Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] because the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The airport 's opening has been delayed because the island is subsiding . |
| 2 | Nobbs argues that the problem has been compounded because the government has n't issued any planning advice to guide the industry . |
| 3 | Save for costs on summons and for enforcing the award ( or such costs as are directed by the arbitrator to have been incurred through unreasonable conduct ) , no solicitor 's charges as between party and party are allowed in those arbitration proceedings which have been referred because the sum claimed or amount involved did not exceed £1,000 ( Ord 19 , r 6 ) . |
| 4 | Under Rufus , the alliance of king and archbishop had been broken because the king was unmanageable ; under Henry , it broke down because of Anselm 's loyalty to the papal decree of 1099 . |
| 5 | On the facts of the case the rules of natural justice had been broken because the constable had had no opportunity to comment upon the allegations made against him . |
| 6 | But this morning all that had been forgotten because the budgerigar had taken a turn for the worse . |
| 7 | Yesterday , Lord Ross , the Lord Justice-Clerk , sitting with Lords McCluskey and Morison , was told that the hearing had been cancelled because the licensing authority now conceded that there had not been enough evidence to justify applying for the warrant . |
| 8 | She was then put in an armchair only to be told a few minutes later that her operation had been cancelled because the hospital was ‘ short staffed ’ . |
| 9 | The Minister will know that for some years London weighting has been frozen because the Minister 's policy is to pay just sufficient to recruit and retain civil servants . |
| 10 | The analysis of turnover by activity and geographical market has not been disclosed because the Company has only one major activity , which is carried out solely within North West England . |
| 11 | As a result , during vigorous proliferation the basal layer folds where the stem cells are located because the daughter cells migrate away from the stem cells ( proliferative flux ) and may in addition create ‘ expansive pressure ’ because they are more actively dividing . |
| 12 | The house where they were living has been re-possessed because the owner could n't keep up with the mortgage payments . |
| 13 | However , expectations of three-cornered comparisons are dashed because the work is arranged in a straightforwardly linear and chronological fashion , and the same issues are not necessarily addressed in each of the three separate discussions on the three rooms . |
| 14 | The knumdrum where the people have gone has now been answered because the amount of domiciliary care needed to keep them out of residential places to meet their needs and wishes turns out to be very much less than we expected , on average less than seven hours a week . |
| 15 | Many poor harmonizations are written because the student is trying to think of melody and harmony together , and inevitably both suffer in consequence . |
| 16 | And Texaco has cut the price of petrol by 2.7 pence , the reduction has been made because the price of crude oil has fallen . |
| 17 | Mr Marcall said the reductions had not been made because the holiday market was depressed . |
| 18 | They are threatened because the hunt turns round and uses its power over its tenants to force people to withdraw their , their . |
| 19 | Perhaps restraints are imposed because the history of the industry precludes vertical integration . |
| 20 | The term ’ conceptual clustering ’ has been adopted because the class { x | p(x) } of an intensional description is often referred to as a ’ concept ’ . |
| 21 | Body positioning : Many areas in cleaning are missed because the cleaner did not see the dirt . |
| 22 | These deposits are owed because the bank took something from its depositors — cash , another bank deposit , shares ( or stocks ) or a claim , i.e. loan , upon the customers . |
| 23 | However , these are made because the speaker recognises that the original formulation did not achieve optimal relevance . |
| 24 | • The opening round of the British side-carcross and four-stroke championships at Rusper in Surrey , which was planned for Sunday , has been postponed because the circuit is waterlogged . |
| 25 | where potential deferred tax on a revalued asset has not been shown because the revaluation does not constitute a timing difference , the fact that it is not a timing difference and that tax has therefore not been provided should be shown . |
| 26 | The caves have now been closed because the air inside is unbreathable . |
| 27 | ‘ This gallery had been closed because the roof had become dangerous . |
| 28 | He said : ‘ This tragedy could have been avoided because the method of decanting used in an enclosed space with a direct source of ignition available and the use of an unsuitable type of hand lamp did not constitute a safe system of working . ’ |
| 29 | The official news agency Tass pointed out that the term " private property " had been avoided because the phrase " has great emotive force " in the USSR , where people associated it with exploitation . |
| 30 | However , the company 's hands are tied because the Government insist that the main consideration must be that bus services are commercially profitable . |