
| 23 | Will he confirm that hoteliers and those who so successfully manage tourist attractions in Wales will not suffer the problems that beset their colleagues in England because of the Secretary of State for Employment who has suspended section 4 assistance ? |
| 24 | It 's just possible Mr Deputy Speaker , it 's just possible I may not be selected for all kinds of reasons but if I was selected it might at least give the people of that lovely part of the world the chance of having the referendum they never had over Maastricht because of the shameful way in which the Labour party was not willing to allow the people to have their say on that vital issue . |
| 25 | Acting president Kadreddin Aslonov , appointed after the Aug. 31 resignation of Kakhar Makhkamov because of the coup [ see p. 38373 ] , issued on Sept. 22 a decree banning the activities of the Communist Party of Tajikistan ( which on Sept. 21 had renamed itself the Socialist Party of Tajikistan ) and nationalizing its property . |
| 26 | Shannon because of an ankle injury . |
| 27 | Housman Overseas ( 0702 206281 ) says that UK buyers are absent both in Portugal and Spain because of the harsh UK economic climate and the imposition of high UK interest rates four years ago . |
| 28 | But we know we ca n't get into Spain because of the 1992 Olympics . " |
| 29 | A Belorussian popular front was formed in June 1989 , although its founding congress had to take place in Lithuania because of the hostility of the republican leadership . |
| 30 | Well it is but I mus n't let it annoy me Brenda because in a way he must know what he 's doing . |