Example sentences of "because their [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The main reason that I was allowed to do the research was , I learned later , because their press was so bad the Moonies could not believe that someone who would listen to what they said could possibly come up with worse stories than those already in the media .
2 A proclamation was issued in 1718 against " unlawful Clubs , Combinations , etc. " of wool combers and weavers : … which had illegally presumed to use a Common Seal , and to act as Bodies Corporate , by making and unlawfully conspiring to execute certain Bylaws or Orders , whereby they pretend to determine who had a right to the Trade , what and how many Apprentices and Journeymen each man should keep at once , together with the prices of all their Manufactures , and the manner and materials of which they should be wrought ; and that , when many of the said Conspiritors wanted work , because their Masters would not submit to such pretended Orders and unreasonable Demands , they fed them with Money , till they could again get employment , in order to oblige their masters to employ them for want of other hands .
3 It sounds as if we could learn a great deal from Germany and Holland about , in the health service , erm because their systems by now by all statistical tests of mortality and illness and so on , seem to be doing a better job than ours .
4 They ca n't relied on as a guarantee of public interest and propriety as a counter against fraud because their powers , their role , their functions , the way they carry on their business is inadequate to deal with that particular area .
5 Pigs have been chosen for the gruesome tests because their skin structure is the closest to humans .
6 A life saving operation was hampered because their Jehovah 's Witness religion demands that they refuse blood transfusions .
7 Thus children may fail the task because their knowledge does not match the adult 's assumptions .
8 In other words , this may be a case in which the children fail the task because their knowledge about a word 's meaning does not match the experimenter 's assumptions about it .
9 But for many deaf children this route to reading is restricted because their knowledge of speech sounds is relatively poor .
10 And — despite the cosmopolitan sheen of the music — precisely because their feet are still firmly on the ground .
11 The ponies walked slowly because their feet went down into the snow .
12 They were to be weighed under water to measure their body density , but plans for vigorous treadmill tests may have to be shelved because their feet are in such pain .
13 Successful cultures needed room to expand , because their success usually led to population growth which eventually was too great for the local environment to sustain .
14 It has been rare for shareholders to raise concerns with company boards on audit matters , probably because they are not well-informed and because their priorities are elsewhere .
15 Within the field of Latin American art as a whole there are still many individual artists who have not received the attention they deserve because their work does not seem to fit into any larger pattern .
16 Many people are not able to work , some because of strikes and others because their work premises have been destroyed in widespread looting .
17 The reason for this I think is , not in spite of , but because their work is so , ultimately , sociological .
18 Everyone was upset because their work was inside .
19 COUNCILLORS have decided a city painting firm should be banned from working for the district for two years because their work has not come up to scratch .
20 The assumption of this explanation is , of course , that there used to be many couples who wanted a divorce but could not have one because their case was not covered by any legislation .
21 If the hostages were to die it would be because their government had failed , whether through lack of expertise or lack of interest , to find a solution .
22 Some people aged 80 would not consider major surgery worthwhile because their life is near to close , but others would judge quite differently .
23 Patients requiring intensive care are at greater risk of nosocomial infection not only because their illness is severe but also because many therapeutic interventions actively promote colonisation or disable host defences .
24 For a band , this is not at all desirable because their earnings are out of their direct control .
25 The lack of provision of income maintenance for those with part-time earnings stems from a failure to recognise that most women work part-time not from choice , nor because their earnings are inessential , but because their employment opportunities are severely constrained by their family commitments .
26 Women workers do not receive a fair wage because their earnings are considered a complementary salary .
27 Because their springs and springs can hurt you .
28 The chairman of the BMS , Anthony Parsons , believes that many women stop taking the tablets because their doctors are unaware of the need for its continued use .
29 Actually , the way helical molecules pack together is not of great interest because their structures are too rigidly determined and unyielding .
30 Most women who arrive at the prison have been subjected to brutal torture and a prolonged stay in a secret prison , They arrive in a very weak condition from which many are unable to recover because of the inadequate food and health facilities , Two doctors visit the prison , but they are very negligent , in part , as one Prisoner explained , because their pay is always in arrears .
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