Example sentences of "because of [pos pn] [noun] [to-vb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Labour has promised a system of independent public inquiries which will look into all proposed school closures , and it believes this will protect schools threatened because of their decision to opt out . |
| 2 | They are offered smaller discounts than the purchasing moguls of companies , and are viewed with distaste in garages because of their tendency to quibble over bills or wonder whether they really need new tyres . |
| 3 | This new dialectical relationship between spectator and screen image led some critics and film-makers to make large claims for the avant-garde film as inherently more progressive and political , because of its self-reflexiveness and because of its refusal to give in to the tendency of mainstream film to construct an ‘ imaginary identity ’ . |
| 4 | Will the Prime Minister confirm that because of his decision to opt out of the social charter — |
| 5 | Will the Prime Minister confirm that because of his decision to opt out of the social charter |
| 6 | It seems , though , that even if you are being reasonable in refusing to agree to a change , that does not necessarily mean that it is unfair to push the change through and dismiss you because of your reluctance to go along with it . |