Example sentences of "[adj] at the [noun] because " in BNC.
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| 1 | Psychobiology is particularly exciting at the moment because advances in instrumentation are bringing us new ways of studying the brain while areas like artificial intelligence are providing new ways of thinking about how it might work as the ‘ organ of behaviour ’ . |
| 2 | Receptionist Susan Dick said : ‘ It 's totally different at the moment because it 's brand new . |
| 3 | Yeah it went er it went it went a bit wrong at the beginning because as I say you did it with business card and er buyer 's guide , that came in a after the erm statement of purpose really . |
| 4 | And the water 's high at the moment because we 've had so much rain , so it 's come up around their roots . ’ |
| 5 | Now , that 's really great to me because I mean , you 're really stimulating the youngsters at that age , and quite obviously I could tell you loads of stories the way this neighbourhood engineers er er , scheme works at the moment but as I say we are embarrassed at the moment because , quite obviously , loads of school want us to participate but we got a very shortage of engineers . |
| 6 | ‘ I was embarrassed at the time because it was a serious occasion but secretly I was also very flattered . |
| 7 | We are risk averse at the moment because we have suffered as you rightly say er so much from bad debts during the recession . |
| 8 | It 's open to the public yes , and we 'd like to have as wider range of views , we 're all open-minded at the moment because we need to be informed , and this is what the meeting is for . |
| 9 | Erm it 's a bit off-putting at the start because it 's got the two scales on . |
| 10 | The first choice — between tape , cassette or disc — may seem easy at the moment because videocassette is so clearly in the lead . |
| 11 | We try to get continuity of care by links with the local hospital — we 're very lucky at the moment because we have a good geriatric doctor who visits with the almoner and tries to put off taking them into hospital as long as possible . |
| 12 | You will be tense at the audition because a lot is at stake , but if you trust to your own natural resources , the degree of panic can be reduced . |
| 13 | And they 're , I mean they 're not all good at the environment because what 's his name David Bellamy was out there when because they were gon na do something were n't they ? |
| 14 | Miss Braithwaite expressed her appreciation of all the hard work undertaken by the retiring Vice-Chairman , Mrs. Ann McMillan and said how much she regretted that Ann was unable to be present at the meeting because of her admission to hospital . |
| 15 | But is not , I mean it 's too late at the moment because both the Citizen and |
| 16 | So you , yes we , we 've got the end of feudalism , and then we , we 've got this promotion of the rich peasant economy , the promotion of inequalities but at the same time you might need to come in to protect the ri the poor at the bottom because you do n't want those inequalities to get too great . |
| 17 | The Profitboss is only successful at the year-end because he strives to make every minute , hour and day of the week successful . |
| 18 | Imran , 39 , said he was not very optimistic at the moment because the injury ‘ has not improved at all since I played the World Cup final ’ . |
| 19 | Some of the deaths are blamed on polonium , an element whose presence during the accident was deliberately kept secret at the time because of its military sensitivity . |
| 20 | As psychologists will readily admit , such scales are unreliable at the extremes because the cases they measure are so rare that the scales can not be adequately calibrated . |
| 21 | I think , I do n't know if , I 'm finding it quite difficult at the moment because he , he 's sort of neither one thing nor the other and we 're out a lot sort of |
| 22 | The band were still distressed at the demise because their working relationship had been excellent and they had built up good friendships with the staff , and did not want to seen them lose their jobs . |
| 23 | I was very annoyed and upset at the time because there were other girls of my age in the dale and they could go and I could not . |
| 24 | Over lunch I overheard Bernadette say to Sarah who 'd just started with us then , Ricky 's a bit strange at the moment because he 's just been on a course , but he 'll be better next week . |
| 25 | It 's possible that your feelings are especially strong at the moment because you can see both your children growing away from the baby stage , leaving you with the knowledge that that chapter of your life is perhaps closed . |
| 26 | Jenny Cunningham of the Council for National Parks said ‘ We are disappointed at the decision because there are far more suitable sites available . ’ |
| 27 | They 're quite expensive at the outset because what we 've got to do is pay the lecturers to put a lot of work in on those lectures — it 's not a simple thing writing this lecture for a thirteen year old and we also pay the school teachers for coming along and helping the lecturers . |
| 28 | It was always chilly at the school because the building was made of stone , rather like a castle , and was perched on the top-most peak of a mountain , surrounded by pine trees which grew so close together that it was very damp and gloomy . |
| 29 | The Americans say they are surprised at the response because they do n't think the difference of opinion is worth all the fuss it is causing . |
| 30 | His solicitor David Smark said : ‘ He was very frightened at the time because he was almost trapped inside the building . |