Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] because " in BNC.
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| 1 | Difficulties may arise because you are forced to look at the situation from two different viewpoints : |
| 2 | Hillslope failure ( as at Aberfan in South Wales in 1966 ) is a geomorphic hazard but may arise because of raw material extraction . |
| 3 | It may arise because he can not imagine his own death . ’ |
| 4 | And children facing troubles have a right not to be subjected to the ‘ system abuse ’ that may arise because of clumsy or inadequate professional intervention which — however well intentioned — can make them feel even more vulnerable , manipulated or ‘ kept in the dark ’ . |
| 5 | It may arise because a space has been reserved for an , as yet , undefined component or because the person initiating the search has no authority to see the information contained within that domain . |
| 6 | Cessation of growth is most likely to result from starvation , which may arise because : the whelks eat out their food supply , or the supply fails for some other reason ( perhaps as a result of pollution Bryan ( 1969 ) ; wave action dislodges the whelks and transports them away from their food supply , or prevents them from feeding in some other way ( Cowell and Crothers , 1970 ) ; the temperature drops so low that the whelks become inactive for a long period ( Feare , 1970a ) . |
| 7 | Or it may arise because we are pursuing a particular path and if we went back upstream we could avoid the problem instead of trying to solve it . |
| 8 | Second , bequests may arise because parents wish to share their lifetime wealth , including their own inheritance , with their children . |
| 9 | In the letter from the Secretary of State which the hon. Member for Devon , North ( Mr. Speller ) read out , as well as saying that differences are likely to arise because of different clinical views , he said that they may arise because of different local circumstances . |
| 10 | Uncertainty may arise because of lack of proper accounting records or the outcome of litigation , for example . |
| 11 | In fact this is more interesting than you may think because female hyenas have a pseudo-penis , they have , they have a pseudo-scrotum and a pseudo-penis , reasons which are n't fully understood and in order to mate , the male has to insert his real penis into the female pseudo-penis in order to reach her her genital and it 's a bit complicated . |
| 12 | Where the " we " -groups are exogamous , as is very often the case , the " we/they " distinction corresponds exactly to the distinction " those with whom we may not intermarry because they are of common substance with us " / " those with whom we may intermarry because they are not of common substance with us " . |
| 13 | Although in some cases , part of the site may survive because it lies outside the area to be destroyed , more often the whole site disappears and only excavation records and finds are left . |
| 14 | For example , there are regular readers of a particular Sunday newspaper , and these represent the core of its readership , but there are also occasional and casual readers , who may buy because of its coverage of particular events . |
| 15 | However , the owners may win because they are more prepared to fight it out than the intruder ; when an owner beats a non-territorial intruder , he may win simply because he is stronger . |
| 16 | He reasoned that they must exist because of the fixed and numerically simple proportions in which elements combine to form compounds . |
| 17 | The should arise because of the lack of any compulsion to labour , brought about by a huge increase in productivity coupled with the transformation of labour into a free spontaneous activity . |
| 18 | And you 're tuned to Radio York on the Whale show until two and er now we shall probably although the phones are ringing at the moment erm run out of calls I should think because between one and two I know most of you are having your lunch or at the pub or whatever . |
| 19 | I should think because I 'm doing something with some students shortly and then erm there 's somebody coming to see me at two so er |
| 20 | Others say that the chairman , Mr Hussey , 69 , should resign because he appointed Mr Birt and agreed to the tax arrangements . |
| 21 | Lawrence said : ‘ I must act because the Swindon game is terribly important if we are to win promotion . |
| 22 | Colin must win because he is the physical buffoon ; he falls into traps and puts his head through walls , falls downstairs and all those things . ’ |
| 23 | She should know because she has competed three times , once dressed as a fairy who thumbed a lift from a passing coach full of male senior citizens , which really made their day . |
| 24 | And Graham claimed : ‘ Frank McLintock was a marvellous skipper — I should know because I played in the same team with him . |
| 25 | I should know because I live in his constituency . |
| 26 | These cats look well cared for and I should know because I work in a pet surgery . |
| 27 | He says that Childine must survive because it has proved itself a lifeline for thousands of frightened , lonely and distressed children . |
| 28 | What we must do because of this horrific and terrible example — I use those words deliberately — is put the law right . |
| 29 | I , I think people must do because the number of them that are sold . |
| 30 | why they must do because I saw some of the groups of them going |