Example sentences of "because [prep] [art] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The House of Lords established the principle that a consumer who suffers damage because of a manufacturer 's negligence can sue the latter for damages and can do so irrespective of whether the consumer bought the goods . |
| 2 | Moreover , where a woman dares not register her non-consent because of a man 's violent or frightening behaviour , the law is permitting him to benefit from his own wrong if it grants him a defence on the basis of an honest but unreasonable belief in consent . |
| 3 | Unfortunately the 1926 Illuminations had to be terminated prematurely because of a miners ' strike , although they were reinstated for one night on October 2 for the opening of New South Promenade by Lord Derby . |
| 4 | It is also unwise to overlook all else because of a person 's Christian commitment . |
| 5 | Even existing relationships will face some unusual challenges , some because of external events , others because of a partner 's behaviour . |
| 6 | It was difficult to believe that the most careful farmer in the area would lose all his harvest because of a moment 's forgetfulness . |
| 7 | How far children take it , and especially the language they use and the sophistication with which they employ concepts , will obviously vary enormously , but none should be excluded because of a teacher 's prior decision that they are not capable . |
| 8 | Should the whole harvest of the farm , worth at least seven hundred and fifty pounds , be lost because of a woman 's weakness ? |
| 9 | AUSTRALIA is now in its seventh week without domestic air services because of a pilots ' pay dispute which has begun to have a serious impact on the economy and has left Bob Hawke 's Labor government few options for reaching a settlement . |
| 10 | Moreover , section 29(1) directs that an offence should not be regarded as more serious because of an offender 's previous record or failure to respond to previous sentences . |
| 11 | Bush 's choice was of particular importance because of the Court 's current delicate political balance . |
| 12 | Indeed , because of the court 's limited power , the policy of ultimate caution must be for the terms of any conveyancing documentation to be agreed between the respective solicitors before the consent order is applied for . |
| 13 | Second , obtaining extra funds for the NHS will become increasingly difficult because of the taxpayers ' revolt against higher taxation . |
| 14 | On the same day , the eighteenth of October , Mr came back and spoke to Miss about this telephone call and he rang Peter in the afternoon of that Friday and he asked again if it was possible to withdraw because of the landlord 's failure to consent to the er assignment and again er after what will er be described as a fairly easy discussion between the plaintiff and er Mr , er he was told very clearly that it was not possible for him to withdraw , contracts had been exchanged and he was advised that what the landlords er failure to consent did was in fact er provide Mr with more breathing space in order to obtain proper funding and re-arrange his finances er , that again is denied . |
| 15 | BECAUSE of the recession 's adverse effect on the building industry , Delyn Borough planning department received 857 planning applications during 1992/93 , a 20pc fall on the previous year . |
| 16 | Because of the falsificationists ' emphasis on the growth of science , their account of confirmation is significantly different from that of the inductivists . |
| 17 | The company had been working with DBase III , but without much joy , simply because of the system 's relative inflexibility and technical complexity . |
| 18 | And the state functions in response to the political power of the hegemonic class : the functioning of the bureaucracy corresponds to the political interest of this class or fraction , but this is because of the state 's complex relations with this class 's or fraction 's political power and not because of the bureaucracy 's class affiliation or recruitment . |
| 19 | He would pretend — for he always had his excuses well marshalled in preparation for any surprise attack of questioning — that he had been disinclined to stop because of the stone 's unnaturalness resulting from Mr Pocklington 's enthusiastic enterprise in housing an old woman there whose hand — for a fee — you could shake under the stone . |
| 20 | The dollar also became a principal source of liquidity for private transactions ( e.g. oil payments ) because of the dollar 's crucial position in the international monetary system , which made it a safe and acceptable medium of exchange . |
| 21 | ‘ London has the same waste disposal problems as any other city , but , because of the capital 's size and the density of its population , any difficulties are on a much larger scale , ’ says Wimpey Environmental project manager , Phil Ellis . |
| 22 | I began to sweat , and it was not because of the boy 's weight . |
| 23 | Because of the breed 's genetic separation from other breeds , crossbred calves display considerable hybrid vigour and outgrow many other crosses but can still be fattened off grass . |
| 24 | Here again Rousseau fails to make the point that books can provide what is ( because of the writer 's art and craft ) virtually a direct experience . |
| 25 | In other instances this form of bargaining structure might prevail only as a second-best option because of the union 's inability to organise the total product market — a necessary condition for the enforcement of industry-wide bargaining . |
| 26 | There followed the annus mirabilis of 1889 during which , on Wilson 's later estimate , 130,000 members were enrolled in branches at 45 ports , a number representing , net of officers , engineers , cooks and stewards , " almost the whole of the seamen in the British mercantile marine " , though , he added with unusual candour , " it is true that they are not all paying up at the present time " , partly , it seems , because of the union 's policy of issuing " privilege tickets " involving no entry money or contributions until members could afford to pay . |
| 27 | Two years before , in BBC v. Hearn ( 1977 ) , trade union officials had threatened that their workers would refuse to allow the BBC to televise the cup final so that it could be seen in South Africa , because of the union 's disapproval of the racial policies of the government of that country . |
| 28 | ‘ The consequences of this man 's actions could have been a lot more serious because of the lady 's age and we are anxious to arrest him as soon as possible . |
| 29 | In his veto message to Congress Bush reiterated his opposition to abortion and stated that the veto was " important in order to prevent taxpayer funds from being used for research that many Americans find morally repugnant " , but also because of the bill 's " potential for promoting and legitimatizing abortion " . |
| 30 | The support was given because of the EEC 's desire to obtain some sort of self-sufficiency in uranium supplies . |