Example sentences of "because [pers pn] [adv] [vb -s] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He does not mind being the butt of his colleagues ' jokes because he always has the last laugh . |
| 2 | The FBI argues that , because it already has the constitutional right to tap telephones , where it has a warrant , no new principle is involved : all it wants is the means to continue doing so . |
| 3 | But for those starting a McPartland collection , I would recommend the Portrait , because it best displays the remarkable range of music she likes to tackle — from Irving Berlin and Rodgers and Hart to Chick Corea and Herbie Hancock . |
| 4 | Nor is the road between , say , Salisbury and Winchester necessarily medieval just because it now links the two medieval towns . |
| 5 | Capitalism survives because it still satisfies the basic , simple impulses of ordinary men and women . |
| 6 | This poses a problem because it apparently falsifies the plausible theory that animals , like humans , see with their eyes . |
| 7 | And Maastricht promises to make the Europe-machine turn still faster because it pre-emptively convokes the next set of constitutional talks for 1996 . |