Example sentences of "because [pers pn] [verb] [adj -er] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 She deserved it , she 'd been tormenting me for weeks , calling me Comic Stripper because I told better jokes than she did .
2 erm I think it made things a lot cheaper , because you had larger firms able , able to buy in bulk , and also the beginnings of the ready-made market .
3 Schoop was , however , found guilty on the same charges because she gave further details to Hans Kopp when he telephoned her later the same day at his wife 's suggestion .
4 Twin rear wheels tend to obstruct the load area because they require larger wheelarches .
5 The differences suggest that those in the non-manual occupational groups were more likely to choose early retirement than skilled manual workers , presumably because they had greater resources and hence more freedom of choice .
6 She never for a moment thought of deserting French for Mrs Hill , having encountered amongst other things some nasty problems about the nature of electricity , but she did enjoy the sensation of flirtation : she spent a long time making her mind up , and finally was summoned by the headmistress , who told her she ought to stick to Sciences , because they offered better prospects .
7 Obviously people who are merely going through a bad patch ( anxiety state ) are easier to assist in the process of change , because they have greater resources , than individuals who have always been anxious ( anxiety trait ) .
8 And because they have bigger appetites , they could eventually deplete the rivers ' resources , leaving them empty of salmon of any description .
9 Other fluids are sometimes used because they give better values of the governing parameters or because they have properties particularly appropriate to an experiment .
10 He explained to me that it must be stronger because it contained stronger bonds and more of them than any previous material .
11 The government of the day will often let it be known to one of its aspiring party members that it would greatly welcome his ballot victory to promote a particular piece of legislation which it , the Government , does not wish to devote its own time to , either because of its controversial nature or simply because it has better things to do .
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