Example sentences of "[conj] because of [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most crucially it means identifying the population which is at ‘ risk ’ of being exposed to the noxious or infectious agent via proximity or because of certain characteristics which make them more vulnerable . |
| 2 | It also occurs when people who want to go on working are forced to retire because of their age or because of stereotyped assumptions based on age . |
| 3 | Those who were looking forward to Col. Savill 's repeat of his much acclaimed talk last December ‘ The Summer Timetables of 1939 ’ , which some of us missed due to last year 's influenza epidemic or because of other engagements will be pleased to hear that Col. Savill has also agreed to give this talk at a future date . |
| 4 | Assume that goods became loose in rough seas either because of improper lashing or because of heavy seas that could have been avoided with better navigation . |
| 5 | Mothers set themselves exacting standards , either because of their own inner motives or because of social forces acting upon them . |
| 6 | Directors of Pressa 's printing works in 18 towns had written to Russia 's Minister for the Press and Mass Media , Nikolai Poltoranin , warning that because of financial difficulties , publication of central newspapers would cease in Russia 's regions unless emergency measures were taken . |
| 7 | Last week the head teachers association of Cambridgeshire wrote to the county council to say that because of critical shortages of books , equipment and facilities and because of oversized classes , it would have serious difficulty providing the national curriculum . |
| 8 | Riley alleged that because of certain happenings he hung his jacket behind a door and fitted an electrical device and wires to a wallet in his pocket , connecting it with lights in his bedroom . |
| 9 | Buchanan is arguing that because of environmental pressures , and particularly because of changes in management technology and the need for flexibility , high performance requires organizations to combine flatter structures with a much higher degree of worker control . |
| 10 | It became obvious however that because of limited resources within the Transport Department workshops , it would be necessary to seek outside assistance if significant progress was to be made in replacing the fleet . |
| 11 | He said that because of competitive pressures the company , which had already purchased its summer shoe stock and most of those for the autumn season , was unable to pass the increase on to the customer and gross margins suffered as a result . |
| 12 | Since three out of every four owners report behavioural problems with their dogs at some stage , it is clear that probably most strays are discarded for this reason , rather than because of other factors such as family break-ups or emigration . |
| 13 | ‘ Planning ’ was judged to have taken place if the girl had known the man for at least six months before cohabitation and if she cohabited for positive reasons rather than because of outside pressures such as pregnancy or the need to escape from an unhappy home . |
| 14 | If shares are not accurately priced then there is ‘ considerable scope for take-overs based on speculative and other motives where corporate control changes hands because of differences in information , or of opinion about the accuracy of stock market valuations , between sellers and purchasers of control , rather than because of proposed changes in management objectives or operating efficiency ’ . |
| 15 | In some regions , difficulties arose because some of the colleges comprising RMCs were offering considerably more management education than others , because of status difference between institutions , and because of internal stresses within colleges , some of which accorded management education a higher priority than others . |
| 16 | Trade unions fell into the second of these groups , but , because of their large and fluctuating membership and because of certain provisions in the Trade Union Act 1871 , it was assumed that it was impracticable to bring actions against them so as to make their funds liable . |
| 17 | Very few books on human rights are published in sub-Sharan Africa , both because of the fear of reprisals and because of economic constraints . |
| 18 | Very few books on human rights are published in sub-Sharan Africa , both because of the fear of reprisals and because of economic constraints . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Some are elected because of their independent standing in the party and because of specific positions they have adopted on certain issues . |
| 21 | Although based in the informal sector , they used some modern sector facilities such as newspapers to advertise their work and because of lower costs were able to compete successfully with large furniture manufacturers . |
| 22 | The Government has been anxious to find a slot for such legislation but has not acted yet , partly because of a full parliamentary timetable and because of technical difficulties in defining which types of weapons should be outlawed . |
| 23 | Although the 114 deputies represented an absolute majority in the 180-member Kosovo Assembly , the Assembly itself had been summarily closed by the Serbian authorities on June 26 , following a decision of the Serbian Assembly to declare a situation of " special circumstances " in Kosovo because of the ongoing strikes in numerous factories , and because of alleged attacks against ethnic Serbians in the province . |
| 24 | Last week the head teachers association of Cambridgeshire wrote to the county council to say that because of critical shortages of books , equipment and facilities and because of oversized classes , it would have serious difficulty providing the national curriculum . |
| 25 | Land cultivation in the Auvergne uplands is extremely limited because of the long cold period in winter when sward re-establishment would be difficult , a dry summer climate , and because of thin soils which are anyway generally quite fertile . |
| 26 | Today , 90-95% of a property 's value is the maximum , and because of conservative valuations ( often 10-15% below the purchase price ) , first-time buyers are having to find deposits as large as 20% . |
| 27 | Turbulence arises in a society because of an accelerating but uneven rate of change , and because of unpredictable connections between the increasingly interdependent parts . |
| 28 | But because of increasing restrictions over the past few years we have now bought a rack to carry the bikes on the back of a car . |
| 29 | But because of increasing restrictions over the past few years we have now bought a rack to carry the bikes on the back of a car . |
| 30 | Most of the problems that are arising are not just because of the Trusts but because of other things like for instance the contracting process that is proposed , the t the changing in the financing that is incorporated and of course the general under-funding which there is within the N H S. These are far more important problems in the long term . |