Example sentences of "a [noun] because of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether potential jurors may be excluded from a case because of their sex . |
| 2 | I like the subject , and I like the composition and so on , but it just loses a bit because of the lack of sharpness so a five for that . |
| 3 | It certainly the community a bit because of them . |
| 4 | There was also argument about whether Slovenia should indeed be exempted from holding a referendum because of its December plebiscite . |
| 5 | Understandably , the courts are more willing to review a decision because of the way in which it has been reached than because of its actual merits , or lack of them . |
| 6 | Whether I became a writer because of my desire for solitude or whether , being a writer I became more solitary , I still do not know . |
| 7 | The only German in the field , Michael Stich , beat top seed Stefan Edberg to ensure continuing home-country interest in the absence of Boris Becker , who is giving the tournament a miss because of tiredness . |
| 8 | However , as with Wimbledon defender John Scales , he faces a fight because of the price tag slapped on the player . |
| 9 | Charles DiBona , president of the American Petroleum Institute , claimed the tax would raise US prices for petrol and jet fuel by ten to 15 cents a gallon because of the uneven way in which the higher crude cost would be passed through the refinery product stream . |
| 10 | The spectacular growth of Methodism changed all this ; the two generations before civil registration began in 1837 are often the most difficult for a genealogist because of this . |
| 11 | Do not use the stove inside a tent because of the risk of fire and toxic fumes . |
| 12 | Held , dismissing the appeals , that , prior to the enactment of the Congenital Disabilities ( Civil Liability ) Act 1976 , at common law a breach of the duty of care did not give rise to a cause of action in negligence until the plaintiff suffered an injury ; that , although a foetus did not enjoy an independent legal personality , by the time that the plaintiffs were born in 1967 the common law recognised that a child born with a deformity because of a negligent act occurring during the mother 's pregnancy had a cause of action ; and that , therefore , the plaintiffs had a cause of action against the defendant health authorities for any negligent act prior to their birth which caused them to be born with deformities ( post , pp. 654H , 656D–F , 660E — 661D ) . |
| 13 | A ‘ significant number ’ of people took out a card because of the affinity connection , the society says . |
| 14 | He is classified as having a patron/client because of the observed relationship with a large organisation which was one among a number of significant clients . |
| 15 | They needed a boost because of the Cuban crisis and this seemed to be the opportunity , so they had little choice but to enter into the quicksand of the Vietnam War . |
| 16 | I 've always preferred a Precision to a Jazz because of the way that a Precision plays . |
| 17 | And they were shattered to discover that the ir much-publicised ‘ Run With The Ball ’ scheme , devised last year to recompense players for the increased commitment required at international level , has made a loss because of advertising and expenses . |
| 18 | Alistair Sampson , whose Brompton Road shop specialises in primitive country wares — pottery , carvings , furniture , embroideries — hit a bull's-eye because of the close parallels with American folk art . |
| 19 | US airlines already find themselves at a disadvantage because of ‘ open sky ’ policies during Reagan-era deregulation , they say . |
| 20 | In the past , he says , the company was at a disadvantage because of its dependence on system software suppliers for information on databases , graphical user interfaces and operating systems . |
| 21 | The ‘ better ’ one was the 13th , where the shot would have been an iron but became a four-wood because of one of Augusta 's rare bad lies . |
| 22 | Teesside Development Corporation , which has planning powers over the site , said it had considered doing something with the site but had been deterred from making a bid because of site access problems . |
| 23 | ‘ What 's the matter ? ’ she asked with swift acidity , as Melissa 's mouth sagged for a fraction of a second because of the unexpected ferocity of her reply . |
| 24 | A proposal was put forward to change the outing to a weekday because of the increasing problems of finding a course to accept ladies on a Sunday . |
| 25 | Even when children care desperately for their elderly parents and have to put them in a home because of lack of personal resources , they are not always able to keep up regular contact because of moving to find employment . |
| 26 | As a journalist who lives life in a wheelchair because of muscular dystrophy , he juggles the likes of Princess Margaret and George Melly on his guest list and emerges the eternal , acerbic optimist . |
| 27 | The entertainer , Roy Castle , who 's recovering from lung cancer , refused to shake hands with Lady Thatcher at a lunch because of her links with a cigarette company . |
| 28 | I 'm a mess because of my childhood . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | But , a marvellous thing happened whilst the trial is going on do n't forget , it 's in the dead of night and whilst the trial is going on there is Pilate 's wife at home in bed sleeping , and she has a dream , and seemed as though God spoke to her , and she saw and recognized the awful deed that her husband was about to commit , so she sent an urgent message to him that is , you 've got it in ve ve verse nineteen have nothing to do with that righteousness man for last night I suffered greatly in a dream because of him . |