Example sentences of "because [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He managed to stay off alcohol because for the first time for a very long time he was truly afraid . |
| 2 | As the head snuggled into her and the thin arm came round her waist , Aggie drew in a long tight breath ; then when her own arm automatically went around the child , she closed her eyes tightly , because for the first time in her life she was feeling flesh close to her own . |
| 3 | In 1965 the clash was more marked because for the first time the EEC was seriously attempting to inaugurate a common policy . |
| 4 | ‘ Neither does anyone else , but of course Graham 's furious now that he 's started winning , because for the first time for years he could have set up some good contracts — and not least collected some commission on the bonuses paid by Hi-Flight . ’ |
| 5 | But the testing time has now arrived ; because for the first time posts of leadership in humanities departments are being taken up by a generation of scholars who have been familiar with the computer from their earliest schooldays , scholars who are neither frightened by , nor over-respectful of , the new powers which the computer has brought . |
| 6 | Bush said that although " there are some things in it I had to gag and digest " , he would sign it " because for the first time it makes significant and long-term cuts in federal spending that should have a positive impact on America 's economic future " . |
| 7 | They were , nevertheless , dramatic or rather traumatic , because for the first time they came into deliberate and militant confrontation with the forces of tradition , conservatism and especially religion . |
| 8 | Partly because for the past year the finance minister , Leszek Balcerowicz , and the former prime minister , Tadeusz Mazowiecki , stuck to a policy of preparing the nation for the worst . |
| 9 | They have n't been as much part of my life as I would like , because for the last year or so it has been more or less taken up by the future of the channel . |
| 10 | This is a particularly cruel irony because as the 1911 census revealed doctors had the smallest families of all categories of occupations . |
| 11 | It can do this because during the recent election campaign , there was no great disagreement about economic policy among the parties . |
| 12 | Even the current world recession has left Singapore virtually unscathed because after the 1985/86 slump , the government worked hard to make the economy less dependent on single industries , such as electronics , or certain countries , such as the US . |
| 13 | Those very few who do receive enough child support to ‘ float ’ them off income support may nevertheless lose financially because of the consequent loss of passported benefits such as free school meals . |
| 14 | Organisms differ , partly because of the varying impact of the environment in their lifetime ( ‘ nurture ’ ) , and partly because of differences between the genes present in the fertilized eggs from which they developed ( ‘ nature ’ ) . |
| 15 | Because of the fluctuating nature of the condition strict criteria were required for defining the time when the fluid ceased to persist ; when type B tympanograms changed to type A , C1 , or C2 ; and when an observation was stopped . |
| 16 | And this , for example , I mean , whether we believe this or not , this Freud says , or thinks , explains why Wilson could come to Europe as a saviour , the saviour of mankind , but then failed to deliver the goods , because of the passive nature of his identification , you know , Jesus got crucified . |
| 17 | Talks on a fishing agreement with the European Community ( EC ) have been suspended because of the fiery dispute with Spain and because the EC says the quotas are too mean to be worth discussing . |
| 18 | In certain instances , the length of your particular track may not coincide with a balanced pleating arrangement because of the pre-determined size of the pleats , thereby leaving a larger than usual space at one side of your curtain . |
| 19 | The possibility of incorporation represents a difficult route because of the close involvement and commitment of the local authority to that service , which is beneficial to it . |
| 20 | Because of the close relationship between anxiety and pain they will be considered together in the remainder of this chapter . |
| 21 | Something else I 've left hanging rather dangerously in the air is another and rather different hint , and because of the close correspondence of their careers , the milestones along their way , Stephen Daedalus is merely another name for James Joyce , so that the portrait itself would be a blow by blow account of its author 's story so far , with the relevant identities politely concealed under pseudonyms . |
| 22 | A ‘ strong ’ letter will also be sent to the WBO asking them to consider a re-match with Jimenez because of the close nature of a verdict in which German judge Norbert Krosch scored the fight even at 115 points each . |
| 23 | Because of the close proximity of the vagina to the rectum , women are more prone to suffer the other important late complications of LGV , the so-called ano-rectal syndrome , in which the infective and inflammatory processes involve the lower bowel . |
| 24 | Firefighters say it was important to control the flames as quickly as possible because of the close proximity of petrol pumps . |
| 25 | Interestingly , dendrochronology can also demonstrate when the panels are taken from the same tree because of the close similarity of the ring patterns . |
| 26 | Most ECM business is handled by each bank 's foreign exchange department because of the close similarity between buying/ selling bank deposits and borrowing/lending bank deposits . |
| 27 | Unfortunately the outgoing Master Fellow , could not be at conference because of the serious illness of her sister , so the installation was conducted by her predecessor , . |
| 28 | Bhanu Pratap ( Singh , the state Governor , declared that the decision had been taken largely because of the serious law and order situation , but in his statement he openly defied convention by issuing a political message which questioned Gandhi 's right to be involved in the state 's politics . |
| 29 | However , an effective competition policy needs power to control mergers because of the serious damage they may inflict on competition . |
| 30 | However , because of the serious recession of the early 1990s , especially in the South East , the government decided in its Budget of 1992 to keep the increase for 1992/3 down to the current inflation rate of only 4.1 % , instead of the 24.1 % which would have been the maximum ‘ phasing in ’ amount payable . |