Example sentences of "[adv] because [pos pn] [noun] [verb] a " in BNC.
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1 | Nothing can be more daunting for a beginner than to step up and smash his fist or foot through a neatly arranged stack of wood or tiles , but that is only because his mind constructs a barrier . |
2 | The actual income of a kadi depended not only — or even principally — on his allowance , of course , but also on fees of various kinds ; and it may well be that if indeed the kadis of Istanbul , Edirne and Bursa continued to receive allowances of only 300 akce a day down to Hezarfen 's time , they did so because their allowances represented a relatively insignificant proportion of the monies they actually received , so that raising them to match the importance of the kadiliks was not a matter of particular moment . |
3 | Once , my partner and I were not allowed to play on a vacant court , just because my friend had a brown sweatshirt on , and there was a veterans doubles match on the next court — we might put them off by playing on the vacant court ! |
4 | JUST BECAUSE YOUR SEAT HAS A NUMBER DOES N'T MEAN YOU SHOULD BE TREATED LIKE ONE . |
5 | I raise this matter also because my constituency has a high percentage of unfit housing . |
6 | Traditionally , county councils have been more preservationist-minded than many of their local district councils , often because their membership showed a higher proportion of large landowners who had a keen interest in preserving the countryside , even before concern for the environment became a fashionable issue . |
7 | It conditioned my hair really well but I think I may have used it too often because my hair became a little TOO soft to style after a while ! ’ |