Example sentences of "[subord] of [noun] of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was partly because of difficulties of communications : ancient Greek diplomacy was conducted on foot for the most part , and runners rather than mounted dispatch-riders were used for urgent messages . |
| 2 | It says the move is to prevent demand building up for announced machines that vendors can not ship because of shortage of parts . |
| 3 | But Stewart said that even before he was convicted , vital information from other pilots about near-misses was already drying up because of fears of reprisals . |
| 4 | The demand for action comes in a week when John Bond has been advised to stay away from his former club , Burnley , for Shrewsbury 's FA Cup tie this afternoon because of fears of reprisals from angry Turf Moor fans . |
| 5 | Sometimes the name originally given is no longer apt , because of revision of genera or species ; and sometimes close species put on one plate , as with Lodge 's pictures ( which are of New Zealand birds ) , are now separated ; but these things do not seem to matter too much to the publishers and editors . |
| 6 | It can be only a matter of time before stories of patients being denied care because of lack of resources are in the headlines . |
| 7 | The report claimed that the Code of Guidance which accompanied the Registered Homes Act of 1984 was not being applied , partly because of lack of resources and partly because of the restricted power of local authorities . |
| 8 | I heard evidence of the one domi domiciliary visit per week of the physiotherapist had been stopped in September because of lack of resources . |
| 9 | ‘ On a site visit before we started the project , we found the hospital grounds overgrown and the wards empty because of lack of medicines and basic facilities . |
| 10 | Thus , a reasonable goal related to a problem of boredom in an adolescent because of lack of interests might be to join a local youth club . |
| 11 | Moreover , some of the best qualified people in South Africa , Australia and elsewhere have sought openings for training in Europe or America because of lack of opportunities or resources at home . |
| 12 | She applied to her employer for a redundancy payment but was refused because of lack of funds . |
| 13 | The ACOC were forced , because of lack of funds , to surrender their rights to televising the Cup to the challengers . |
| 14 | Plans for this were made some years ago , but it has not been possible to proceed with them ( a ) because of lack of funds , and ( b ) because the personnel department has overall responsibility in all departments of the authority ’ … |
| 15 | But he or she would also be able to initiate the sort of actions which , under the present system , might never be brought because of lack of funds or problems of co-ordination , or because prospective applicants , by reason of social deprivation or lack of education , do not have the human resources to speak for themselves . |
| 16 | The Central Yacht Club of the Trade Unions has a good harbour and is centrally located , but its clubhouse , which looks impressive from the outside , is unfinished because of lack of funds . |
| 17 | Will she also confirm that secure accommodation will also be available where local authority homes are not able to provide such accommodation because of lack of funds ? |
| 18 | The former Communist Party newspaper Pravda reappeared on April 7 after a brief suspension because of lack of funds [ see p. 38825 ] . |
| 19 | The costs of this are the interest that must be paid on it and the opportunity cost of being unable to undertake some other activity because of lack of funds . |
| 20 | Mr Sommer also believes the basic offence of entering a computer will be virtually unenforceable , partly because of lack of police manpower and partly because arrest warrants for this less serious offence will involve applying to a magistrate . |
| 21 | ‘ Could you please look around your yard/station/siding to see if it is there before we have to cancel trains because of lack of locomotives . ’ |
| 22 | Opposite the Italian Village , the Norwegians were building a hospital but had to leave because of lack of supplies . |
| 23 | One of my colleagues , John Savage , put it forcibly when he said in the programme that pure road racing — that is racing on public roads — was at the crossroads because of lack of numbers and I 'm inclined to agree with him . |
| 24 | Far too many handicapped young people have been condemned to operate at a lower level of education and achievement than their abilities warrant because of lack of facilities for further and higher education . |
| 25 | As many as 800 Irish supporters are expected in the Albanian capital Tirana for the match , despite advice from the Football Association of Ireland not to make the trip because of lack of facilities there . |
| 26 | All because of lack of trees . |
| 27 | Workers in several regions had threatened strikes because of non-payment of wages . |
| 28 | This was partly — in the Dickensian context — because of uncertainty of manners , owing to upward social mobility . |
| 29 | By 1985 at least half of them were lying idle , stored in warehouses because of shortages of skills and software programmes . |
| 30 | Whereas the proposals that they 're making is only those rights which may be lost because of misappropriation of assets er would be compensated by the compensation fund . |