for the reason that I did it because he told me to. Just because I don't complain, people think I'm satisfied.
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preposition They are here because of us. He walked slowly because of his bad leg. Because of the children's presence, I said nothing about it. Language Bankbecause ofexplaining reasons
- 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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