Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] the [noun sg] because " in BNC.
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| 1 | Amazingly , he only got the chance to go for the try because Cardiff players over-ruled skipper Mike Hall . |
| 2 | He is happy to write about the monarchy because he believes royalty is ‘ the point where divine qualities become ordinary human qualities ’ . |
| 3 | According to Marx 's theory the many different units were willing to unite and contribute their labour to work for the despot because this appeared , not as working for him , but as working for ‘ the higher unity ’ , which , they wrongly believed , was the source of their continued existence . |
| 4 | The Chief Constable of the RUC added confusion to the parades policy by announcing that he would permit an Orange church parade on the Sunday before the Twelfth to pass through the Tunnel because it would be a ‘ peaceful , dignified , church parade ’ but insisted that the Twelfth march had to be re-routed . |
| 5 | In some ways it is better to communicate with the client and say that nothing has happened , than not to communicate with the client because nothing has happened . |
| 6 | A friend who had a key let herself in and called upstairs , but I did n't want anyone to come into the bedroom because they might catch whatever it was I had . |
| 7 | He went hastily towards the door ; he did n't want Martin to come into the room because then he might break down and say things about his mother that were best left unsaid . |
| 8 | In fact it is likely that they have chosen to work in the CAB because this is what they want to do . |
| 9 | ‘ Inmates want to work in the kitchen because it means they can be out of their cells for most of the day and can have a bit of extra food , ’ he says . |
| 10 | Not surprisingly , social workers are very hesitant to use this section and patients do , albeit rather infrequently , continue to deteriorate in the community because of their nearest relatives ' wishes . |
| 11 | It was like watching a film or a play and you 're totally caught up in what 's going on and you 're taken out of yourself and everything suddenly has colour and meaning and magic and you forget that outside the rain 's tippling down and tomorrow 's homework has n't been done and you 've got to wash the car to pay Dad back for the money you borrowed to come to the film because you were skint till the end of next week . |
| 12 | Now listen , I want nobody to come over the step because you 're trailing these covers and you 'll get them wet , so inside ! |
| 13 | Klein et al ( 1965 ) found that many older people hesitated to talk about the past because they did not want to meet with rejection , and that many actually needed help and encouragement to reminisce . |
| 14 | We do n't have to talk about the single because that 's off the album … do n't have to talk about the tour . |
| 15 | Ma was twisting a handkerchief in her hands , and her nose was as red as the apples Anna had been forbidden to pick in the garden because they were to be kept till Christmas . |
| 16 | The authors ' conclusion that no causal relation exists between human insulin and reduced hypoglycaemia awareness may well seem disdainful to some patients — for example , those who refused to participate in the study because of the problems experienced with human insulin . |
| 17 | ( At one conference delegates were told to talk at the floor because Special Branch had hi-tech microphones trained on the windows to catch the sound-waves . ) |
| 18 | They are no more able to play during the week because of their careers than men in the same line of business . |
| 19 | I took the trouble in my own district to look into the subject because I could see the way the demand for less services . |
| 20 | Moreover , American firms are reluctant to buy from the Japanese because , as one executive put it , ’ we will never be any more than their second most important customer ’ . |
| 21 | ‘ It can provide them with a place to bask in the sun because the sand warms up quickly , ’ it comments . |
| 22 | Children of working-class parents are more prone to accidents than other children for a variety of reasons : inadequate housing conditions ; tendency to play in the street because of lack of space at home ; less parental supervision ; and so on . |
| 23 | I was more of an outsider than ever , but something in me must still have wanted to belong to the family because I was still making deliberate attempts to communicate with the other members . |
| 24 | They 've asked him to look at the case because it makes a mockery of justice . |
| 25 | There is no reason to look at the ceiling because it no longer exists . |
| 26 | I believe that er we did n't er consider going to look at the development because it was quite clearly in the minds of a large percentage of us that it was contrary to the town plan and so we did not think it was necessary to do that . |
| 27 | The feeling in the country was for the Queen , and Haymo the Bishop advised the Archbishop not to go into the city because of the high feeling towards the bishops and the danger to their persons . |
| 28 | Not unnaturally , he wished to proceed with the sale because , by reducing the amount owed , it would have stopped interest from accruing at such an alarming rate . |
| 29 | One has to develop routines to cope with the situation because it is far too complicated a situation to be handled in any other way . |
| 30 | If we are to vote for the family because it is good , warm and loving , what are we to do if it turns cold ? ’ ; it well-nigh accused Labour of giving ‘ a sharp twist to a competitive spiral of wholesome image making ’ ; and it stated that the Tory Government must be defeated by ‘ the issues ’ . |