Example sentences of "of a [noun sg] because " in BNC.
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| 1 | Through the 1988 Act , however , it can affect the future of a school because it bears on competition for the school . |
| 2 | Basquiat père was shocked at the depiction of his son 's drug addiction in press accounts of the artist 's death , and the elder Basquiat 's lawyer says the estate may sue to stop the film , invoking laws in at least thirteen American states that enable an estate to stop the showing of a film because of objections to the exploitation of a physical likeness on the screen . |
| 3 | A councillor has no right to a roving commission to go and examine books or documents of a council because he is a councillor . |
| 4 | She 's very muddly and disorganized and I can see so clearly where she falls wrong … when I lived at home it was always a bit of a nightmare because I was always trying to get things straight . |
| 5 | The claim may be made that a State is entitled to the benefits of a treaty because they were incurred on its behalf by another State . |
| 6 | Yeah , so yeah ah you 're alright so you 'll say yeah course I 'm alright , there 's no fee , so eventually I get to the point where I said look I did say there 's no fee involved but I 'd , I , that 's a bit of a lie because there is a fee for all the work I 'm er but it comes in the form of referrals , in the form of recommendation , not actual money . |
| 7 | An expensive mistake is an expensive mistake — it is not less of a mistake because the money involved inclines us to justify it or seek Co put it right . |
| 8 | ‘ What 's the matter ? ’ she asked with swift acidity , as Melissa 's mouth sagged for a fraction of a second because of the unexpected ferocity of her reply . |
| 9 | but er they were a bit of a nuisance because more than once , I must admit I erm , I collided with them which rather made me aware of their presence but anyway erm , then just beyond I am sorry , on the erm right hand side , a little way down this corridor , were the stairs up to the next floor which was in those days Public Health |
| 10 | As she stepped out on to the third floor , her dark brows were drawn together in the beginnings of a frown because she was still thinking of that last conversation . |
| 11 | Productivity usually collapses in the early stages of a recession because firms are slow to lay workers off . |
| 12 | On one ship passengers dared to open the windows of a saloon because it was rather stuffy . |
| 13 | It must have had the throat of a raven because it cuckooed its way up and down the valley for weeks on end . |
| 14 | This process provides the manufacturer with more of a profit because the bacon soaks up the salt and water which increases its weight . |
| 15 | Last year , at the annual meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund , it was generally agreed that the US deficit was less of a threat because it was on a downward path . |
| 16 | So I think her mother 's gon na be in for a bit of a shock because they all think that they 're gon na get married so quick , I think she just wanted to get that ring on her finger so she can reap the ackers and I think she 's gon na do a runner . |
| 17 | Dealing with the threat of logical security breaches poses much more of a problem because it demands a thorough understanding of the computer systems and the workings of the business they support . |
| 18 | erm , it never , with reorganization it was a bit of a problem because erm I well remembers too just after reorganization the County Treasurers took all the telephones off the hook , so there was no communication between our department and theirs . |
| 19 | Passing data between CHAINed programs can be a bit of a problem because COMMON variables can not be declared and all but the static variables are cleared by CHAIN . |
| 20 | Yes , getting through Newark er can be a bit of a problem because of that er huge roundabout they 've dug up right in the centre , but er coming into Newark and going back out again is no problem whatsoever . |
| 21 | Do you know where I mean ? erm Well , that too , is a 17th century building , I 've got a an early 19th century Butler engraving of it here , and some pictures from the Alice shop itself , Now that was owned by a Walter Paine , both these citizens were well off brewers , erm those are just pictures of the same one , it 's a little bit of a problem because this is called the house belonging to the manciple of Christchurch . |
| 22 | SELECTING jurors is ‘ a lottery within a lottery ’ and can be unfair to the administration of justice , an Old Bailey judge said yesterday , as he fined a man £100 for failing to turn up for jury service on the second day of a trial because it was ‘ not his scene ’ . |
| 23 | you get , see if we can get hold of like , I mean you wo n't be able to get hold of a Wurlitzer because nowadays they 're like gold dust , but you might be able to get hold of parts , you see . |
| 24 | The relaxed style was less of a surprise because Pierre Balmain also designed the new national police uniform . |
| 25 | The Liberal Democratic Congress and the Confederation for an Independent Poland had pulled out of talks with Olszewski on the formation of a government because of differences over economic policy . |
| 26 | ‘ Breakfast tends to be a bit of a rush because the girls both go to playgroup . |
| 27 | My assistant has explained how on this particular occasion things were done in too much of a rush because of other pressures . |
| 28 | The 500-year-old building was moved to its present position by Canadian Army engineers , who floated it on cement and rolled it a quarter of a mile because it obstructed a planned runway ! |
| 29 | ‘ In 10 years ’ time Cammell Laird could be closed and yards in France and Spain could be on the crest of a wave because they retained their shipbuilding capacity . ’ |
| 30 | It was quite entertaining yesterday , today 's becoming a bit of a bore because the tapes only last forty five minutes , so you 've got |