Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun pl] because " in BNC.
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| 1 | He accuses the Americans of being xenophobic : ‘ It 's very difficult for the Americans because it 's most unusual for them to adopt a standard not written by the American National Standards Institute ( ANSI ) . |
| 2 | And I want to make if I can a couple of deeper coloured cushions and if I can I want to make tie-backs for the curtains because everything in that room is so blooming pale . |
| 3 | for a grant for the toys because we got the original grant from Children In Need |
| 4 | He was really concerned for the crowds because he knew that he was their only hope . |
| 5 | But I I would n't er if I hear of a girl getting pregnant er you know now now it 's a very common thing I know , but sometimes I feel really sorry for the girls because it 's tying yourself fifteen , sixteen tying yourself down to children . |
| 6 | A London postman 's daughter whose grandmother lived next door remembers how the old lady ‘ used to pass one or two little bits and pieces over to us , but she used to say to mother , ‘ I ca n't do much for the grandchildren because we have no pension at the end . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I am happiest for the players because they have got out of the Cup what they have deserved . |
| 8 | Two further contributory factors to the decline of the industry have been : the lowered earnings of energy companies giving rise to spending cutbacks ; and the dampening of government enthusiasm for the projects because of the abundance of crude oil . |
| 9 | Will he see what can be done to improve parliamentary accountability for the agencies because , in particular since they are responsible to the Public Accounts Committee , Ministers should be prepared to answer questions about them ? |
| 10 | I ca n't think of anything except for the biscuits because I 've run out of biscuits . |
| 11 | Oh I suppose there could be better representation for the women because the management is all male . |
| 12 | It had run out of diesel fuel for the generators because of the aid boycott . |
| 13 | They had large capacity halls — maybe three or four thousand people there , which was funny for the boys because they were n't used to that . |
| 14 | ‘ I understand it 's hard for the organisers because they have to go where they can find the biggest sponsor . |
| 15 | ‘ I understand it 's hard for the organisers because they have to go where they can find the biggest sponsor . |
| 16 | Of course it is very hard for the writers because they have to keep things up to date and follow the story-lines . |
| 17 | It 's OK for the authorities because it 's not them you 're looking at — you wo n't be walking the beat with them . |
| 18 | Englishmen had been settling overseas for a century and a half but their colonies had been inhabited by people who , apart from the slaves who got no choice in the matter , had no particular difficulty in committing themselves to being loyal to King George : Englishmen , Scotsmen , Irishmen , or Germans would accept the King without question , and the Dutch of New York and the Acadians of Nova Scotia were almost the only people who had ever been asked to make a serious change of allegiance , which had been harder for the Acadians because of religious differences . |
| 19 | for the kids because there 's a little man out there who 's the only one in the family who did n't have it . |
| 20 | What constitute the elements of a structure , its units , never seems to be a problem for the structuralists because they are taken as an empirical property of the medium of signification ( the text ) . |
| 21 | Erm but I I was n't actually that surprised that the school er at a school asking to be paid for the tapes because erm they 've got to get their money from somewhere |
| 22 | Come on you Reds and do the business for the supporters because they will be giving it everything for you ! |
| 23 | I , I feel sorry for the children because they 'll miss Kevin wo n't they ? |
| 24 | but when I made enquiries about taking up the loan , I was told that I was not eligible for the funds because I was an existing borrower . |
| 25 | Southgate ( 1980 : 33 ) has shown how British police have diffiulties in dealing with domestic disputes , but if anything the situation in Northern Ireland is easier for the police because they have a clearer knowledge of their role : to be on hand to prevent serious crime . |
| 26 | Road traffic had long been a matter for the police because of the very great concern over road accidents . |
| 27 | Er then he , he , I sent for the police because he walked out the door and he , he threatened to kill himself . |
| 28 | We used the number of deaths at 3 , 6 , 9 , 12 , and 18 months as the endpoints because we were unable to obtain all the individual data . |
| 29 | Remember we said the other week there would be some questions that will be shared between the papers because they 're mandatory , and therefore pertains to talk about that particular product . |
| 30 | erm you end up with four different er types of er reproductive strategies which are of monogamy , polygyny , polygamy and polyandry and the first one monogamy is when you have one male and female and er this minimizes the differences in reproductive success and the way it does that is because erm it , it minimizes the difference between the sexes because monogamy takes the limitations of the male erm to reproduce only with the one female so the male to female ratio of reproductive success the same in monogamy , and er what happens to that is this little in er more equal towards their parental investment . |