Example sentences of "and [subord] of the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And because of the wide variety of electric and gas-fired fuel-effect fires available many people are taking up this option . |
| 2 | The recommendations included refraining from concluding a peace treaty because of divergent views among interested countries and because of the Soviet Union 's pursuance of militant expansion . |
| 3 | I was even invited to appear on a TV programme , but declined because of the rough time friends had received , and because of the sloppy way previous programmes in that particular series had been presented . |
| 4 | Although mature applicants receive special consideration there are no relaxations of course requirements for them and because of the current competition for places the number of successful mature applicants is likely to be small . |
| 5 | Ten seasons after the introduction of the Renault RSO1 all manufacturers ran turbo-charged cars , and because of the increased power generated , the sport 's governing body say a need to curtail its use . |
| 6 | Others close the pupil right down , and because of the muscular effort needed to create a small round opening , cats , crocodiles and many other nocturnal animals have pupils which close to form slits . |
| 7 | Something else I 've left hanging rather dangerously in the air is another and rather different hint , and because of the close correspondence of their careers , the milestones along their way , Stephen Daedalus is merely another name for James Joyce , so that the portrait itself would be a blow by blow account of its author 's story so far , with the relevant identities politely concealed under pseudonyms . |
| 8 | Two and a half years ago Camel Laird started a campaign to gain access to the intervention funding and because of the total lack of any sort of industrial policy by this government , and their refusal to support the Camel Laird application to the E E C , next month will see the closure of Camel Lairds which will lead to a loss of skills that amounts almost to a criminal act on the part of this government , who seem prepared to allow this country to become a skill-free zone in order to drive down wages and conditions to a rate comparable with some Third World countries . |
| 9 | For this reason , and because of the limited use for such general data-types , the only data-types smaller than a word which are at all commonly provided for in the instruction set are half-words , characters , and decimal digits . |
| 10 | The pH of the test meal when measured in vitro was found to be 4.9 , but this was not achieved in vivo because of the presence of an initial amount of gastric juice , and because of the immediate stimulation of acid production by the food . |
| 11 | It was as always a moment of terrible sorrow and because of the creaking conveyor cringing banality . |
| 12 | There are few controlled studies of treatment and because of the complex nature of the disorder such studies are difficult to undertake . |
| 13 | This creates a rather spooky atmosphere and because of the many camera angles gives the impression that you are being watched . |
| 14 | A transformation has taken place in the productivity of British shipbuilding because of privatisation , because there was no bottomless pit to which shipyards could turn , and because of the sheer reality that none of those yards would exist unless there had been a quantum change in working practices . |
| 15 | The rally is under threat because it 's so close to a busy RAF base , and because of the increasing cost of using the site . |
| 16 | ‘ It 's excellent , dazzling , and because of the original condition , it 's practically a stock plane . |
| 17 | And because of the grave risk from infection , she 's to be barrier nursed in isolation . ’ |
| 18 | Moreover , only a very small segment of jejunum was exposed to the full dose of cholera toxin and because of the rapid binding of the toxin to the mucosa it was presumed that cholera toxin was not available in the distal small bowel to induce secretion . |
| 19 | In [ 13 ] this effect is accentuated because of the succession of stressed syllables ( " -creet door clicked shut " ) , and because of the accompanying clattering of consonants , especially the stops /k/ , /t ) , and /d ) . |
| 20 | Delays in handling the spillage and the stricken vessel caused the movement of the slick , but it became clear by Jan. 11 that the slick would not actually reach the coastline , largely because of the strength and direction of the prevailing sea currents , and because of the light quality of the oil ( Arabian Light ) . |
| 21 | In recent years , significant developments in the preparation of fetal oocytes in man and the mouse by " microspreading " , have taken place , and because of the superior quality of the preparations and the vast improvement in detail which can be discerned in such spreads , all discussion regarding chromosome preparation at meiotic prophase in oogenesis will be deferred until later ( Section 4.3 ) . |
| 22 | With a Scottish mandate , Labour has progressed from the ‘ feeble fifty ’ to the ‘ ineffectual forty-nine ’ as it sits impotently at Westminster because of its allegiance to the Union and because of the English desire for Conservative governments . |
| 23 | This seasonal element in warfare persisted as late as the nineteenth century , but in the period of Charles it was often impossible to wage war in the winter , both because of the weather , and because of the basic necessity to harvest crops in autumn for survival of the people . |
| 24 | The tide turned against the Labour government in its marginal defeat in 1951 because of what was seen to be its still strong commitment to state regulation and control and because of the new-found attractiveness of the free-market ideology offered by the Conservatives . |
| 25 | In people , UV-B radiation is known to cause ageing of the skin , and because of the high correlation between sunshine and skin cancer , it is accepted that UV-B exposure of skin is directly linked to skin cancer ( Eaglemann , 1981 ) . |
| 26 | This topic is particularly important in Mexico because of the earthquake which shook the city , and because of the massive size of Mexico City , the world 's largest city . |
| 27 | As described earlier , it has not been possible to measure this peak in the case of citations to Scottish geological theses , because of the small numbers of individual citations recorded , and because of the large spread of the citation period for these works . |
| 28 | Elizabeth Roberts found that sons and daughters helped because ‘ it was the thing to do ’ and because of the all-pervasive fear of the workhouse . |
| 29 | Within its tiny confines are to be found thousands of carefully sorted postcards , old and new ( some in categories such as ‘ Giotto ’ , ‘ Snakes ’ , ‘ Cities ’ , ‘ Bourgeois ’ ) and because of the enormous variety , a visitor is virtually guaranteed to spend some money once inside the door . |
| 30 | So the designs of one era are often rejected by another , usually in reaction and because of the human need for change . |