Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun] because [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now what 's happened the problem would be for your children , who are faced with erm building societies and banks who are red hot to sell endowments because of the better commission value to the company , and the , the endowments to make them competitive have actually been structured so that it 's the minimum premium , the minimum possible premium . |
| 2 | The frequency of gastrointestinal symptoms was compared in infected and non-infected patients at stage IV ( Figure ) ; earlier stages were excluded to avoid bias because of the small proportion of infected patients at stages II/III . |
| 3 | Wartime conditions had robbed players of the incentive to win promotion because of the uncertain future of League football , and caused a sharp fall in gates which made it virtually impossible to spend money on improving the team . |
| 4 | The Kremlin was also anxious to avoid involvement because of the potential loss of face if the USSR 's inability to send conventional military support to a friendly country undergoing a successful US action were to be made manifest . |
| 5 | The first figures hint that armchair fans are n't rushing out to buy dishes because of the new football contract . |
| 6 | I chose not to use swimfeeders because of the patchy carpet of algae on the bottom . |
| 7 | ‘ She did not wish to press charges because of the prominent position she and her husband hold in London society . ’ |
| 8 | However , an effective competition policy needs power to control mergers because of the serious damage they may inflict on competition . |
| 9 | Above all , crowds came to watch Huddersfield because of the exciting football they played . |
| 10 | the pursuer succeeded in his application for an interim payment against his employer who argued they should only be liable to pay 50% because of the alleged negligence of the master of a ship . |
| 11 | This was due , not to lack of discoveries but to a disinclination by the oil companies to invest the huge sums necessary to develop discoveries because of the onerous terms of the UK fiscal regime . |
| 12 | One of its senior men recorded in a memo that an official of the Northern Ireland office emphasised to him that the Housing Executive had to do everything possible to prevent unemployment because of the political situation . |
| 13 | Adherents to such faiths are small in number in the United States , and insufficiently substantial to achieve non-ratification because of the direct influence . |
| 14 | In other cases it may be difficult to guarantee effectiveness because of the uncertain state of the relevant law . |