Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] because " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1889 Schnadhorst 's own candidature in Newcastle under Lyme was approved but he stood down in the following year because of ill health . |
| 2 | Despite the linguistic anomaly that the season called ‘ the time of inundation ’ would in due course fall in one of the other seasons , the Egyptians retained the 365-day calendar right down to the Roman period because of its convenience as an automatic record of the passage of time in an era , each year containing the same number of days , unlike our years . |
| 3 | A minor but telling incident : a big army exercise scheduled for last week in which French soldiers were , for the first time , to do mock battle alongside British troops in West Germany was called off at the last moment because of East Germany 's election . |
| 4 | ‘ I got hauled up before the chief psychiatrist because of the champagne that was flowing . ’ |
| 5 | She wished she had not put the lamp on in the first place because she was sure he would be able to fathom out how she felt . |
| 6 | Gary dropped out after the second round because of 'flu or something . |
| 7 | In order to achieve this , they must attain seniority , with the implication that the South does well out of the Federal budget because its members of Congress are more likely , on average , to be reelected and therefore climb the seniority ladder . |
| 8 | He was talking about branching out into the ship-in-a-bottle business because Jonathon will make only ships . |
| 9 | She 'd stopped riding out with the first lot because of nausea on waking , and Tremayne , far from minding , continually urged her to rest more . |
| 10 | Now I think it 's a bit rich t to slam the Liberals for walking out on the last debate because the Tories did n't attend the Health Trust Select Committee which Council set up . |
| 11 | The rest of the section were standing in the rain with all their clothes spread out on the wet grass because he had not wanted to admit that he was ill . |
| 12 | It 's a fairly low risk erm threat at the moment , air strikes are cheap er they 're not particularly dangerous whether they 're effective or not is another matter , er and there 's no immediate come back on the domestic scene because no one is expecting any one state to be the saviour in that particular situation . |
| 13 | I believe that it will be updated as the new computer takes on additional information , but when and at exactly what point is a matter on which I shall have to get back to the hon. Gentleman because I do not know ACPO 's plans . |