Example sentences of "[noun pl] have [verb] [adv] because " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since the mid-1970s the proportion of stock held by non financial companies has risen partly because of the constraints placed on stockholding by banks and financial institutions . |
| 2 | The work force has become increasingly female-dominated , but the numbers of full-time women workers has declined considerably because of job losses in manufacturing . |
| 3 | Reflecting these last results is the finding that fixed-contract workers tended to have taken their temporary jobs in response to a lack of permanent work , whilst seasonal , temporary or casual workers had done so because they did not want permanent work . |
| 4 | But to the men of Kufra whose fathers or grandfathers had settled there because it was so centrally placed on trade routes , or because it was so remote from Ottoman , Italian or British control , ‘ central government ’ appeared indeed as a real force , but as one located — so to speak — in the extreme northwestern corner , in Tripoli . |
| 5 | Within a short time , however , most of Reagan 's proposed changes had foundered either because they were inherently unworkable or because of his failure to consult with those who would have to approve the necessary changes in the law , i.e. members of the state legislature . |
| 6 | Many garrisons had surrendered quickly because they knew they could rely on Saladin to keep his word to spare their lives . |
| 7 | For Lenin firms had to move overseas because this was the only way they could guarantee the cheap raw materials and the effective demand for their commodities once international competition had increased and the costs of innovation had reduced the rate of profits to be made at home . |
| 8 | In 1979 , the Tory party knew where to point the finger : ‘ Mortgage rates have risen steeply because of the [ Labour ] Government 's financial mismanagement . ’ |
| 9 | The highest priced work is the leaf from the Arenberg Psalter with illuminations on both sides , for which he paid about $520,000 in 1990 , admitting that he has been one factor in the rise in prices in single sheet miniatures at auction : ‘ Prices have climbed enormously because museum directors realise more and more that the history of painting before 1450 , and even into the sixteenth-century is to a very large extent found in illuminated manuscripts ’ . |
| 10 | Some partnerships have endured only because of the absence of one , most usually the husband , on business trips or , at least , his lack of presence in the house during the day . |
| 11 | A further linguistic demand is that children have to distinguish between because and so constructions within the intentional mode . |
| 12 | But the trouble is Noel , in the meantime erm the Quakers have fallen apart because the Quakers have filled themselves up with sort of barefooted raw carrot eaters with beads |
| 13 | London 's capital markets and financial services have grown vigorously because they are innovative and highly competitive . |