Example sentences of "[adv] because [pers pn] [verb] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The court office can not refuse to issue proceedings by the process requested by the plaintiff/applicant merely because it considers such process to be inappropriate ( Baker v Thatcher ( 1984 ) 134 NLJ 863 ) . |
| 2 | Our opponents say we do cause such disturbance but I suspect that is only that is only because they see all canoeists as a noisy bunch of exuberant youngsters . |
| 3 | The lysosome is called a ‘ suicide bag ’ said Prof Mayer , not only because it digests any waste materials by the use of powerful enzymes but also because this cocktail can kill off the cell . |
| 4 | Mr Wallace expects to get support for his view that the Scottish Constitutional Convention should go into cold storage , not just because it has little relevance but also to expose Labour as uninterested in cross-party co-operation . |
| 5 | Finally , I use dampened white toilet tissue to get rid of any hard lines that may have occurred in my sky , and most importantly I try not to overwork or rework the sky once I am satisfied , just because I see another effect . |
| 6 | Those of us who campaigned against the Gulf War did so not because we had any liking for Saddam Hussein . |
| 7 | This deficiency he shared with a whole crew of leaders of third-world or so-called ‘ non-aligned ’ countries , who like him had gained power because they were against foreign rulers , not because they had any idea of what to put in place of foreign rule . |
| 8 | Others had undergone a test because they ‘ needed to know ’ , not because they had any intention of terminating . |
| 9 | These comforted her , not because she had any faith in their message , but because they were phrased with some beauty ; they were made up of words that seemed to apply to some large and other world of other realities , and they bore witness , also , to the fact that somebody had thought it worth his while to put them up . |
| 10 | It 's not because I had Christian parents , it 's not because I 'd some advantage over you , or you had some advantage over me , it is all of God 's graciousness , it is all of God 's giving ! |
| 11 | This was not because he had any interest in values realized in animal life , but because he believed that some degree of goodness pertained to things or states of affairs which do not involve consciousness of any kind . |
| 12 | Not because he carried that coffin but because the people on his side are ravaged , their nerve ends are torn raw , and if he |
| 13 | Perhaps the most significant intellectual advance of the mid-20th century was indeed made by Karl Popper , not because he provided any kind of method for scientists to pursue ( as he decidedly did not ) but because he showed for the first time in formal philosophy , that science is inescapably a human activity , and that if its underlying human-ness is ever shelved it is only temporarily , and for convenience , to ameliorate human frailty . |
| 14 | This is normally because they have some fear , conscious or otherwise , about what they will unearth during the course of the treatment . |
| 15 | The marshal 's reception of the news was predictably sour , but he refrained from any overt suggestion that Thiercelin had been at fault , possibly because he accepted some share of the blame himself . |
| 16 | There is a twelve percent reduction in maintenance , partly because we sold some holdings , partly a cut in the service , it is a , it is a , it 's a , it 's a legal requirement to maintain the whole thing , under the terms of the agreement , and I 'm also , because of the change in our , dropping our , a land agent , now that 's a reduction of thirty three percent in the management of the estates , so I really am doing my best and resources quite rightly have held my noose in order to ensure that I do . |
| 17 | Towards the mid-1970s Thai boxing was introduced into the United States , where it has become very popular , partly because it resembles another art introduced at that time , called full-contact karate . |
| 18 | He also said that he found his responsibilities ‘ a very great strain ’ , because his aunt was such a difficult , domineering person , and he would like to see her in a Home — partly because she needed more care and more company . |
| 19 | Come back in a fortnight and we 'll check its progress , but you 'll find it takes a few weeks to really heal properly because we use that toe a great deal for balance . ’ |
| 20 | This is often because they have such fear for the future , for some reason of their own , that death seems preferable . |
| 21 | I 'm afraid I have n't experimented with these overmuch , mainly because I have some cottons on cone that are not branded , lurking in the cupboard . |
| 22 | ‘ But mainly because I believe this present Northern Ireland team is capable of hitting the glory trail again . ’ |
| 23 | We have taken it this far because we wanted some justice . |
| 24 | What I am saying most specifically is take all of me — and here of course Gary began the melody on the piano and we all smiled and then she sang , sang her song , and believe me we did all listen to the words that night , we knew that the man who had been attacked was there , and we knew that O and Boy were standing shoulder to shoulder in our midst , we saw them in the centre of the mirror , saw ourselves standing beside them and standing by them and give me a drink now because I had such hopes of a lover of my own on that evening and here I am . |
| 25 | The second issue — the risk that some good payers will be lumped in with bad payers , and treated like them , simply because they share some background characteristics with them — is discussed in chapter 5 , under ‘ Credit scoring ’ . |
| 26 | He may have acted in this way because the dog was worrying sheep , or because he wanted to annoy the dog 's owner , or simply because he despises all alsatians . |
| 27 | You may actually encounter more problems when using public transport , simply because you have less control over events . |
| 28 | ‘ Simply because I felt some responsibility for you in Bruges , ’ Luke replied evenly . |
| 29 | ‘ It was n't because I saw some guy and said , ‘ Hey , he gets a lot of girls , ’ or I saw some guy and said , ‘ Man , I want to be that guy , ’ because there 's no-one on earth I want to be . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm here because I wanted this job . ’ |