Example sentences of "because [prep] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Now I had to do something about Mary-Claude 's family , because after Emerson 's broadcast , they started getting calls as well . |
| 2 | Please , try to look at it the way I have to — you must know that it 's an important matter because of Michel 's divorce ; if it were known , if it could be proved , that he is , ’ Flavia looked at Andrée and continued firmly , ‘ living with my mother , the divorce could still be stopped . |
| 3 | Sachin Tendulkar is ruled out because of India 's Sri Lankan tour next July . |
| 4 | That will be ironic , as Yorkshire have not retained Tendulkar only because of India 's planned tour . |
| 5 | The meeting had originally been scheduled to start on July 1 , but had been delayed as a result of Sri Lanka 's announcement on June 24 that it would not participate because of India 's refusal to agree on the withdrawal of the Indian Peace Keeping Force ( IPKF ) from Sri Lanka by the latter 's deadline of July 29 [ see p. 36735 ] . |
| 6 | German Economics Minister Jürgen Möllemann visited India on Nov. 19 , while on Nov. 8 German Economic Co-operation Minister Carl-Dieter Spranger announced that development assistance to India would be cut by 25 per cent in 1992 from its current level of DM395,000,000 ( US$245,000,000 ) because of India 's " excessive armament " . |
| 7 | But it wo n't be an easy ride for Alcatel , because of China 's on-going decentralisation — according to the La Vanguardia newspaper , the responsibility for payments and agreements are being transferred from Peking , which always paid immediately , to local corporations and regional administrations , which is causing great confusion . |
| 8 | Foreign business also has a more practical complaint : because of China 's credit squeeze , bills are no longer paid on time . |
| 9 | But because of Jaggers ' clever arguing , she was judged innocent of murder . |
| 10 | the claim is hard to substantiate , not so much because of Nietzsche 's professed lack of " literary ambition " ( a somewhat disingenuous profession in any case ) , but for want of any decisive evidence in , for instance , the copious private notes surviving from his first years at Basle . |
| 11 | Because of Jo 's curfew their first priority at every party was to find somewhere quiet and get the screwing accomplished in comfort . |
| 12 | ‘ Was it because of Simon 's death ? ’ |
| 13 | There are a lot of missing links between design and product development because of manufacturing 's hidebound attitude . |
| 14 | Coenwulf and his counsellors reminded Pope Leo that Gregory the Great had originally intended two metropolitan sees , one at York , the other at London , and blamed the decision about Lichfield on papal ineptitude — Pope Hadrian presuming to diminish the authority of Canterbury simply because of Offa 's enmity towards Jaenberht and the men of Kent . |
| 15 | Because of Nona 's death on top of the other thing . ’ |
| 16 | To make matters even more wretched than they already were , Celia cried both day and night and because of Liza 's deepening depression Harriet found it was she who was forced to bear the brunt of this , so much so that after a while she simply swept up baby and cot and took them into her own bedroom . |
| 17 | The world paid Europe the flattery of imitation because of Europe 's success . |
| 18 | If , partly because of Europe 's obduracy over the common agricultural policy , the GATT talks break down , the process of disengagement from external responsibilities may move very much faster than anyone expects or hopes , both from Europe and from the west Pacific area . |
| 19 | Bristol Rovers ( second in the Third ) make their first change this season against Fulham ( fourth ) because of Alexander 's suspension , with striker Sealy set to face one of his old clubs … |
| 20 | He 'd gone the last time , he reminded her , because of Lowell 's hands — well , partly . |
| 21 | His father had suffered the humiliation because of Mills ' treachery and so the traitor should suffer in the same way . |
| 22 | ITAR-TASS reported that Karabayev , who had no diplomatic training and spoke neither Kirgiz nor English , was appointed because of Kirgizstan 's lack of professional diplomats . |
| 23 | Theirs is the party of big business , yet the Cabinet , littered with all these people with all their business acumen , is making Britain bankrupt because of Ministers ' desire to shut pits . |
| 24 | Thus market efficiency implies : where is a serially independent forecast error with mean zero , and s is the logarithm of the spot rate ( we take logarithms to avoid a problem that arises with exchange rates because of Seigel 's paradox — see Seigel ( 1972 ) ) . |
| 25 | With reference to the fate of the Copernican system , we have encountered many complications , even in a test case that , because of Galileo 's trial , might seem to have been loaded from the start . |
| 26 | It clearly existed in Bedfordshire , because of Shearman 's perception of its importance ; it was evident in the Kettering scheme because Miss Green instinctively knew its significance to fellow disadvantaged adults ; it appears not to have emerged in East Suffolk possibly because it was not assiduously pursued . |
| 27 | ‘ Understandably , you 're feeling cynical because of Sam 's naughtiness … ’ |
| 28 | He had trouble feeding his 40,000-strong army as they reached the north , largely because of Wallace 's scorched earth policy , and was considering a temporary period of recuperation in Edinburgh when two treacherous Scottish lords betrayed Wallace 's whereabouts . |
| 29 | Whichever weeks you decide upon , because of Scotland 's special legal system , they are your property IN PERPETUITY . |
| 30 | Nicholson remained fairly ambivalent about the thought of having a son , mainly , he explained , because of Anspach 's attitude . |