Example sentences of "[be] not [verb] because the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The mass of the people were not recorded because the evidence is limited to the loan book , which of course excludes everyone with less than £5 , a class which in Coventry amounted to as much as 80 per cent of the total , though in other provincial towns the proportion was not as high , that of sub-£2 assessments being lower than in the countryside . |
| 2 | She said charges of assault were not brought because the victim did not wish to take the matter further . |
| 3 | Ink is not needed because the LCD display shows the script as it is being written . |
| 4 | In these cases either party would be able to say that the certificate was not binding because the expert had not done what he was appointed to do . |
| 5 | The presence of mucus in the stool was not analysed because the bismuth enema itself had the appearance of white mucus , which invalidated any comparison . |
| 6 | President Carlos Andrés Pérez declared that the strike was not justified because the government was dealing successfully with the country 's " serious problems " . |
| 7 | I gather that the price of tobacco was not raised because the majority of pipe smokers are elderly or even old , a word that nowadays seems to make people unfasten their holsters . |
| 8 | Amiloride was not added because the caecum shows no sodium absorptive current . |