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1. used before a noun or noun phrase to say that somebody/something is the reason for something
   • ● They are here because of us.
   • ● He walked slowly because of his bad leg.
   • ● Because of his wife(’s) being there, I said nothing about it.
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   • • ● The number of people with diabetes is growing, partly because of an increase in levels of obesity.
   • • ● The number of overweight children has increased dramatically in recent years, largely as a result of changes in diet and lifestyle.
   • • ● The increase in childhood obesity is largely due to/the result of changes in lifestyle and diet over the last twenty years.
   • • ● Many obese children are bullied at school on account of their weight.
   • • ● Part of the problem with treating childhood obesity stems from the fact that parents do not always recognize that their children are obese.
   • • ● Childhood obesity may be caused by genetic factors, as well as environmental ones.

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The train arrived late because of the snowstorm.

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