Example sentences of "[verb] up because of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Opposition to the deal built up because of fears that this plutonium would free US stocks for use in its weapons programme and so indirectly help US weapons expansion . |
| 2 | As well as using up adrenaline you may also need to relax muscles which have stiffened up because of tension . |
| 3 | Many bands break up because of personality clashes between musicians . |
| 4 | CATHERINE GRAY ex-schoolteacher who has given up because of blindness , age about forty-five . |
| 5 | Unemployment always rises in recessions , but this time it is more serious , warn the doomsters : the lost jobs will not return when economies pick up because of changes in the technology and organisation of industry , and stiffer competition from developing countries . |
| 6 | So it 's sort of can float up because of pull pulling it down . |
| 7 | Boy locked up because of haircut |
| 8 | This women 's group was set up because of dissatisfaction with the lack of action by the male-dominated Ovens committee . |
| 9 | The allegations were denied by Biwott and by the government , which said that security in the game reserve had been stepped up because of attacks on tourists . |
| 10 | An offer to climb Mount Everest had to be passed up because of work commitments — the journey takes at least two months . |
| 11 | But Stewart said that even before he was convicted , vital information from other pilots about near-misses was already drying up because of fears of reprisals . |
| 12 | Then erm one could go on , because the building industry , for instance , civil engineering , road construction , actual buildings being constructed , they 're all very weather-prone , for quite a large extent of the contract , and so we provide erm weather advice to these people throughout the contract period usually , and not only throughout the contract period , but if the contract is held up because of weather then the , we get extension of contract comes into this , we can advise both sides on whether the claim is justified or not , because we have the statistics of how much rain fell , how cold it was , or perhaps it might have been a windy spell . |
| 13 | It is hoped that the plan will help to release funds that have been held up because of shortages of data or skilled staff in the East . |
| 14 | An inquiry into the Beirut massacres was held up because of lawsuits against the Israel government for not setting up an inquiry . |