Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] the [noun] because " in BNC.
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| 1 | Size Some sleeping bags are available in a choice of sizes but sadly not enough manufacturers provide the choice because of the costs of production . |
| 2 | This difference can not be attributed to more enlightened guessing when subjects knew the title because recall of words closely related to the title and of words not closely related to the title was equally improved . |
| 3 | The DoH has taken six months to revise the guidelines because of the initial controversy over the draft , followed by the publicity surrounding juvenile crime and new plans from the Home Office to set up ‘ secure training units ’ for 12- to 15-year old offenders . |
| 4 | Designers use the girls because they ensure editorial coverage . |
| 5 | The trouble is that anti-social drivers making the smoke because their engines are not properly maintained give diesel a bad name . |
| 6 | Some Iranians disliked the event because of its expenses . |
| 7 | Hambleton planners opposed the scheme because the Sundial is in the middle of the town 's industrial belt and considered unsuitable . |
| 8 | Thus they have speculated that the thecodontians replaced the synapsids because they were anatomically superior , and that they were in turn replaced by the allegedly superior dinosaurs . |
| 9 | There is also the safety aspect : if you have bad lighting or dangerously worn carpet on part of the staircase , waiting for a few years to tackle the problem because it is all part of the grand plan could prove very false economy indeed . |
| 10 | ‘ I was told I had 14 days to leave the country because my visa had expired . |
| 11 | Few farm workers leave the land because they dislike the job itself ; on the contrary many would return were it not for the poor pay and prospects . |
| 12 | In general Republicans supported the measure because its likely effect would be to undermine the long-lasting Democratic domination of the state legislature . |
| 13 | For their part the urban middle classes tolerated the Junkers because they guaranteed the shape , content and continuance of German middle-class life and ambition over the vast bulk of the rural German population . |
| 14 | Ray Gamble , councillor for St John 's , where the site is situated said : ‘ All three councillors oppose the station because we are concerned about disturbance to local residents . |
| 15 | The Reds won the war because they had a good , disciplined army and also because the Whites could not co-ordinate their attacks , due to poor communications and were consequently defeated by the Reds without half the trouble they should have caused the Reds . |
| 16 | The New Zealand Press Association reported police dropped the charges because the team had openly declared the performance enhancing drugs , making it difficult to prove they intended to commit an offence . |
| 17 | The New Zealand Press Association reported police dropped the charges because the team had openly declared the performance-enhancing drugs , making it difficult to prove they intended to commit an offence . |
| 18 | In other words , this may be a case in which the children fail the task because their knowledge about a word 's meaning does not match the experimenter 's assumptions about it . |
| 19 | Mr Grant said Golden Key had written letters withdrawing the card because another marketing company no longer associated with Sutton Hall allegedly owed Golden Key money . |
| 20 | On 23 December , CDC advised Times Beach residents to leave the town because the dioxin posed a long-term risk to human health . |
| 21 | And , do you know , before the war we could turn the cows out in the lane outside the farm before breakfast on summer mornings to graze the hedgerows because there was just no traffic at that time . |
| 22 | Fathers liked the style because it was neat and workmanlike . |
| 23 | Environmentalists oppose the plans because they say the road will destroy the remains of the historic Stockton Railway Line , cut the town in two and bring more heavy industrial traffic . |
| 24 | It fell to a platoon of 14 Syrian infantrymen to end the war because , down by the harbour , the 19 months of street fighting were , almost inconceivably , still going on . |
| 25 | This seems to support the view that fewer women reach the top because of the difficulties they face if they try to combine family life and work commitments . |
| 26 | In the US , car makers fear the Index because it exposes some models as unreliable and poorly built . |
| 27 | Police say his victims ignored the risks because they were so desperate to make a sale after the slump hit their business . |
| 28 | In principle , the Liberal Democrats support the Bill because it puts patients first ; it brings their needs and concerns to the fore . |