Example sentences of "[subord] of a [noun] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | Doctors told her she needed an emergency hysterectomy , but because of a bed shortage she had to wait in agony for three-and-a-half hours . |
2 | Despite the new evidence , the Virginia judiciary had refused to order a retrial of the case , partly because Coleman 's lawyer filed an appeal document one day too late , and partly because of a state law which forbade the consideration of new evidence discovered more than 21 days after the date of the original conviction . |
3 | O'Toole always refused to say why and when he stopped drinking , but denied that it was because of a stomach operation he underwent . |
4 | It is in a complicated building , and WHS had to close the shop soon after opening because of a planning dispute which included fears of excess noise from the airconditioning system . |
5 | Following the find , the centre was evacuated again because of a bomb scare which police believe was a hoax . |
6 | Sometimes it is difficult to do more because of an instruction manual which is hard to understand . |
7 | It is possible here that his claims ( if any ) against the manufacturer for misrepresentation or negligence will fail because of an exemption clause which satisfies the requirement of reasonableness ( imposed by sections 8 and 2 of the Unfair Contract Terms Act ) . |