Example sentences of "because [prep] [art] [noun sg] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her own nerves were stretched to breaking-point and she could n't allow herself even to contemplate the changes that would now come in her relationship with David ; that luxury would come later , because for the moment lives were in danger . |
| 2 | Especially unusual to find them in a Tyrian , because as a rule Tyrians only care about making money . |
| 3 | FISHERMEN in the Dee Estuary face danger in deep water because of a fishing grounds ban imposed by a river watchdog , two MPs warned yesterday . |
| 4 | There are indications that this at last is changing , partly because of the court cases of the last few years . |
| 5 | Older children may have greater ease in leaving because of the hostage children left behind ; indeed , the last child may have been conceived , as many late children are , to postpone the final loss . |
| 6 | Ken Deeming , who runs the Hideaway in Burgundy , said : ‘ I will not accept Eurocheques because when I pay them into the bank I am losing money because of the transaction charges . ’ |
| 7 | And er you ca n't really do much because of the stone walls and there 's too much window and too much noise , and you get quite a few insects in them , and they 're just generally not very nice at all . |
| 8 | Many less well-equipped ships would have gone through that interlink only at Firstlight speed , and then nervously — because of the horror tales of ships that slid through the wrong slots and were caught in endless loops round and round the interlink for centuries . |
| 9 | It became known as ‘ Bristol Byzantine ’ because of the ogee arches commonly used over windows . |
| 10 | Several hon. Members have highlighted the position of carers who may be disadvantaged because of the capital rules on income support . |
| 11 | Infra-national comparisons could be expected to vary considerably , and may not be statistically valid , because of the size differences between departments within UK universities . |
| 12 | Twice I 've picked up goods on a shelf marked reduced and then found , because of the bar codes , I was charged full price at the pay-out desk . |
| 13 | So I dragged the sledge two fields up to the top byre , and the going was tough because of the mole hills . |
| 14 | Green belts were made feasible by the land use planning system established by the Town and Country Planning Act , 1947 : local authorities were obliged to prepare development plans showing land use allocations and , because of the compensation provisions , green belts could be included at no direct cost to local authorities . |
| 15 | It is , however , unfortunate that many old people are at risk of injury because of the home circumstances in which they live ; some of these hazards could relatively easily be removed . |
| 16 | It was a machine particularly suited to the fast production of newspapers , and as has already been noted , women were not employed in the composition of daily papers , largely because of the Factory Acts . |
| 17 | Last year 's results were lower because of the national postal strike and because of the pay increases , the Post Office said . |
| 18 | Two of the bigger matches were cancelled , the Bass National squad Open on the Trent at Burton a victim because of the road conditions . |
| 19 | They reported that there was no difference between the first three prize-winners , and so he had appointed Scott because of the genius loci . |
| 20 | Because of the copying methods used , there seemed to us no more likelihood of this happening within the bureaux themselves than in the recording procedures originally used in the law courts . |
| 21 | Once they are pressed , the majority of flowers belong to the middle range of tones because of the colour changes that frequently take place during pressing . |
| 22 | Partly because we 're doing a survey but partly to warn partly because of the emergency services aspect . |
| 23 | Enterprises were to be compensated for expenditure on equipment and construction and for outlay incurred because of the price reforms , and concessions were to be made in their hard-currency and social insurance contributions to the state budget . |
| 24 | Only a day after reporting the second year of falling personal computer sales ( CI No 2,157 ) , the Japan Electronic Industry Development Association says that Japanese manufacturers ' shipments of personal computers jumped 6.2% in unit terms during the January to March quarter from a year earlier , and the rise in combined exports and domestic sales to 688,000 units from 648,000 units in the year-earlier quarter marked the first quarterly rise in two years ; exports rocketed 31% to 144,000 units but domestic shipments only inched up 1.1% to 544,000 units , but was still the first quarterly increase in two-and-a-half years ; because of the price wars , combined export and domestic shipments of made-in-Japan micros — when measured in currency terms , fell 8.3% — exports and home sales each off 8% . |
| 25 | In fact , according to a recent Scottish Tourist Board survey , 79 percent of all visitors to Scotland come because of the heritage attractions , putting activities such as hillwalking , fishing and golf well down the list . |
| 26 | Because of the burglar alarms . |
| 27 | And if they get very famished and very desperate and enough of their mates come out to join them , then how can Sir Robert Peel and his Tories fail to listen when you tell him it 's all because of the Corn Laws ? |
| 28 | He breezed through the ‘ school cert ’ ( which he had to take in UCS 's cellars because of the air raids ) got a First and a doctorate at Imperial then went on to research posts here and in America . |
| 29 | We see a different connection , because of the knife wounds … |
| 30 | Morton had been strongly critical of the construction companies because of the cost overruns being encountered : originally costed in 1987 at £4,870 million , the probable total was estimated in February 1990 at £7,200 million . |