Example sentences of "[vb base] [conj] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And some argue that the underlying position is worse than the figures suggest because of the eight changes made to the method of recording unemployment during the period . |
| 2 | They simply have not got the money , and they are frightened to put the heating on and to keep their homes warm because of the bills which they know they will not be able to pay . |
| 3 | ‘ Do n't , ’ said Melanie sternly to herself , ‘ cry because of the state of their bathroom . ’ |
| 4 | In Hebrews 2.9 we read : ‘ But we see Jesus , who for a little while was made lower than the angels , crowned with glory and honour because of the suffering of death , so that by the grace of God he might taste death for every one . ’ |
| 5 | A number of issues arose that emphasised the difficulties that safety committees encounter because of the absence of trade union representation . |
| 6 | A self-indexing file can be referenced sequentially by normal sequential processing , and directly using a single seek because of the relations between key and storage address . |
| 7 | Order twen er , rule twenty , eight , four provides that when a party is entitled to costs , and that of course is the case of the plaintiffs , a , fails without good reason to commence or conduct proceedings for the taxation of those costs in accordance with this order or any direction or b , delays lodging a bill of costs for taxation , the taxing office may one , disallow already part of the costs of taxation that he would otherwise would warn about the party and two , after taking into account all the circumstances , including any prejudice suffered by any other party as result of such failure or delay as the case maybe , and any additional interest payable under section seventeen of the judgements act because of the failure or delay , allow the party so entitled less than the amount he would otherwise have allowed on taxation of the bill are wholly disallowed the costs , his provision for an appeal to allow to the judge and chambers and that is the way the matter is coming before |
| 8 | Needles can be produced by simply pulling Leitz capillary on an electrode puller but such hollow needles can cause damage to tissue if they break because of the ensuing capillary action , Solid needles are preferable both for this reason and also because they have greater mechanical strength . |
| 9 | In captivity or in the wild , the first two clutches of barn owl chicks often die because of the parents ' inexperience . |
| 10 | Whether two or more mental events count as of the same type in our sense , to repeat , is a matter of whether there is a discriminable difference in content , any such difference , whether or not the events are included under the same more or less general description . |
| 11 | The soil on which rainforests grow is generally very poor but despite this , rainforests flourish because of the heat and the rain and the continual decay of vegetation that occurs on the ground . |
| 12 | Most anthropologists would prefer to look elsewhere , partly I suspect because of the way the biological arguments have been overstated . |
| 13 | The other , frightened of a similar propensity , consciously abhors what becomes so tedious , but unconsciously fuels the fury and whine because of the need to keep in touch with the repudiated blaming , whining self . |
| 14 | I hope that the targets that are before you in Appendix Three , demonstrate the way in which individuals and general managers do have , inevitably their targets vary because of the circumstances of their particular er unit or department . |
| 15 | Types of performance measures and Non-conformances [ missed opportunities and foul-ups ] vary because of the variety of the different parts of the company , from oil crackers through plastics formulation plants to functions like distribution and catering . |
| 16 | Our feet and legs deserve greater attention than we give because of the abuse they tolerate every day . |
| 17 | With Victoria on her knee and her head held regally erect because of the pressure of the collar , she looked like an icon of Our Lady of Famine , pictured as a spare young girl . |
| 18 | I did n't choose to live next to a reservoir … what I want from you is an assurance that your company will compensate everyone affected for all the losses they incur because of the reservoir ( everyone cheers ) . |
| 19 | Have you ever tried to install software that refuses to use anything but the A : drive even though you are forced to use it in the B : drive because of the size of the diskettes ? |
| 20 | As you know because of the activities of benefit 's action over a couple of years , Social Fund in Harlow was quite good because we urged people to apply and Social Fund was then based on the year before 's applications , but this does n't apply now . |
| 21 | But I think the number that went back , you know because of the small workforce the fact that eight or nine returned to work , you know that was virtually half the workforce in one quarry , it made it quite awkward then . |
| 22 | We suffer because of the huge distances between various centres and because of shortages of quality coaches . |
| 23 | Even children suffer because of the inadequacy of the food they eat . |
| 24 | Refractive errors develop because of the altered shape of the eye and abnormal position of the lens . |
| 25 | Informal linkages often develop because of the frequency of their meetings and the closeness of their working relationship , something fraught both with dangers and opportunities ( see Elcock , 1986 , ch. 4 ) . |
| 26 | Observers such as IDC 's David Smith believe that of the big three HP is the most likely to make a move because unity plays to HP 's hand , something he says is not the case with either IBM or Digital . |
| 27 | They reckon that of the information our senses receive , seventy five percent of it is received visually . |
| 28 | Women 's groups running helplines are not sure what to tell people who ring because of the vagueness of the law — a compromise from the virtual ban sought by the Catholic church . |
| 29 | ‘ It 's very similar , I suppose because of the old dance and drugs connection . |
| 30 | ‘ But the manager has n't said anything — I suppose because of the potential dangers . ’ |