Example sentences of "[prep] be [adj] because [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm telling you , ’ said Sam , ‘ I 'm telling you , she 's got ta be dead because no one , but no one , would go away without her make-up . ’ |
| 2 | High standards of technical skill and of ethics , for example , are argued to be necessary because the client can not judge the service he receives . |
| 3 | Crosby said : ‘ It is never going to be easy because the FA Cup final is a big thing for everyone concerned . |
| 4 | In many cases such user may be found to be tax-free because the taxpayer who uses the premises has not received " income " for the purposes of Schedule D , Case I and Case II . |
| 5 | This process of policy-shaping is held to be legitimate because the local state has to react to popular pressures in devising its welfare systems . |
| 6 | The place was supposed to be dangerous because the path was too narrow between the gorse bushes and the edge : it stood to reason , she stumbled over in the wind . |
| 7 | I also do n't mean to be sexist because the same scenario works when the sexes are reversed . |
| 8 | Some similar process is going on in anorexia nervosa : the conscious will has to be supreme because the anorexic has to be in complete control . |
| 9 | The return proved to be premature because the new Assembly was uneasy at his presence and , invoking the Law of Exile , which was still in force , invited the Prince to leave . |
| 10 | But , even within such a system the role of nations was not likely to be central because the main players in such a game would be units far larger than the states that most of the characterist , ie , separatist , nationalist agitations of the late 20th century were designed to form . |
| 11 | However , its founders , Larry and Doug Michels , are now said to be reluctant because the future is uncertain — it 's a heck of a time to have to start posting quarterly reports . |
| 12 | A completely plain , fawn-coloured antelope standing in a fawn-coloured landscape would appear to be solid-bodied because the sun , beating down on its back , would illuminate this area more than its sides and much more than its belly . |
| 13 | I say at once that , as Mr. Roth accepted on behalf of the third party , R.S.C. , Ord. 18 , r. 19 appears to be inapplicable because a third party notice is not a pleading . |
| 14 | Local doctors were said to be sceptical because the water suppliers dosed the water with a large quantity of lime to prevent soluble forms of aluminium being formed as had happened at Camelford . |
| 15 | I was supposed to be interested because the chap had sometimes been here doing electrical repairs . |
| 16 | FOREMAN : ‘ Holyfield ought to be scared because the only person that can stop Lewis winning the title now is Lewis . |
| 17 | Yes , we do put children off by being rigid because a child , I am sure , does n't see the world in a rigid way . |
| 18 | Yes , we do put children off by being rigid because a child , I am sure , does n't see the world in a rigid way . |