Example sentences of "because they are [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Should the local authority refuse to initiate formal proceedings for some reason , perhaps because they are of the opinion that the odour does not amount to a statutory nuisance or they themselves are causing the offending odour , then an individual complainant may himself take summary action under s.99 of the Public Health Act 1936 , ( see Chapter 3 ) but may not bring proceedings in the High Court . |
| 2 | In Figure 4.13 LECTURER and SUBJECT are known as ‘ siblings ’ because they are of the same level but of different types . |
| 3 | yes , well , er I follow that , but I 'm sorry I put it rather badly Mr forgive me , part of your defence against the claim by er relates to erm these agreements , you must say that these agreements erm because they are of the standard form are anti competitive and therefore they or part of them are void , erm building on that presumably your defence says or employs er that because erm , you know there void , I du n no perhaps you can tell me this erm , all , all the er all parts of the void , all the power of the agent , the agreements with regard to premium trust funds and the like , er are also unenforceable as between er the erm name and his er members agent , erm and in consequence of that you say , as I understand it , er that that is , all that cause be lost which you can neither set up as a defence to claim under the central bi-law or at least as a set up or counterclaim , I just wanted to explore this aspect of it , erm , as to the consequences of your plea , does it mean that clause nine is put on one side wholly or to an extent in the latter case to what extent ? |
| 4 | This is because they are at the same stages in their evolution . |
| 5 | The first — the male voyeurism or ‘ disco-bar ’ hypothesis — suggests that males are more vigilant than females and have higher peeking rates because they are on the look-out for promiscuous copulations with females ( as well as watching for predators ) . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's going to be very difficult against Wales because they are on the way up and we know we have got to play well to win . ’ |
| 7 | And the local authorities also we have government policy again we have the situation that Wage Councils which have agreed increases for our members within the prison service , do n't know whether they 'll be allowed to implement them because they are over the one and a half percent . |
| 8 | But there are also thousands of people walking around in a semi-drugged state day after day because they are in the habit of taking tablets , whether prescribed or bought over the counter . |
| 9 | I have begun my classes , as you know , but Aunt Millicent always grouses when I go to them , because they are in the evening , and that means she has to cook the supper . |
| 10 | This is why the rivers have many curves , because they follow the wriggling tracks of the serpent ; similarly , waterholes are round because they are in the shape of a snake coiled up to rest . |
| 11 | Leading high-technology corporations say they are actively recruiting otaku types because they are in the vanguard of personal computing and software design . |
| 12 | Several other European countries look better than Britain , either because they are in the ERM or because they are trimming budget deficits ( or both ) . |
| 13 | ‘ The provisions of the Code governing the detention , treatment and questioning of persons by police officers are for the protection of those who are vulnerable because they are in the custody of the police . |
| 14 | The records or blocks of records take up more space , because they are in the CKD format with separate keys . |
| 15 | All this not because these are inherently interesting and broadly educative studies ( though they are ) but because they are in the mid-eighties , whatever may have been the case at an earlier period , indispensable . |
| 16 | Bulletin boards , for example , can be used to advertise conferences or seminars to people who may be interested because they are in the same profession or may contain data packages , open for use by any user . |
| 17 | Just smells I like wild birds because that 's the animal I like best because they are in the wild you do n't have to cage them but you have the pleasure of them being free , what ? |
| 18 | We have several families who are of gipsy descent , whom we forget are gipsies because they are like the rest of us , but there are still gipsies who do not wish to live in houses . |
| 19 | Such ideas tend to be anathema to the Army Board , not because they are against the creation of stronger reserves ; nor because of the difficulties of finding barrack accommodation and training areas in the cramped and over-populated British Isles ; but because the units withdrawn from the Continent would become vulnerable to pruning in some future retrenchment programme — reserves are always the first to go when cuts are demanded , since their size is based on subjective rather than objective judgments . |