Example sentences of "[adj] because [pers pn] [vb base] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I would n't buy this because I think striped shirts have been overplayed — and I prefer black jeans . ’ |
| 2 | Placing the three kinds of power in a matrix with the three kinds of involvement produces nine types of compliance , three of which are found more frequently in practice than the other six because they constitute congruent relationships : alientative/coercive ( e.g. prisons ) ; remunerative/calculative ( e.g. firms ) ; normative/moral ( e.g. political parties ) . |
| 3 | You 'll need two of these because we want two O Hs to go with those two O Hs . |
| 4 | The mitotic divisions recovered from the pronuclear stages are unique because they reveal gametic chromosome complements ; thus , in a fertilized egg , male and female contributions can be distinguished , and in unfertilized eggs , the female chromosomes can be revealed by parthenogenetic activation with a variety of treatments ( ref.1 , and see Chapter 12 ) . |
| 5 | These foods are valuable because they contain different types of fibre , vitamins and minerals essential for health . |
| 6 | increasingly I think nowadays people converse in not a foreign language , because the terms that people use are familiar but meanings that they intend are not , and th th th the computer people are the worst because they use ordinary words which mean completely different things in the |
| 7 | Causal path diagrams have been extended to three variables to show how the factors are hypothesized to interrelate ; these diagrams are useful because they force explicit decisions to be made about the causal order of the variables , and lessen the risk that the analyst will control for the wrong variables . |
| 8 | From all the available data in the charts you decide you must be large-framed because you weigh 9 st 11 lb. |
| 9 | It 's a big step for them to get out of that because they need independent housing and distance from the men controlling it . |
| 10 | In LDCs in general , the poor are disadvantaged because they have low levels of education and training and therefore have few skills or qualifications to help them . |
| 11 | Bu but , but the rich because they have more resources are more highly productive . |
| 12 | Young 's ideas are important because they cast serious doubt on liberal views of a just society . |
| 13 | ‘ My children , I am very happy because you love each other , and because one day you will get married . |
| 14 | There are quite a few fairly minor changes to the appointment contract procedure but I have n't , I do n't pretend , intend briefing those because I think most people can read . |
| 15 | OXFORD BOOKWORMS are successful because they combine these elements . |
| 16 | It is for this reason that the Anonymous Fellowships are ; o successful because they bring specific understanding and hope from previous sufferers who are now in recovery . |
| 17 | Interviewed by Radio France Internationale on Aug. 28 , the exiled Ghannouchi described the trials as " unjust because they address false problems … the remedy can not be found in the barracks " . |
| 18 | Additionally it might be argued that with the almost instantaneous transmission of information we have these days , the impact of hearing about individuals or groups or communities of people dying is that much greater because we have less time to prepare for bad news . |
| 19 | Rows with in-laws are distressing because they cause divided loyalties and may indicate a battle between families to prove which is the most important . |
| 20 | A US federal court has ordered a secondary ban on tuna imports from countries that buy the fish from Mexico and Venezuela , which have been under a US embargo since 1990 because they kill more dolphins than allowed by US law [ see ED no. 51 ] . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm mad because you play juvenile pranks , telling me all those lies , letting me believe all that rubbish ! ’ |