Example sentences of "[adv] because [prep] [art] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It slipped back to 4.2% in May , perhaps because of the party 's failure to offer new policies , perhaps because of reports of the party leader 's dalliances . |
| 2 | Unfortunately the 1926 Illuminations had to be terminated prematurely because of a miners ' strike , although they were reinstated for one night on October 2 for the opening of New South Promenade by Lord Derby . |
| 3 | Perhaps it was only because of the Substitute 's presence that he added , ‘ At eleven o'clock , ’ and then turned away quickly because the technician was about to protest . |
| 4 | Webb , 29 , has played for United just once this season — in the UEFA Cup tie against Moscow Torpedo — and that was only because of the foreigners ' rule that restricted Ferguson 's choice . |
| 5 | Obviously because of the leech 's habit of resting for periods without causing any trouble , this process will have to be repeated regularly in order to attract all the hungry leeches . |
| 6 | While some were happy to espouse them without question , others were more critical , the more so because of the Authority 's failure to consult any but a small number of heads about their content . |
| 7 | Although Australia possessed some 30 per cent of the world 's known uranium , it provided only 10 per cent of output , largely because of the left 's traditional hostility to the nuclear industry . |
| 8 | The Soviets ended a mission early because of the crew 's cardiovascular problems and , says Smith , a ‘ lot of fighting ’ . |
| 9 | Simple statements , questions and commands should be introduced early because of the student 's immediate need of communication with the people among whom he/she is living . |
| 10 | Dissent increased in the 1983 Parliament , partly because of the government 's larger majority , which enables rebels to dissent without jeopardizing the government . |
| 11 | After fighting a war at least partly because of the Gulf 's oil , he certainly should be . |
| 12 | This came about partly because of the executive 's inherent advantages , as outlined above , and partly because tradition and crisis seemed to point to the need for a strong executive . |
| 13 | This is partly because of the speech 's length but also partly because of the difficulty of showing the advert on the BBC ; even if the corporation agreed , the manufacturers would not . |
| 14 | The proportion of pupils with statements varies widely across the country , partly because of the LEAs ' differing policies on ‘ statementing ’ , but overall stands at some 1.7 per cent of the total population of statutory school age , with just over a fifth of these in ordinary rather than special schools . |
| 15 | This was partly as a result of inherited policies , but was also because of the council 's desire ‘ to be seen to be doing something ’ to support its traditional political base of the skilled manual working class . |
| 16 | However , it is still common to see exchange rates expressed in terms of the dollar , partly because this had long been the accepted practice under the adjustable peg , and also because of the USA 's continuing dominance in the world economy and financial system . |
| 17 | Thereafter Pecham and the king worked together in relative harmony , avoiding further crises , not only because the king had decisively cowed or suborned the clergy but also because of the archbishop 's paternalist view of his role and Edward 's astute sops to his ideals . |
| 18 | In his veto message to Congress Bush reiterated his opposition to abortion and stated that the veto was " important in order to prevent taxpayer funds from being used for research that many Americans find morally repugnant " , but also because of the bill 's " potential for promoting and legitimatizing abortion " . |
| 19 | Students in London have suffered particularly badly because of the Government 's decision to make students ineligible for housing benefit . |
| 20 | The company had been working with DBase III , but without much joy , simply because of the system 's relative inflexibility and technical complexity . |
| 21 | One of the most spectacular of such closures was that of the American-owned Caterpillar tractor factory in Strathclyde in 1987 , which was announced with great suddenness from the Detroit headquarters simply because of the corporation 's international overcapacity . |
| 22 | But erm , if I could just erm erm expand a bit on this erm on this erm major awards , er because it was quite interesting , particularly because of the present er , uncertainty about what 's going to happen about students ' grants . |
| 23 | The United States Department of State announced on Dec. 21 that military aid to Guatemala was being suspended immediately because of the government 's failure to " criticize or exhaustively investigate " those responsible for human rights abuses . |
| 24 | Like quicksilver she was impossible to catch and ran now from his mother 's restraining hand , shouting hotly because of the Oye-Eboe 's sly teasing . |
| 25 | Prime Minister Tenguiz Sigua had resigned on Aug. 18 , the day before the Soviet August coup , when Gamsakhurdia dismissed Deputy Premier Otar Kviliataya and Foreign Minister Georgi Khoshtaria allegedly because of the government 's failure to halt economic decline and a fall in living standards . |
| 26 | Either because of the man 's dialect or Burton 's patchy command of the language , detailed communication was not possible . |
| 27 | It is also unwise to overlook all else because of a person 's Christian commitment . |
| 28 | But I always try to stay the night there on my way down through France and on the way back again because of the Hotel de la Poste where the Swiss proprietor and his pretty Norman wife provide such a warm welcome and such good food . |
| 29 | This exists primarily because of the government 's desire to finance a substantial part of its expenditure by cheap money rather than by taxation . |