Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] of a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Irish detectives arrested James Rudman at a remote farmhouse in Co Kerry last month , just an hour before he would have been legally free because of a loophole in the law . |
| 2 | So he persuades his man with a natural talent for the proper administration of worldly affairs that to neglect this because of a preoccupation with spiritual meditation could be unwise . |
| 3 | We know this because of a telegram sent by Kirk at 2300 hrs that night to the State Department in Washington , asking " urgently " for advice [ KP 107 ] . |
| 4 | ‘ And Carl has decided not to play in the Top 12 because of a commitment with his German League team . |
| 5 | When there has been a contravention of subsection ( 1 ) of section 89 or of any of subsections ( 1 ) to ( 6 ) of section 90 or of a provision to which subsection ( 3 ) of section 89 applies , the company and every officer of it who knowingly authorised or permitted the contravention are jointly and severally liable to compensate any person , to whom an offer should have been made under the subsection or provision , for any loss , damage costs or expenses . |
| 6 | Mrs Barnett fell ill because of a drug prescribed after the birth of her daughter . |
| 7 | In other words , many mentally ill people were defined as ill because of a breakdown in their social relationships ; drugs might relieve some of the symptomatic tension but help was needed to remedy the causes by encouraging patients to participate in a community that improved the capacity of all its members — patients and therapists — to relate in a meaningful way to one another . |
| 8 | This is work they are able to do little about , despite public faith , and it is unpopular because of a reluctance or inability to display that little will be done . |
| 9 | This has now been achieved through the Employment Act 19 89 because of a requirement in the second European Directive on equal treatment in occupational social security schemes . |
| 10 | Increase in production in almost all cases came through livestock and livestock products and was most likely because of a reduction in losses . |
| 11 | A corporation tax deduction will be available to Newco for contributions made to a non-qualifying employee trust provided that : ( a ) the contributions are regular and of a revenue nature ; ( b ) the contributions are voluntary ( so as not to constitute annual payments within s337(2) ( b ) TA 1988 ) ; ( c ) the class of beneficiaries under the trust is confined to employees of the settlor company , so there will need to be multiple settlors if all the employees in a group of companies are to benefit and the various companies in the group that are contributing wish to ensure corporation tax deductions ; and ( d ) the companies themselves are entirely excluded from benefiting under the terms of the trust . |
| 12 | It might have been difficult for the headmaster of our school to believe that we were late because of a derailment , but fortunately a teacher of theology at the school , Don Cavalli , travelled on the tram every day , and he was able to explain what had happened , giving us a cast-iron alibi . |
| 13 | When little Jacob Bates was born he remained unconscious because of a lack of oxygen to the blood . |
| 14 | They say the pit 's lost more than six million pounds this year and it 's prospects are n't good because of a lack of markets . |
| 15 | They say the pit 's lost more than six million pounds this year and its prospects are n't good because of a lack of markets . |
| 16 | A total of 103 beds , including a unique ward , are being closed for good because of a shortage of cash . |
| 17 | On the other hand , I 've been as happy as a turkey in January , and all because of a story I spotted in a medical magazine , stating that regular lashings of oily fish cut sharply your chances of having a heart attack . |
| 18 | It 's all because of a computer error at the Cheltenham based University Central Council on Admissions . |
| 19 | A holiday , which was n't going to happen because a travel firm went bust , has now been saved … all because of a chance conversation in a car-park . |
| 20 | And that is how the Charge of the Light Brigade , the most celebrated and glorious calamity in British military history came about — all because of a failure in the effective use of grammar to make an appropriate connection with context . |
| 21 | All because of a brake that was |
| 22 | Since the time of Winckelmann , Goethe and Schiller , the German attempt to recreate the achievement of ancient Greek culture has grown increasingly feebler because of a failure to penetrate into the essence of the Greek spirit . |
| 23 | This was the 41st competition between the two sides for the Directors Trophy which was presented to both clubs for annual competition in April 1953 , although in 1958 no play was possible because of a snowstorm . |
| 24 | It 's the second new shop front in three weeks but the owner says he 's helpless because of a council ban on security shutters |
| 25 | Note that even without the exact position of the original markers being known , the line from Bishops Cannings church through the WKLB and the centres varies by less than of a degree . |
| 26 | The centre-right coalition led by Jan P. Syse , in power for just over a year [ see pp. 36984-85 ] , had collapsed on Oct. 29 because of a deadlock over Norway 's policy towards European integration and the question of eventual membership of the European Communities ( EC ) . |
| 27 | The Davy lamp was the direct result of the mine owners ' concern to recover coal , not from deeper shafts but from existing workings that were inaccessible because of a process known as ‘ creep ’ . |
| 28 | Yanto went around to the back of the cottage where the ‘ lean to ’ lavatory was situated , it 's door almost inaccessible because of a loganberry bush . |
| 29 | I 've not , Alastair accused me of being topical because of a member of the royal family this week this is not the reason but I 've gone for Leotard in the one twenty five at Cheltenham . |
| 30 | Bubiyan and Warba were of great strategic importance since Basra , Iraq 's main port , remained inoperative because of a lack of agreement with Iran over the Shatt al-Arab waterway linking Basra with the Gulf . |