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 | Mrs Barnett fell ill because of a drug prescribed after the birth of her daughter . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Increase in production in almost all cases came through livestock and livestock products and was most likely because of a reduction in losses . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | When little Jacob Bates was born he remained unconscious because of a lack of oxygen to the blood . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | A total of 103 beds , including a unique ward , are being closed for good because of a shortage of cash . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 |
| 14 | 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 ’ . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | It would be a great shame to see shoppers travel from miles to the jewel in the crown of Darlington only to discover all the spaces in one of the town 's most central car parks had been snapped up and no more were available because of a council and a car park company going round in circles . |
| 19 | The student may also appear uninterested because of a lack of job satisfaction and encouragement . |
| 20 | The confidence debate heard claims by Mr O'Malley that the coalition had become unworkable because of a lack of trust in the cabinet engineered by Mr Reynolds . |
| 21 | Such reduction would have to be necessary because of a reduction in the school 's capacity to accommodate pupils . |
| 22 | The pressure to find work for the 2260 staff at ISPRA is intense because of a commitment by research ministers to keep on all of ISPRA 's nuclear scientists — even though their biggest project , Super-SARA , has been abandoned . |
| 23 | This is all the more true because of a trend towards bigger finance houses , which are chewing into a shrinking cake . |
| 24 | Male sufferers are nearly always infertile because of a lack of sperm , but female fertility is usually unaffected . |
| 25 | Point of Ayr A spokeswoman for British Coal has denied union claims that redundancies at the pit were actually compulsory rather than voluntary because of a lack of options . |