Example sentences of "[noun] because of [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | These items are incomplete on the computer drug dictionary because of inconsistencies with the drug database at the prescription pricing authority . |
| 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 | 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 ) . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 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 | Similarly , most of the ‘ volunteers ’ were older and , in the main , contacted the Drugs Council because of problems with other agencies . |
| 11 | BEVERLY Hills 90210 star Jason Priestley keeps loaded guns at his Hollywood home because of threats to his life . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Disease diagnosis may vary both within and between communities because of differences in health care systems and structures . |
| 14 | The paper , a frequent subject of censorship , had been printed in Nigeria in July because of difficulties with government printers . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Firms too keep precautionary balances because of uncertainties about the timing of their receipts and payments . |
| 17 | On Jan. 24 it was reported that Prunskiene was living in Switzerland , having fled Lithuania because of fears for her safety . |
| 18 | The 1996 Olympic slalom in Atlanta is open to some question because of disputes within the USA about funding . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 ! |
| 22 | We finished up with only one point because of events outside of my control . ’ |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Tory MPs protested the measures may be held up for two years because of delays on the Bill to ratify the Maastricht Treaty . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | However , the Associated Press news agency reported on Feb. 8 that the package could be held up in the European Parliament , due to opposition from the socialist group because of concerns about Syria 's human rights record . |
| 30 | Initially , church members were viewed by many with suspicion because of breakdowns in relationships ( rows over brownies and guides , etc. ) in the past . |