Example sentences of "[be] [subord] of the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs. Browne could n't account for that , unless it had been because of the wet weather . |
| 2 | Over the last twenty years or so , one of the things that 's slipped has been those kind of things and I believe and Peter may disagree with me , but a lot of the have been because of the commercial fact that the thing that is now driving the newspapers more than anything else is , is the advertising and advertising revenues and that drives the style of newspapers and stories that are written . |
| 3 | This may be because of the built-in didactic nature of any story written specifically for the young . |
| 4 | This may be because of the perceived risk to children , or an attempt by the authority to minimise risks to itself . |
| 5 | This seems to be because of the small size of the owl in relation to its prey , so that it can not swallow the prey whole but tears it up as do the diurnal raptors ( see Appendix for details of little owl biology ) . |
| 6 | This could be because of the small number of patients studied , but it is in agreement with the results of Hopman et al , who measured postprandial gall bladder contraction in patients on long term ( six months ) intermittent injection treatment . |
| 7 | ‘ If sitcom dies , it 'll be because of the changed nature of television , ’ he asserts . |
| 8 | This may be because of the different types and doses of cholecystokinin used . |
| 9 | If his novels are in any way romantic , it is because of the melodramatic plots , whether ( as in Poor Jack or Jacob Faithful ) they have a rags-to-riches theme or whether they turn on the discovery that the humble hero ( like Percival Keene or Willy Seymour ) is really of noble birth . |
| 10 | Possibly this is because of the personal associations that clothes have . |
| 11 | This is because of the recent case of Lord v Tustain , reported in The Times . |
| 12 | Many adult educators would agree that the reason for their interest in the past is because of the apparent similarities between past and present . |
| 13 | The reason why we consider it important to have a specialist day care centre for sufferers of dementia is because of the following areas which can cause tremendous problems in a " NORMAL " situation but the specialist unit will be trained to respond in a very positive way : a Mood changes b Individual capabilities c Higher level of care required for the moderate to severely demented clients d Creates a greater depth of security through familiarity and able to get to know the client e Positive attitudes towards dementia f Clients with a severe dementia may require 2 carers g Greater stimulation in the appropriate surroundings creates greater awareness in the home environment h A place where the clients can be " NORMAL " i Helps reduce the possibility of the clients becoming apathetic Time to spend with a group and work at their own pace k Not creating a ghetto but creating a positive environment where they can get the most out of their lives — improve their quality of life I Gives them confidence m On-going deterioration can be catered for , eg feeding , toileting and many other problems The specialist day care centre is only a part of a flexible range of services available to dementia sufferers in the community . |
| 14 | As obstruction in these cases is because of the tumoral process itself , we postulated that their longterm patency in benign biliary strictures was likely to be better . |
| 15 | This is because of the wide range of both plants and fish that are freely available ( and very popular ) in the hobby , which originate from these areas . |
| 16 | If Rassendyll escapes being a sentimental hero it is because of the spare , simple plots and the headlong speed of the narrative which carry his idealistic musings along . |
| 17 | This is because of the complex storage management required to build and maintain the internal data structures used to manipulate dictionary entries for editing and display purposes . |
| 18 | This is because of the continuous cycle of separation and togetherness , when the relationship is constantly being renewed . |
| 19 | This is because of the great importance of infant mortality , the weightiest component of life expectancy and general mortality in developing countries , and also because a large body of observations concerning the effects are available not only from developed but also from developing countries and which are much more reliable than data on fetal mortality . |
| 20 | This is because of the theological stance of some that people who have taken their own lives can not go to heaven , but instead go to hell eternally because the sin is viewed as such a serious one . |
| 21 | They may say they are not sick when clearly they are ; this is because of the mental state . |
| 22 | This is because of the limited partnerships ' tax losses while drilling , and the availability of capital allowances . |
| 23 | This , he claims , is because of the inherent qualities of the written word writing makes the relationship between a word and its referent more general and abstract , it is less closely connected with the peculiarities of time and place than is the language of oral communication . |
| 24 | In part this is because of the cyclical nature of demand — high profits in boom years are offset by high losses during recessions ( about $6 billion of losses worldwide during the mid-1980s ) — and in part because of plummeting prices . |
| 25 | This is because of the current emphasis on care in the community and the reduction in the number of beds , particularly long-stay or continued care beds , in the psychiatric hospitals . |
| 26 | I suspect that the reason why the right has been so little asserted or used is because of the established right of individuals , who are personally libelled by a false attack upon a local authority , to sue for damages and because those in control of local authorities have sensibly left the issues to be resolved in those proceedings . |
| 27 | Similarly , it is because of the prevailing values of our society that it is so difficult to implement what at least to economists appear to be technically feasible solutions to our problems . |
| 28 | Whether this is because of the impending General Election , or the impending conclusion of negotiations with electricity generators remain to be seen . |
| 29 | This is because of the large number of molecules involved . |
| 30 | This is because of the eight-month lag in indexation , which means that the bond is not inflation-protected for the last six months of its life . |