Example sentences of "because they [vb base] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Projects of this type generate high levels of motivation not only because they are worthwhile but also because they imply a high degree of confidence in the young people . |
| 2 | The use of reading lists , tapes , slides , video-recordings etc. needs to be carefully planned , because they form a major resource . |
| 3 | The Tories may have shaken up British Telecom because they dislike a state-run monopoly that seems to care more for itself than its customers ; but the main impact on BT has little to do with monopolies or state ownership . |
| 4 | It is not a good idea to keep fountains running in the cold months , because they exert a chilling effect and , of course , the jets in the nozzles will be the first to ice up in a frosty snap . |
| 5 | We have dealt at some length with these important , if abortive , proposals because they throw a great deal of light on the complexities surrounding the financial control and management of public sector higher education and because they have influenced the subsequent debate concerning the need for some form of central control . |
| 6 | But then they hesitate in doubt , not because they spot a new snag about believing but because they remember a previous experience . |
| 7 | I know that my right hon. Friend and the Downing street team , the socialists with their council contracts , and the Liberal Democrats because they know a good bandwagon when they see one — and they must have seen one , because not a single Liberal Democrat is present — all claim to have sired the citizens charter concept . |
| 8 | But then they hesitate in doubt , not because they spot a new snag about believing but because they remember a previous experience . |
| 9 | Because they cover a wide range of responsibilities — about assessment , financial management , curriculum balance and accountability — the manager provides a better service to his or her partners if a single interpretation is provided and if disparate demands can be connected by a common thread . |
| 10 | Well , we can do that Saturday because they take a long time to get across . |
| 11 | Fourth , the discount houses collectively may offer a smaller quantity of bills for sale than apparently needed by the market as a whole , either because they take a different ( to the Bank ) view of the overall shortage in the market or because of the relationship in the market between the short term interest rates at which they fund themselves and the relevant bill yields . |
| 12 | The novel itself foregoes many such touches which are n't quite true because they betray a teasing Svidrigailov-like zest , or , if you prefer , counterzest ; just as , on the secondary plane , Lebyadkin 's reply to the man who tells him to stop getting drunk is wonderfully funny but wrong . |
| 13 | But do n't expect your fellow students to constitute a representative cross-section of the community at large — if only because they contain an above-average proportion of younger people and others who are most able to sustain continuous study and to benefit from college education . |
| 14 | I have here a petition with about 22,000 signatures , principally of visitors and the staff of the royal parks who are concerned about the proposed privatisation of those parks because they fear a consequent fall from the high standards established in them . |
| 15 | Witnesses may not be lying , or be prepared to lie , just because they desire a particular outcome . |
| 16 | A second possibility is that women talking to other women can leave many things more implicit because they assume a great deal of shared knowledge and cooperation . |
| 17 | I expect because they trust a fellow countryman — the Iranians have had bad experiences with supplies from abroad . |
| 18 | Japanese companies have chosen Australia and Switzerland because they lack a domestic industry that might protest against the import of ‘ free ’ high-performance computers . |
| 19 | Corbetts are not inferior mountains because they lack a little bit in height . |
| 20 | So , governmental reasoning runs , because they lack an economic interest in saving energy , such occupants can not be trusted to conserve it . |
| 21 | Some join the Sealed Knot to ensure that history is not forgotten … others because they enjoy a good bundle . |
| 22 | The clearing banks are so called because they operate a central clearing house in London . |
| 23 | Both leases are valid because they create a determinable certain term of five years . |
| 24 | Perhaps for this reason above any other , aromatherapy has sometimes been dismissed out of hand by a few dyed-in-the-wool traditionalists because they believe a certain amount of discomfort must be felt if it 's to do us any good ! |
| 25 | C-fos and c-jun are of interest , though , not merely because they provide a key mechanistic link between early events at the cell membrane and nuclear protein synthesis , but because they only become active in cells showing plastic changes , and they can be measured and localized with exquisite sensitivity by variants of the autoradiographic techniques I have already described . |
| 26 | It is not because of the poor 's isolation from the modern sector that they remain poor , but because they provide a cheap human resource for that sector . |
| 27 | ‘ Our books have always been popular because they provide a light-hearted , escapist , romantic read , ’ said a spokeswoman , Carol Cherry . |
| 28 | Consultant surgeon Alan Ridgway said : ‘ It would be a tragedy because they provide a vital service . |
| 29 | Those new French windows are favoured by Sir John Soane , the Regency architect , because they provide a cheerful effect , although he also complains that windows generally have become preposterously large . |
| 30 | Nevertheless , there is no question of clamping down on the private shabashniki because they provide a valuable service , especially in the construction industry , which costs the state nothing . |