Example sentences of "because they [vb base] [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's a , there 's a lot of dead people not dead cos their dead because they 've died of old age , dead because they were trying to find out how things work . |
| 2 | But the thing is , what they do tend to do is , they suddenly find themselves in a panic because they 've behaved like this about it and the person at the other end is shouting when are you coming to see this organ |
| 3 | Conceit , because they tend to attribute to human beings a position in the world to which , a position of importance in the world , to which they 're not entitled . |
| 4 | Mothers and babies are suitable cases for treatment because they tend to stay in one place , there are only two subjects at a time , and their behaviour together is relatively stereotyped and uncomplicated . |
| 5 | Privately owned papers which are unprofitable do exist , but this is because they receive backing for other purposes — political , in most cases . |
| 6 | Deciding that you want to go out with someone because they happen to fit into this year 's idea of what is good looking is stupid . |
| 7 | ‘ Secondly , they say we must refuel the plane because they want to fly to another country . |
| 8 | The Saudis want all this equipment because they feel threatened from both sides — by Iran and by Israel . |
| 9 | The Saudis want all this equipment because they feel threatened from both sides — by Iran and by Israel . |
| 10 | To my mind , evidence of conflict already exists : the deafening silence from Moorgate Place on Caparo is an example where self-interest has been allowed to be paramount : the decision suits the practising firms ( as their legal liability is narrowly defined ) , notwithstanding that in the public interest , would-be investors , existing individual shareholders and creditors who lose because they have relied on audited accounts which subsequently turn out to be defective , should , on any basis of equity , have recourse to those parties who are responsible , whether management or auditors . |
| 11 | Because they have waited for this moment . ’ |
| 12 | A second possibility — the mate-guarding or ‘ chaperone ’ hypothesis — suggests that males are more vigilant than females because they have to guard against promiscuous ‘ rape ’ attempts on their female partners . |
| 13 | These interlocking shareholders have an interest in each other 's prosperity , partly because they do business with one another , partly because they have invested in each other . |
| 14 | They can not concentrate wholly on matters put before them by civil servants because they have to deal with parliamentary duties , party business and constituency cases . |
| 15 | Many students tie themselves in knots in only four bars , and can then go no further because they have concentrated on complex harmonizations and ignored the thematic flow . |
| 16 | However , the great difference is that the executive search consultant of today sees this as a career rather than just something to move into because they have failed in one or more previous jobs . |
| 17 | But I do n't , the fact that they 're not included does not mean that they ca n't have it , because that would be disastrous , because they do rely on that |