Example sentences of "in [pron] [adj] [noun] because [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was definitely not in my best shape because I had had major surgery in May for an ovarian cyst . |
| 2 | Once the gales have blown themselves out and the depressions have ‘ filled ’ or moved away , we usually get a spell of settled weather when things return to normal.The few days of settled weather allow me to spend some hours fishing offshore for ling and tusk which , as well as providing me with relaxation and sport , is satisfyingly justified in my own mind because it is providing food for the family during the winter to come . |
| 3 | Workers will initially interpret this as a rise in their real wage because they still anticipate constant prices — and so will be willing to offer more labour ( move up their supply curve ) , i.e. employment grows and unemployment falls . |
| 4 | Either way , the new recruit 's earnings are greatly reduced , and some legal assistants continue in their salaried position because they can not afford a partnership . |
| 5 | He accepted that the introduction of a night sleeper was something which could n't be contemplated in their present accommodation because it would involve the carer sleeping in the same room as the plaintiff . |
| 6 | They are relying on the RCS and Romania dropping points in their remaining games because they have an inferior goal difference to both sides . |
| 7 | It 's obviously very important that some stories are big enough to break if you 're lucky in the national media but more important each of the clubs and sailing schools can get it in their local events because they 're only too happy to take er provide the stories . |
| 8 | Of course , with economic activity rates among women peaking at around two-thirds for married women in middle age and four-fifths for non-married women in their twenties and early thirties , there are a significant proportion who never experience ‘ retirement ’ from paid employment in their own right because they have withdrawn from the labour market long before formal retirement age . |
| 9 | They were n't sinners in their own eyes because they did all these little things . |
| 10 | I 'm keeping them together in their little bits because I 've got them all sorted where they belong , so |
| 11 | She was such a heroine in her own way because it was not possible to give her the attention and comfort she deserved yet she never complained . |
| 12 | By 1966 , the Church was better able to take advantage of the new interest in its separatist stance because it now had a core of Ulstermen who had been converted under Ian Paisley s preaching and who had grown up with his politicized evangelicalism . |
| 13 | Harvard could implement sweeping changes in its medical curriculum because it had a forceful dean and access to large grants to fund a very ambitious project . |
| 14 | When we got home I was surprised to see Dad sitting in his usual seat because he should have been at work . |
| 15 | The most familiar description perhaps is that given by Lord Wright in Davies v Powell Duffryn Associated Collieries Ltd ( No 2 ) [ 1942 ] AC 601 at p611 : It is not a claim which the deceased could have pursued in his own lifetime because it is for damages suffered not by himself , but by his family after his death . |
| 16 | We actually put it down in our own manifesto because we thought it was a good idea . |