Example sentences of "because they want [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The politicians around him are encouraging him in his insistence on the levy because they want to stop Patros . ’ |
| 2 | Most people who arrange to work flexible hours do so because they want to spend time with their families , as well as pursue a career . |
| 3 | things , people read them because they want to enjoy them , they know that real life 's different , but its fun . |
| 4 | And because they want to leave their mark FULL STOP . |
| 5 | A few people take elocution or voice projection and control lessons , but this is usually because they are interested in a career on the stage , rather than because they want to improve their communication skills . |
| 6 | ‘ A number of students enrol first on the English for Speakers of Other Languages courses because they want to improve their language skills , ’ said Tahira . |
| 7 | This is not because they want to preserve General de Gaulle 's regime . |
| 8 | Because they want to sell that , but they want it to be sort of like half private |
| 9 | We now get calls from serious companies — the companies who are involved in building the country 's sewage systems — who inform us of the problems and the reality behind the scenes , because they want to see our efforts succeed . |
| 10 | One Bangkok stockbroker says that ‘ when people make investments because they want to see their name on a school in their home village , they are heading for trouble . ’ |
| 11 | on that point er would the er minister indicate whether or not the British government supports the attitude of the French government because of course the British government at the time of the Edinburgh summit were wholly in favour of the agreement to require the European parliament to meet both in Brussels and in Strasbourg and therefore I assume that there 's an identity of interest between the British government and the French government on this question since the French government are maintaining their er opposition to the er six extra seats simply because they want to see a new parliament building constructed in Strasbourg , is that a position that the British government supports ? |
| 12 | Is it because they want to see an England team that attacks like the Brazilians and absorbs pressure like the Germans ? |
| 13 | It 's when they start getting round to looking at our facility agreements , start looking at how we 're organizing , the councillors , even if it 's the Labour Council as it is Manchester , will soon cotton on to the , in the , soon cotton to their , their , their potential power in terms of threatening our ability to organize and UNISON wo n't actually be that far behind persuading them to do , to do that because they want to see the G M B getting smashed in local authorities up and down the country which means as far as I can see , we need some resources coming in to assist in our branches with local authority membership pretty damn quick , because otherwise we , come July the first , we 're gon na find we 'll be up against it . |
| 14 | Others want first editions from greed for rarity and will pay almost any price to secure it , and yet others because they want to put one over on other collectors . |
| 15 | ‘ I keep hearing people say they do n't want to see Ovett running 3:58 because they want to remember him running 3:48 . |
| 16 | People who come on a timber frame construction course , for instance , will come along because they want to use the technique , perhaps for an extension to their home . |
| 17 | Typically , teachers ask questions not because they do not know the answers , but because they want to test their pupils ' knowledge . |
| 18 | But I 've been on an immense number of statutory instruments upstairs er and everybody says they 're greatly needed , they usually say they 're greatly needed because they want to go out in three or four minutes and ten thirty comes and ten thirty five they 're out . |
| 19 | because of recession , but as soon as er anything will change he , he said Billy said that he wants to , to get rid of it because they want to go buy an |
| 20 | that they thought they could develop and hav hold events on , and er , he said , like we , we came up with some good ideas , put forward some ideas , really good ideas , for things to do on this land , and he said , the trouble is that all these councillors back on to these pieces of land , and he said , er , they do n't want people coming along and enjoying themselves on it , because they want to go and walk their labradors on it . |
| 21 | No wonder that we cheer when we see older generations giving it just one more go , not because they expect to hear bells ringing or lights flashing , but because they want to reach out and feel that reassuring touch or see that reaffirming glance which means they have an ally in the world who uniquely cares that they thrive . |
| 22 | I think a good example to use with younger people with er pe with pensions as well is that the , the er the cutting down of funding that the government is making and it 's going to be hitting like the younger people and another important thing is like with the , with the Australia issue , I mean in Australia now it 's compulsory for everybody under the age of twenty five to have a personal pension and that r and that age rise is going to , that age limit is going to rise each time because they want to abolish the State pension completely and it was only , what , what about two months ago that there was , that there was er articles in I think it was The Times about them doing a similar operation in this country , you know ? |
| 23 | Your adult students have probably all got different reasons for learning English — to pass exams , to get a better job , for travel , or simply because they want to learn . |
| 24 | You would n't get them at night college , because people who go to night school go because they want to learn , and if there 's any you 've got running around as you call it , will be thrown out ! |
| 25 | This is just well I mean it maybe connected with that but we 're doing it because they want to increase the car parks . |
| 26 | Some mares will actually stand and paw at a paddock fence because they want to get to a stallion that is a couple of paddocks away — consequently they are likely to cut a leg or rip off a shoe if the bottom wire of the fence is too close to the ground . |
| 27 | Let me move this car because they want to get in . |
| 28 | It is not because they are rightists ( they could just as well be leftists ) but because they want to capture the centre not for the gospel but for a ‘ Holy America ’ . |
| 29 | Some people who are approaching faith in God doubt God because they want to believe but dare not . |
| 30 | They believe , because they want to believe it , that he is offering disinterested advice , as best befits their needs . |