Example sentences of "because [prep] their [noun pl] ' [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because of their players ' League commitments in England , the Republic of Ireland have cancelled their friendly international against Yugoslavia on 14 December . |
| 2 | The children were taken into care in mid-1987 because of their parents ' inability to look after them properly and following suspicions of sexual abuse against the girl . |
| 3 | I would also I think put in a word for the work of the joint po policy panel erm which is shared between this committee and the social services committee because it seems to me that it is not for us to be thinking that there is a group of children for who nursery education is necessary er or desirable and a different group of children for whom something else erm is necessary and desirable , largely because of their parents ' position . |
| 4 | More than 8,000 babies die each year in Britain because of their parents ' tobacco smoking habit , says a recent report published by the Association for Nonsmokers ' Rights ( ANSR ) . |
| 5 | Millions of workers have been sacked from plantations and mines because of their companies ' losses ; farmers cultivating export crops on their own have suffered severe cuts in living standards . |
| 6 | The Greek champions , AEK Athens , have been banned from European competition for a year because of their fans ' misbehaviour in a European Cup match at home to Marseille this month . |