Example sentences of "because [pers pn] [vb -s] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She is not keen to eliminate all these sources of sugar because she derives such pleasure from them . |
| 2 | yeah , that 's what I thought and , but if that was n't bad enough , my mum because she knows these things , even said that he does n't even say ho , ho , ho , Green Giant , does n't , they do n't even sing that song when they 're working they could n't sing , and you know the little corn on the cob man |
| 3 | Because she has this afternoon job , she must get through her own work in the mornings ; but she gets her work done in the mornings in order to create time for a job . |
| 4 | She has even formed her own film and video group because she finds most training films ‘ a yawn a minute ’ . |
| 5 | She has never hired anyone with a business-school education , because she believes such people are too rigid in their outlook . |
| 6 | He may have acted in this way because the dog was worrying sheep , or because he wanted to annoy the dog 's owner , or simply because he despises all alsatians . |
| 7 | Sir Leicester may think it appropriate to keep Mr Rouncewell waiting , ‘ opposing his repose and that of Chesney Wold to the restless flight of ironmasters ’ , but it is his housekeeper 's son who now wields the moral authority , for he has come to remove his future daughter-in-law , the lady 's maid Rosa , from Lady Dedlock 's charge because he thinks that position is unsuitable . |
| 8 | But he has got himself into difficulties because he thinks that beauty is not , so to speak , a logical construction that allows us to talk about particular objects in the world . |
| 9 | Yes , we all know that he prefers consensus rather than confrontation and I suppose maybe because he has that kind of style he might be just what the doctor ordered for the nineties . |
| 10 | Where a statement does cause the relevant belief or attitude in a hearer , it is because he has some reason to think the speaker 's beliefs on that topic are likely to be true , or his attitudes ones he is likely to find , on enquiry , reason to share , rather than because the mere words have any great hold over him . |
| 11 | Particularly if dissimilar investments with different time scales are in competition for funds , the NPV method has merit in the general case , because it takes these factors into account . |
| 12 | particularly if dissimilar investments with different time scales are in competition for funds , the NPV method has merit in the general case , because it takes these factors into account . |
| 13 | And because it takes several months , and often a year or more , before a lender seeks to repossess , the 1991 repossession figures reflect the interest rates charged in 1990 . |
| 14 | She believes that the more placid Protestant religion to which she belongs is infinitely better , because it provokes fewer emotions , but calms the soul . |
| 15 | But the potency with which c-Myc induces apoptosis suggests that deregulated c-Myc expression by itself is likely to be lethal because it kills any cell that encounters growth-limiting conditions , an almost invariable outcome in vivo . |
| 16 | Practical English Usage is invaluable because it solves many problems which are frequently not dealt with in coursebooks . |
| 17 | It might be thought that the ideal of protected expectation is a distinctly democratic ideal , because it proposes that coercion be used only when authorized by procedures to which the people have consented . |
| 18 | Now we 're told to , you know , beware of having too much fats , too much milk , too much this , that and the other because it creates all sorts of what 's the truth ? |
| 19 | It ‘ is more dynamic , not in the sense that it expresses movement ( which a noun can also express ) but because it creates more activity between the words of the sentence in which it is used ’ ( 1955a:75 ) . |
| 20 | The lysosome is called a ‘ suicide bag ’ said Prof Mayer , not only because it digests any waste materials by the use of powerful enzymes but also because this cocktail can kill off the cell . |
| 21 | This shy creature is good news for gardeners because it eats many pests |
| 22 | Other patients give a negative skin-prick test but respond positively to an intradermal test ( see p 288 ) , which is more ‘ sensitive ’ because it uses more antigen and places it in a deeper layer of the skin . |
| 23 | The court office can not refuse to issue proceedings by the process requested by the plaintiff/applicant merely because it considers such process to be inappropriate ( Baker v Thatcher ( 1984 ) 134 NLJ 863 ) . |
| 24 | It has become fashionable to say that this kind of equality is unimportant because it offers little protection against tyranny . |
| 25 | IBM says the Workstation One family obviates the need for this because it combines many features in one product with a common graphical interface . |
| 26 | And because it allows more tests in less time , mathematical modelling has become an essential tool for aircraft designers . |
| 27 | Because it involves more things . |
| 28 | The debate over the salmon is likely to prove an even bigger political issue than that of the future of the northern spotted owl ( see ED No. 40 ) because it involves several industries , whereas the owl involved only logging . |
| 29 | Divorce has this effect because it suggests that remarriage in the lifetime of one 's first partner is socially and even morally acceptable' ( Irish Times , 6 June 1986 ; also 31 May 1986 ; 14 June 1986 ) . |
| 30 | Towards the mid-1970s Thai boxing was introduced into the United States , where it has become very popular , partly because it resembles another art introduced at that time , called full-contact karate . |