Example sentences of "[noun sg] in [adj] [noun sg] because [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even so , it was the first successful attempt in this genre because it gave its performers an opportunity to reveal their talents as actor-dancers . |
| 2 | Zuwaya used it to evoke absence of government , freedom ; but any anthropologist would feel inclined to explore the unstated aspects of this way of life , not brought to prominence in contemporary discussion because they were not much use in argument : ‘ In the old days you had no government , but how did you keep peace and order — who settled quarrels ? who punished thieves and rapists ? ’ |
| 3 | Colleagues I 'd just like to put one of er John 's themes and that is that for the next couple of days we 've got a hell of a lot of business to get through and er we 've done quite well so far but er I would certainly be looking where possible colleagues for formally seconding er , as often as possible , if not all the time and I really appreciate your er your assistance in that regard because we have a great deal of business to get through in the next two days . |
| 4 | The determination of the equilibrium level of national income is of central importance in macroeconomic analysis because it is this which determines to a large extent the level of employment in the economy . |
| 5 | I painted the head of a dog on the canvas in red paint because I had yet to learn I was not a Canis . |
| 6 | Ward 's payment was agreed with Saunders ‘ a man who had huge authority in that company because he had picked it up by the scruff of the neck and transformed it . ’ |
| 7 | We will not support the Government 's proposals in relation to the maintenance of quality in higher education because we think that it is wrong for the people who determine quality in higher education to be the same as those who determine funding — |
| 8 | Erm let's just take that chain in each case because it 's it is a |
| 9 | The winter of discontent' of 1978/9 played just such a powerful role in British politics because it was composed of extremely powerful images . |
| 10 | There shall be a strong emphasis on sale in this work because it provides the model for other supply contracts . |
| 11 | Many people feared involvement in popular education because it made them immediate targets of the Contras . ’ |
| 12 | Again you , you never felt that you were , because you were doing that , you never had the feeling that perhaps you were becoming too much a part of management rather than er simply representing work or did you simply see it as part of your , your job to look after the incentive scheme in that way because it did er that was a part of representing the workforce ? |
| 13 | The colonies as a group quickly emerged as a key element in British strategy because they were net dollar earners ( basically because of Malayan rubber and West African products such as cocoa ) and could be made so on a bigger scale by a number of policy devices . |
| 14 | The West Indian pupils , especially the boys , are seen as a problem in this school because they are so ‘ aggressive ’ . |
| 15 | Keep that keep that running in that case because you ca n't do too much with it . |