Example sentences of "because [pers pn] has [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's very hard for her because she has lost two sisters . |
| 2 | The look of horror on the girl 's face is because she has seen this over her boyfriend 's shoulder . |
| 3 | The look of horror on the girl 's face is because she has seen this over her boyfriend 's shoulder . |
| 4 | She also harbours acting ambitions , although she admits that it 's probably because she has got used to ‘ getting attention ’ . |
| 5 | She should know because she has competed three times , once dressed as a fairy who thumbed a lift from a passing coach full of male senior citizens , which really made their day . |
| 6 | When Poirot tells her that Hastings has remarked that the house looked haunted she assures them that if there is a ghost it must be a friendly one , because she has had three escapes from death in as many days so she must bear a charmed life . |
| 7 | Any problems she has encountered have not been because of her gender , but because she has had older people working for her . |
| 8 | Hence , one civil servant , Sir Robin Butler , is included in the list because he has survived three former Prime Ministers and has the strength and the staying power to outlast the present incumbent . |
| 9 | During our set Bill has to play sitting down because he has broken two fingers stage-diving during a Lush set . |
| 10 | So , if gives evidence , having become competent because he has pleaded guilty , erm , then we can cross-examine him , but we are in difficulties if we then bring up his previous convictions attack his credibility . |
| 11 | It is a pity about Gray because he has given much to the club over three years . |
| 12 | The board master performs this service on a voluntary basis and the prerequisite of being board master is knowing the fishing thoroughly ; because he has to tell new guests where to go , how to get there , which path to take , which bog to avoid , where not to fall in — so he really must know what he is talking about . |
| 13 | The last sentence , however , sets out from the presumption that the testator 's intention is clear , but might be defeated because he has used inadequate words . |
| 14 | On the other hand he will be able to answer questions such as ‘ is the door behind you to the left or to the right ? ’ because he has used that door and needs to use it again . |
| 15 | The Chancellor has been able to offer this help because he has found some extra money in the Exchequer 's coffers . |
| 16 | This omnivorous man has been kept from sampling every policy dish on the table only because he has chosen two , deficit-reduction and health-care reform , whose size has slowed him down . |
| 17 | The purchaser will insist on an asset sale either because he has identified significant liabilities which he can not risk or because he is simply nervous as to the general state of the business and the risk of unforeseen liabilities . |
| 18 | The one exception is that the opening of the inter-German frontier has complicated the campaign for the frontier-free movement of people within the EC , because it has become impossible to say where the EC 's secure external frontier is . |
| 19 | Older people often give up sexual intercourse because it has become painful . |
| 20 | Any culture , because it has to retain traditional customs and beliefs , has to be in a sense a conservative institution . |
| 21 | As a mineral , corundum has proved its value to man partly as an abrasive , which allowed it to play a key role in the shaping of jade , and partly because it has contributed two of the most keenly sought after transparent coloured gems , sapphire and ruby . |
| 22 | Ithanguni is important because it has contributed most of the fine ash deposits that blanket the lower slopes of west Mount Kenya and make rich farming and ranching land . |
| 23 | Being part of C&P has softened the blow because it has enabled many employees to switch to other growth areas of the chemicals business . |
| 24 | CDS wo n't take the 4860MP beyond four processors because , it says , there are no subsequent linear performance gains after that mark : it knows , because it has tried eight- and 16-CPU boards . |
| 25 | Next , I 'd pick the Exeter High Income , a very high income fund … because it has got good recovery prospects . |
| 26 | Those who think that the Labour party has become a safe party — a party that it would be safe to elect because it has learnt all its lessons — should not forget that it is a pretty wild dream to imagine that the Labour party would get a majority in the House . |
| 27 | Directive 72/160 which has been used , particularly by France , to encourage the reallocation and rationalisation of agricultural land ( though less in the LFAs than elsewhere ) is to be abandoned , seemingly because it has had limited impact . |
| 28 | Though some feminists have criticised Gilligan 's work on both theoretical and methodological grounds , and its point should therefore not be taken as unquestionably proven , it is worth discussing because it has had enormous influence . |
| 29 | ‘ What I have found in the region is that because it has experienced more downturns than other parts of the UK it has a resilience to the dips the economy may take , ’ he said . |
| 30 | It has never been a strong language because it has produced little or no literature , so that it has seemed to have more of folklore about it than utility . |