Example sentences of "because it might [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Anglian Water Authority , which said it had been constrained from discussing the problems because it might affect the price of shares during privatisation , refused last night to attend a meeting of local people worried about the problem . |
| 2 | When questioned about penalising member states who did not comply with EC environmental legislation Andrew Bryce of the UK Environmental Law Association ( UKELA ) said that penalising member states by withholding regional grants was ‘ a blunt instrument ’ , because it might affect individuals through no fault of their own . |
| 3 | And according to Jacqui , the reason for this must be Steen 's fear of her being associated with him in the Sally Nash case because it might affect his chances of a knighthood . |
| 4 | Mind the plastic because it might split |
| 5 | How could you love a child who , because of its strangeness and deformity , precluded you from having a child of your own because it might bear the same strangeness and deformity ? |
| 6 | ‘ It 's only because it might hamper my investigations that I do n't invite you to tell Dysart about his wife 's in fidelity tomorrow . |
| 7 | Oh I should get that done because it might do something . |
| 8 | In a perceptive question , one of our committee members , Russell Mulford , asked whether the scheme was a bad thing for Shropshire — because it might attract the funding that could otherwise be used to electrify the Wolverhampton — Shrewsbury line — or a good thing — because of the boost it will give to rail travel generally . |
| 9 | I would very much like CPRW to join , not because it might lead to an international jolly ( some hope ! ) , but because I think it would be a feather in CPRW 's cap , we will benefit from their advice and information , and we will be able to contribute something at a UK level . |
| 10 | The MPs said the absence of any disciplinary action against any of the individuals involved could undermine the Bank 's future effectiveness because it might lead staff to conclude that failure to carry out their responsibilities effectively carried no adverse consequences for them . |
| 11 | This again met with a cool reception from the other five , first because it might foreclose the question of EEC enlargement , and second because it seemed to seek to push the EEC more in an intergovernmental direction . |
| 12 | so that 's good , because it might mean money , it means of having |
| 13 | It would be hard to bear and she dreaded such a letter because it might disturb her wonderful composure . |
| 14 | It might seem that it would , because it might seem very natural to think that one red thing or image might be taken as standing for red things in general because of its natural resemblance to the other members of the class , this constituting the most fundamental sort of association . |
| 15 | He further argued , or at least implied , that to permit a ‘ non-catholic ’ to adopt children would be wrong because it might put such children 's eternal salvation in jeopardy ( Whyte 1980 : 188–9 ) . |
| 16 | And they may not be able to cope with that , which is why I am always a little bit anxious if marriages break up very quickly , because it might indicate that what they 're really doing is just going into that second phase . |
| 17 | my concerns is , my concerns were at the time that we , we might not be able to continue with that statement because it might become inaccurate |
| 18 | In Shell UK v Lostock Garage Ltd [ 1976 ] 1 WLR 1187 Lord Denning MR explained what he thought was meant by the proposition that reasonableness is to be considered at the time when the contract is made : If the terms impose a restraint which is unreasonable in the sense that it may work unfairly in circumstances which may reasonably be anticipated , the courts will refuse to enforce the restraint : but it will not hold it to be unenforceable simply because it might work unfairly in certain exceptional circumstances outside the reasonable expectation of the parties at the time of making the agreement . |
| 19 | In Nevanas ( SV ) & Co Ltd v Walker & Foreman [ 1914 ] 1 Ch 413 Sargant J said " The covenant has not been held bad because it might work unreasonably in certain exceptional circumstances not within its main and principal purpose and meaning " . |
| 20 | ‘ Later on , the word ‘ magic ’ replaces the accurate translation ‘ black magic ’ , presumably because it might offend racial sensibilities . |
| 21 | Glaxo 's scientists say omeprazole should be used sparingly because it might cause cancer ; Astra believes its drug is no more dangerous than ranitidine and has worked hard to prove it . |
| 22 | The owner declined protection — because it might interfere with the quarrying — and that was the end of it . |
| 23 | She does n't want to be pictured because it might interfere with her observation work . |
| 24 | The Office of Fair Trading scrutinised the bid because it might have affected competition in the UK towage industry . |
| 25 | It 's lucky they did n't choose to call themselves Captain America or something silly like that , because it might have proved embarrassing . |
| 26 | But I did n't want to get too argumentative because it might have alienated him and I need his support . " |
| 27 | would would help it , it 's it 's not quite secure enough , because it might have been before I arrived , but all the weaknesses show up |
| 28 | Stroud District Council says it ca n't allow the face to stay because it might tempt other people to paint their dishes . |
| 29 | He told us to hurry back home after the picture had finished because it might get foggy later . |
| 30 | OSF because it might get additional royalties for its technologies , particularly the Distributed Computing Environment ( DCE ) . |