Example sentences of "because of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | that report er that i it was er said that it m a high proportion of the cases were because of bed closures , which surely must be linked with resources . |
| 2 | Fertiliser use is apparently very limited because of cost in spite of such grants and the RP seemed to have to peddle a narrow course between not stimulating significant agricultural change but allowing enough development to support a viable local economy . |
| 3 | At that time we were told by the GA lobby that such a solution was not acceptable to GA flyers because of cost , weight/performance penalties , design difficulties and so on . |
| 4 | The main reason why the company decided to undertake a relocation exercise was because of cost : rent , rates and overheads were a lot less in Bristol than in London . |
| 5 | As far as beta blockade is concerned there are two approaches : one is the pragmatic approach , to prescribe it for everybody who can tolerate it , and not to investigate because of cost ( beta blockade is relatively cheap ) ; the other approach is to investigate all patients in the hope of giving focused therapy . |
| 6 | Lodgings/digs These are generally unpopular with most students because of cost , set meal times and general restrictions — such as the number of baths allowed — and the times by which you are expected to be home and in bed ! |
| 7 | Because of cost should be reserved for very ‘ hot ’ lists . |
| 8 | At the moment , mostly because of cost , traffic calming 's targetted on individual villages . |
| 9 | They had warned in October 1990 that Cammell Laird would have to be sold or close because of defence cuts . |
| 10 | Very dependent on defence , and I know some delegates here work in our local defence industries , or in the dockyard , always been attached to defence and vulnerable now because of defence cuts . |
| 11 | On Thursday President Clinton outlined a $20 billion , four-year programme to help workers and communities who lose jobs because of defence cuts . |
| 12 | Also , various children deemed unsuitable for fostering — because of behaviour problems or physical handicaps , for example , or because there are strong ties with the natural parents — can be accommodated , together with those who have had a foster placement breakdown . |
| 13 | To compound the problem , the all-important first-time buyer may be a vanishing species , partly frightened off by the fate of those who were saddled with huge mortgages in the slump , and partly reducing in number because of demographics . |
| 14 | As I was floundering around trying to see a picture she mentioned that she was dreading a forthcoming holiday because of travel-sickness — the anticipatory fear would lead to headaches and frequent urination . |
| 15 | Maggie had dealt with that as best she could , taking it quietly and never complaining about the minor injustices which a teacher can inflict — work returned because of untidiness , petty sarcasms , rigorous enforcement of minor school rules . |
| 16 | Indeed , we sympathise with all the families of people who are killed unnecessarily because of terrorism and violence . |
| 17 | It was because of Nan reading the diary , that 's all . ’ |
| 18 | A noteworthy exception to this trend can be found where some writers have proposed that financial reports move away from the relative subjectivity of all accruals accounting ( subjective because of depreciation charges , stock valuations , etc. ) to the relatively more objective cash flow accounting ( which recognizes only cash inflows and outflows ) . |
| 19 | Gross investment is equal to net investment plus any replacement investment which takes place because of depreciation . |
| 20 | Pauper pedigree studies totally lost their credibility because of criticism based on more sophisticated mathematical and statistical techniques im ported from Germany . |
| 21 | Because of the varied nature of this sector and because of criticism of the term informal sector , itself , other attempts to clarity and analyse this area have been made . |
| 22 | Again , we welcome that , but is it not sad that it comes 12 years after this Government were elected and after not just one but two Secretaries of State since I have been a Member of Parliament have been influenced because of criticism of tobacco advertising and irresponsible elements in the tobacco industry ? |
| 23 | A good many stars have booked themselves into clinics because of drink or drug addiction . |
| 24 | She said that it was partly because of drink — that all the Stavangers drank , and that her father knew he was drinking too much , but that he never drank at sea . |
| 25 | 15 MILLION children die every year because of malnutrition , die slowly and horribly . |
| 26 | People might also resist change because of peer group pressure to do so even though , off the record , they may acknowledge the changes as beneficial . |
| 27 | It 's because of racism . |
| 28 | As mentioned earlier , scales can sometimes show disappointing results because of fluid fluctuations within the body . |
| 29 | As we have seen , however , trade-unionism failed to take root less because of intelligentsia influence than because of the constraints placed upon it by the tsarist State . |
| 30 | ( There is still uncertainty as to whether this clause has any practical effect on schools , because of vagueness in the wording of the amendment . |