Example sentences of "because of [v-ing] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Because of tightening central government controls on borrowing , the proportion of local authority capital income derived from borrowing fell sharply during the 1970s and 1980s ( from 83.7 per cent in 1974/5 to 48.4 per cent in 1984/5 ) ( all figures for England are calculated from Travers , 1986 , tables , App. 4 and 5 ) . |
2 | The form of mills had developed only slowly since the Middle Ages , but by the middle of the eighteenth century the technology of wind and water power was being investigated scientifically and there was competition for mill sites because of enlarging industrial needs . |
3 | In a free market , polluting coal-fired power stations and unpopular nuclear ones should be less competitive because of rising environmental costs . |
4 | As Clark ( 1986 ) points out , the project was considered to be a failure in both technical and economic terms within 10 years of its inception , not least because of resulting poor drainage , increasing soil salinity and excessive silting . |
5 | On Nov. 24 , 1989 , the European Parliament ( EP ) had asked its legal affairs committee to conduct an investigation into the case because of growing international concern about such convictions , while in January 1988 the Court of Appeal in London had unanimously rejected an appeal against the convictions [ see p. 36237 ] . |
6 | This happened directly when employers were unable to raise prices sufficiently to offset ‘ excessive ’ wage increases because of growing international competition and fixed exchange rates . |
7 | And it is ecologically unlikely that vegetarian dinosaurs arrived because of growing predatory competition among reptiles , paramammals and mammals for live prey . |
8 | Gaidar , as acting Prime Minister , justified the increased deficit " no matter how dangerous for the economy " because of growing social tensions . |
9 | How they are put into practice will vary , not only because of changing external circumstances , but also because our own state fluctuates , and we adapt our domestic lives to some degree to our changing levels of energy and mood . |
10 | The Washington Post of Nov. 21 gave prominence to Rafsanjani 's declarations and reported that " India announced this week that it will not sell a nuclear reactor to Iran , largely because of mounting international pressure " . |
11 | Malcolm Smith , 36 , is on the verge of financial ruin because of mounting legal costs a year after winning the case against Alanah Houston , his former partner at a Northampton surgery . |
12 | If not then add the cost of your time , charged at your usual rate of pay — and if you are like me then you will take at least five times as long as a garage , because of having less experience and fewer tools ( such as a hoist ) . |
13 | Because of continuing financial difficulties and still not having sold the flat , we have had to leave YWAM for the moment . |
14 | One patient with Crohn 's disease requested pouch excision because of severe diarrhoea , four patients with slow transit constipation who had a pouch requested excision because of continuing abdominal distension and a feeling of incomplete evacuation . |