Example sentences of "[noun] because [pers pn] [verb] not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ballantyne 's boys were very soft when they first saw the pig because they did not want to disturb it when it was sleeping . |
| 2 | Thus many techniques for analysis and reaction presented through in-service training as ‘ cut flowers ’ , have failed to grow in schools because they do not make sense to the teachers once back in their schools . |
| 3 | California 's SIP was rejected by the EPA because it did not provide for attainment of the photochemical oxidant standard for Los Angeles . |
| 4 | A motor manufacturer will only be in a position to estimate revenue because they do not know how many cars they will sell . |
| 5 | The grammar of the language can be used to restrict word combinations because they do not combine arbitrarily to form sentences . |
| 6 | The husband does not like the car because it does not reflect his status . |
| 7 | The example auditors ' reports given in the exposure draft are unlikely to help narrow the expectations gap because they do not include references to the inherent limitations of financial reporting and , in particular , to the need to recognise that the balance sheet is not intended to be a statement of a company 's net worth and that there can not be a guarantee that the company will survive as a going concern . |
| 8 | Previous weight-loss or crash diets may well have failed in the short or long term because they did not take into account problems you might have had with food allergy or intolerance . |
| 9 | ( e ) As we have seen , an intention to repay or substitute may be dishonest because the defendant can not replace the very thing taken , yet if he intends to return the property itself , he is not guilty of theft because he does not have the intention permanently to deprive . |
| 10 | It could be that Lord Roskill wished in this way to exonerate the mischievous label-switcher , but that person is anyway not guilty of theft because he does not have the mental element . |
| 11 | Twelve days before Soviet troops entered Afghanistan Amin gave his word that ‘ no Soviet military bases will be built in Afghanistan because we do not need them ’ . |
| 12 | Is the Minister aware , for example , of the considerable number of Territorial Army members who served in the Gulf , including over 20 from the constituency of my hon. Friend the Member for Kilmarnock and Loudoun ( Mr. McKelvey ) , who have been refused their bounty because they did not serve their annual camp — precisely because they were in the Gulf for over 51 days ? |
| 13 | She is portrayed as a victim of a patriarchal and backward culture , trapped in a position of victimage because she does not have access to the resistances offered by Western culture . |
| 14 | I did not want a verdict that he was killed in action because he did not go out there to fight . |
| 15 | His mother , Barbara Edwards , of Cae Gwilym Lane , Cefn Mawr , said : ‘ I did not want a verdict that he was killed in action because he did not go out there to fight , he went out to keep the peace . ’ |
| 16 | Mrs Edwards , of Cefn Mawr , said : ‘ I did not want a verdict he was killed in action because he did not go out to fight ; he went out to keep the peace . ’ |
| 17 | This enabled me to keep working without causing additional expense ; it caused Chandlers disruption because they do not have this loaned item of stock to sell — and , furthermore , when it 's returned to the shop , will probably be sold as ex-demo . |
| 18 | Strictly speaking , this second is not a proper rule because it does not end with a single well defined action . |
| 19 | A glint of panic flashed in the boy 's eyes because he did not speak English very well . |
| 20 | IT is high time that we stopped this charade of swearing allegiance to the Queen and her heirs and successors because we do not know from time to time who they are . |
| 21 | It is not search because we do not know precisely what we are looking for . |
| 22 | Those who have it will be better at forming relationships of all sorts because they do not find it impossible to believe that other people could actually respect them and care for them . |
| 23 | It can , however , be claimed that though the expansion of employment in the public sector was not directly responsible for the decline in the number of people employed in the manufacturing sector because it did not use the same labour sources and because there was no labour shortage anyhow , it was , nevertheless , indirectly responsible because it led to a decline in private profit and hence to a shortage of capital for investment in the manufacturing industries . |
| 24 | If we 're to be , if we end up being audited on that , then we will fail the audit because we do not do that . |
| 25 | Clem Attlee nationalised the Bank of England because he did not think that we should have rule by central bankers . |
| 26 | They are therefore viewed as costs that can not be justifiably carried forward to future periods because they do not represent future benefits or the future benefits are so uncertain as to defy measurement . |
| 27 | The procedure has not gained formal approval by the International Olympic Committee because it does not give conclusive proof of drug use . |
| 28 | If a vehicle fails the test because it does not have a vehicle identification number , MoT testers will advise motorists to get in touch with the local Vehicle Registration Office , which can allocate a new number . |
| 29 | She recently turned down £1,500 for a day 's work because she did not want to miss school . |
| 30 | At the beginning I found it hard work because he did not seem able to concentrate . |