Example sentences of "[adv prt] [conj] of [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to the ITAR-TASS news agency the referendum call was voted down because of alleged breaches in the law during the collection of signatures . |
| 2 | The needle will move up and down because of these forces . |
| 3 | Everybody says that 's what 's going to happen , but erm when it 's been done in the past I 've not had any figures produced that indicate that the service provision has had to fall off because of increased charges . |
| 4 | So it would certainly be naive to think that whenever people felt unhappy erm it was er was some kind of pathology and that , that evolution could n't explain it , and it may just be that the women feel a bit fed up because of hormonal changes and it does n't awfully much , it 's just one of things you pay for being a mother . |
| 5 | These patients were not operated on because of distant metastases ( 50% ) , poor general condition ( 42% ) , or concurrent cancer ( 8% ) . |
| 6 | Sometimes on the morning after a match I have n't even been able to put my socks on because of painful ankles , ’ the 34-year-old said last night . |
| 7 | Whether the problem is the result of old presuppositions which have not been rooted out or of alien presuppositions which have filtered in , the effect is the same . |
| 8 | Clearly compensation for people on low incomes is to be aimed only at those on income support , even though many disabled people have extra heating costs associated with their disability , and many others on low incomes , such as pensioners , may narrowly miss out because of small savings or because they do not qualify for means-tested benefits , but still live at income support level . |
| 9 | Roseanne star John Goodman , who was to play Fred Flintstone , has pulled out because of other commitments . |
| 10 | Across the road , the Boden furniture factory , which employs 30 people , may move out because of weekly robberies . |
| 11 | This conflict comes about because of economic differences between different classes based around who has control over economic production . |
| 12 | After Edgbaston came the English Stroke-Play Championship at Hollinwell where , as she had feared from the outset , she had to pull out after just the one round because of swollen glands . |