Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] because [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every practising barrister knows before which judges he would prefer not to appear in a political case because he believes , and his colleagues at the bar believe , that certain judges are much more likely than others to be biased against certain groups , like demonstrators or students , or certain kinds of action , like occupations of property by trade unionists or the homeless . |
| 2 | Professor Wilkinson said it was not ‘ disregarded ’ — as the Independent claimed on Friday — but ‘ given a low rating because it was such a piece of opportunist propaganda ’ . |
| 3 | I equally do n't want to sail into something that is er pretty undesirable and as my Noble Friend Lord Boyd-Carpenter says if we do that then almost certainly I do n't know I may be completely wrong , I 've got enormous faith in the my Right Honourable from my Noble Friend the Chief Whip and even more f faith in all my friends beh behind me whom I know will er go in , in the right direction because they think so erm superb , but My Lords er I would obviously like to see whether there is any way in which we can bridge this divide . |
| 4 | Wesley made little progress with agricultural labourers because they were tied into the rigidities of the traditional social order , although he blamed it on the stolid stupidity of the peasantry , but in many mining and manufacturing villages Methodism throve . |
| 5 | He said it would be politicise police forces and he said that this vote would be a momentous decision because it w th the Bill will do grievous damage to policing in this country and we must remove the repugnant decisions from the Bill , but I alw I did think actually that was fairly extravagant language . |
| 6 | Yes I did — when English Lit was over I read my last sentence before she collected the papers , and it said , ‘ Julius Caesar is a filthy no-good rubbishy play because it does n't have enough women in it . |
| 7 | We 've got plenty of things — goods and chattels and land — but very little money because we ca n't sell anything . |
| 8 | A church organist has been told not to play low notes because it could damage the spire . |
| 9 | And so the A N C has to make sure that while it works for the aspirations of its people it must also protect the country and I 'm afraid in this context it means it has through negotiations and other means also conceded made concessions in order to save the situation and the only organization that is now working for the national interest even losing its own supporters in the country is basically the A N C and it 's quite a remarkable thing to see that leaders are prepared to l lose political support because they have to make sure that the country does n't . |
| 10 | Grundy , had a weak case because she owed much of her success to Neighbours . |
| 11 | There was also an acceptance , as the implications were worked out later in the paper , that Terminal courses with ‘ a good deal of teaching at quite an elementary level ’ were ‘ a most important part ’ of the WEA 's work ; that university graduates , who usually had a narrow academic education , could benefit from the breadth of learning offered by the WEA quite as much as manual workers ; that courses in literature and the arts were clearly a valid part of the WEA 's total provision because they attracted new members , taught the processes of serious study and by enriching lives helped ‘ in raising the quality of the public which has the power of judgement upon those set in authority over it ’ . |
| 12 | While children under seven need full-fat milk because they are still in the early stages of development , older children should have skimmed or semi-skimmed . |
| 13 | Where liability is admitted , or it is acknowledged that liability is likely to be established , then it may be sensible to try and agree an interim payment because it will probably be possible to secure a lower sum in interim damages than would be awarded by the Court if matters were so to proceed . |
| 14 | Erm let's just take that chain in each case because it 's it is a |
| 15 | I do not want matriarchy to replace patriarchy as an interim measure because I retain unshakeable faith in women 's ability to organize , to be caring and to be , just in so many ways , superior to men . |
| 16 | popular theory now decrees that small specialist retail companies get a higher stock-market rating than the big conglomerates , so the latest fashion is for Sock Shops , Body Shops , whatever it is , with very high p/Es , while larger organisations get a lower rating because they are a group . |
| 17 | I did n't realise that Dad was home early that afternoon because he had been put on short time and had had to take a drop in wages in consequence . |
| 18 | Rufus wondered if he might have invented that part because he had so much to do with wombs in the course of his own daily life . |
| 19 | Keep that keep that running in that case because you ca n't do too much with it . |
| 20 | will not be in that category because it will be totally funded by the Department of Health ah as and when it comes along . |
| 21 | The one up the main road — I do n't like taking that route because it 's colder and there 's alot of traffic . |
| 22 | Through Ed , who , she thought had the right contacts because he was a man , they went to the Roundhouse that night . |
| 23 | But it was hypocritical sarcasm because she knew she would have done the same as him . |
| 24 | I was fond of that duvet because I thought it was hers . |
| 25 | It was a trick , a way of helping his mother , and a cruel experiment because he thought he knew best . |
| 26 | It would be wrong to conclude a link between heterosexuality and low self-esteem because I know and work with many healthy heterosexuals . |
| 27 | Mr Sullivan said : ‘ The gallery owner , Martin Ainscough , is a good friend of mine and I always go to the private viewings because I am a big modern art collector . |
| 28 | If so , I must advise him — and Conservative Members before they intervene — that that is not a commitment that I should like to make on behalf of any future Labour Administration because it would be an unreal commitment . |
| 29 | Well , we can do that Saturday because they take a long time to get across . |
| 30 | And a lot of people that I 've spoken to who 've had problems have turned to that alternative because they could see no other . |