1. Because of an oil shortage, we have to cut down on our driving
2. Patricia advised me against accepting his offer
3. Because I wasn't invited, I'm not going to the party
4. Thanks to satellite technology, we are able to predict hurricanes quite accurately now
5. The residents find heavy traffic annoying
6. Despite Jack's strange clothes, nobody took notice of him
7. The movie theatre which has two thousand seats is being built by them
