Example sentences of "because [pers pn] [verb] that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mention all this because I know that many women are horrified at the idea of their baby being delivered in this way . |
| 2 | I , hope , too , that my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State will address the technical problems of billing , particularly carry-over yearly billing , to avoid current confusion with many charge payers , because I regret that separate billing has not increased accountability . |
| 3 | I confess to having myself once described a particularly abstruse provision as ‘ something of a minor masterpiece of opacity ’ , but I regret it because I think that such shafts are frequently not aimed at the right target . |
| 4 | The former can do no more than skim the surface of an area which has recently been very heavily mined ; the latter is included because I think that this theory , though recent , is more than a passing fashion and contains some insights into the nature of knowledge . |
| 5 | I 'm very sorry about that because I believe that that money could be better spent within the fire service on other matters to provide a much better service to the general public . |
| 6 | You just know when a shot is perfect because you hear that tell-tale crack when it comes out of the middle of the club . |
| 7 | Not that she minded Jack playing around because she knew that one day he would be hers . |
| 8 | Should we tamper with majority rule by giving special voting strength to one economic group , beyond what its numbers would justify , because we fear that straight majority rule would assign it less than its just share ? |
| 9 | We insist on integrity because we believe that internal compromises would deny what is often called " equality before the law " and sometimes " formal equality . " |
| 10 | Although we shall support the Bill because we believe that any measure that alleviates the terrible problem of repossessions is to be welcomed , the way in which the Minister presented it suggests that there is no problem . |
| 11 | Tony Kennedy , chief executive of Co-operation North , said : ‘ Co-operation North … was especially keen to become involved in this major event , because we believe that older people have a vital role to play in promoting understanding and tolerance between the people of Ireland , North and South . |
| 12 | ‘ Co-Operation North , which aims to advance mutual understanding and respect between the people of Northern Ireland and the Republic , was especially keen to become involved in this major project because we believe that older people have a vital role to play in promoting better understanding and tolerance between the people of Ireland , north and south , ’ said |
| 13 | No-one of my generation set out to be a war correspondent , at least not in Europe , because we supposed that previous generations had disposed of all that and that war in Europe , if it were ever to occur again , would be the kind of war that would leave no-one alive to write about it . |
| 14 | Because they know that next time they 'll be out on their ears . ’ |
| 15 | So , for various different reasons , most of the Unionist leaders approved of Lloyd George 's intentions ; the party managers agreed because they feared that continuing disorganization on the Coalition Liberal side might eventually wreck the government . |
| 16 | It was a private lair , and though they 'd often wished to have a fire they 'd never done so — not because they feared for the dry wood of the spinney but because they knew that rising smoke would sooner or later be investigated . |
| 17 | This trend was welcomed by articulate working class women 's groups such as the Women 's Cooperative Guild , because of poor working class housing conditions and because they believed that working class wives needed a respite from the cares of managing a household . |
| 18 | They have taken this position not because they are resistant to change , but because they believe that these proposals will politicise the British Police Service and they are in my view entirely right to have that view . |
| 19 | Most companies , although indicating a preference for locally manufactured equipment , have made extensive use of suppliers from outside Wales , generally because they feel that local suppliers can not meet their needs . |
| 20 | With the law as it is there may be some men who would prefer an adult partner , but who at present turn their attention to boys because they consider that this course is less likely to lay them open to prosecution or to blackmail than if they sought other adults as their partners . |
| 21 | Credit granters told us that they rarely checked information about employment because they found that many people regarded this as an invasion of privacy . |
| 22 | you see and ther I su I suppose there was about ten or a dozen girls behind the counter because it was early and late turn for them because you see we were open , you see , until ten o'clock at night , you see , and er then , well , anyway , after that erm I heard about this job going as Assistant Manageress at Cambridge and er so I applied and the Manager said to me , I thought well I 'll be here ten years , erm I can be here until I 'm you know , donkeys years and er so he said well look you may not get a job because he said that another girl coming from Norwich to go to Cambridge to see the Manager as well as you and so you might not get it , she might get it , and , however , I went and er I , I met the Manager and the Manageress in the front office , the Manager 's office and we all had a chat but I did n't see the girl from Norwich , she must have gone some other day and anyway I got the job , you see , and er , and so I went to Cambridge as Assistant Manageress and I very well and I got to know all kinds of people , all nationalities being a university city . |
| 23 | His diffidence with secondary art teachers , he intimated , was because he believed that these folk had had longer formal training and more paper qualifications than himself . |
| 24 | This was not because he had any interest in values realized in animal life , but because he believed that some degree of goodness pertained to things or states of affairs which do not involve consciousness of any kind . |
| 25 | He had a bit of a chip on his shoulder because he felt that other people who were not so good but who had the right background and connections had gotten ahead of him . |
| 26 | I think also that he liked Kelham — provided it were a short visit , for he was by nature and inclination a townsman — because he felt that such establishments were of great value in carrying on , in addition to theological instruction , the classical tradition . |
| 27 | And the third was as a confessor , because he knew that many souls valued him in this work . |
| 28 | No part of his mind said , ‘ It 's silly to feel like this about leaving the house , ’ because he knew that this feeling was n't in any way connected with his leaving the house . |
| 29 | Because he thinks that one day you might help his son . ’ |
| 30 | The hon. Lady selects the wrong argument on which to call Professor Glennerster as witness , because he says that that argument is muddled . |