Example sentences of "hold [adv prt] because [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Outlook has been held over because of lack of space . |
| 2 | An inquiry into the Beirut massacres was held up because of lawsuits against the Israel government for not setting up an inquiry . |
| 3 | Well I was n't sure whether Paul was saying it 's gon na be held up because of that ? |
| 4 | It had been held up because of the freezing of assistance to the Soviet Union ( also released on the same day — see p. 38105 ) . |
| 5 | Payment had been held up because of a cash shortage . |
| 6 | It is hoped that the plan will help to release funds that have been held up because of shortages of data or skilled staff in the East . |
| 7 | A county spokeswoman said : ‘ Clwyd has agreed with Wrexham Maelor that it can have the buildings but it is being held up because of the situation with NEWI . |
| 8 | Mhm and he was held up because of it and they got Martin on the job and he wrote to hi er to the War Secretary , whatever you call it , you know Secretary of State |
| 9 | Then erm one could go on , because the building industry , for instance , civil engineering , road construction , actual buildings being constructed , they 're all very weather-prone , for quite a large extent of the contract , and so we provide erm weather advice to these people throughout the contract period usually , and not only throughout the contract period , but if the contract is held up because of weather then the , we get extension of contract comes into this , we can advise both sides on whether the claim is justified or not , because we have the statistics of how much rain fell , how cold it was , or perhaps it might have been a windy spell . |
| 10 | Many companies hoped that the end to uncertainty would result in the release of orders held back because of the election . |
| 11 | Transplant programmes are being held back because of a shortage of donor organs , and more are urgently needed . |