Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] because [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There may have been few spiritual insights in his system , but in his Principles of philosophy ( 1644 ) he did insist that bodies continue in existence only because God preserves them in being . |
| 2 | THE film came about after a 14-year gap simply because Peter and Gerald were asked — by former Monty Python producer John Goldstone . |
| 3 | To this day he thinks that he was accepted into the Royal College chiefly because Minton felt strong sympathy with the macabre apparition he presented . |
| 4 | Even though his end-of-season future is in doubt , Slaven could win a recall tonight because Andy Payton has a hamstring problem . |
| 5 | London 's problems are certainly similar in kind , even if they have an added dimension simply because London is the country 's capital . |
| 6 | Know we got lost with the time zone there because Portugal is an hour |
| 7 | Okay well hang on just a second then because John Power , Councillor John Power is on the other line , let's bring him back into that . |
| 8 | He has done so well at scum primarily because Hughes is the ideal partner/workhorse for him . |
| 9 | Lord Denning said that it should be limited to the mail order business only because Harris ' contract was at all relevant times with the mail order part of Littlewoods ' business . |
| 10 | ‘ I 've lost my job just because Jason Prior was frightened I might get the chance to take over his fairly soon . |
| 11 | Mick Ronson : ‘ It was a really exciting period then because Tony DeFries got involved , which was about maybe a year and a half after I first played with David . |
| 12 | This modern view has come about not as a result of any further substantial constitutional developments — perhaps strangely , or perhaps significantly , the issue has never been seriously tested — rather , it has come to enjoy widespread , although not universal acquiescence largely because Dicey ( following Stephen and an equivocating Blackstone ) posited it as a central feature of the English constitution and because it has a deceptively simple logical appeal . |
| 13 | And the extracts in the Mail so far give a foretaste of that other favourite British hobby , class warfare — hot stuff now because Mr Major and his friends say his detractors are snobs . |
| 14 | The connection between racism and nationalism had no such outlet simply because Germany had no successful colonial holdings . |
| 15 | It 's two nil to Notts , it 's stuff here because Tony scored and he had n't scored previously this season when he banged one in on eight minutes . |
| 16 | With the help of the East German Robotron computer factory in Dresden the Russians produced a copy called Ryad-I But 20 years later this computer is still not fully in use simply because Russia can not produce enough electrical cable and connectors to link the equipment . |
| 17 | Bones stopped at the gate only because Uncle Bean stood in front of it waving his arms . |
| 18 | In considering this question , Rhodes relates it specifically to the case of the UK : ‘ prominence is given to manufacturing only because Britain , as most other advanced countries , has relied heavily on manufacturing activities as a source of net exports and employment ’ ( 1986 , p. 139 ) . |
| 19 | Batsman Sachin Tendulkar was engaged this summer simply because Craig McDermott pulled out with an injury at the last minute . |
| 20 | Members heard Beamish tell the audience that Germany was a great country today because Hitler had named the enemy and it was to be hoped that he would soon call an international conference on the question . |
| 21 | What with him moping round like a wounded jelly just because Koo had given him the old Dear John , he was no damn use to anyone at all . |
| 22 | The differentiation went one stage further because Galileo found it necessary to distinguish two senses in which a biblical text could be construed . |