Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] [verb] because it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In London , the British Board of Film Censors insisted that the rape scene should be cut because it contained elements of ‘ kinky sex associated with black magic ’ . |
| 2 | However , the naturalistic account should not be rejected on the grounds that it is inadequate , as though it could be polished up a bit and made more acceptable : rather , it should be dismissed because it presents an entirely distorted picture of social reality . |
| 3 | However , she leaves more cheerfully after a few choice words from one of the boys suggesting that her photograph should be changed because it does n't do her justice . |
| 4 | The speeches of ministers have reiterated the themes that it is not the job of government to solve as many problems as previously , that ministers should be more attentive to the interests of taxpayers when spending public money , that ‘ real ’ jobs will be created and sustained not by government subsidy but by workers making goods which people will buy , that the criterion of ‘ value for money ’ be applied to public-sector activities , and that the private sector should be encouraged because it creates the wealth which the public sector requires . |
| 5 | The standard method of recovery must be taught because it has been proven to be effective during testing . |
| 6 | Aristotle believed that strict determinism must be rejected because it destroys the natural basis for distinguishing between voluntary and involuntary actions . |
| 7 | There is a road along the glen to its head and , although the sight and sound of motor cars in places of quiet beauty is always a disturbing distraction , the road in Glen Nevis must be accepted because it gives an opportunity to inactive or disabled visitors to see the natural wonders and splendours of this spectacular defile between high mountain ranges . |
| 8 | ( 2 ) Wash embryos by repeated passage through drops of M2 + BSA ( phenol red must be omitted because it fluoresces ) . |
| 9 | There is a partial line on the map which I think this Council agreed before my time but that is not a line which could be implemented because it starts from nowhere and goes to nowhere and we are still I believe in , in , in limbo so far as the exact route which might be proposed either the northern or the southern end . |
| 10 | However , in Ronbar Enterprises Ltd v Green Jenkins LJ , having reviewed some earlier business sale cases in which severance had taken place viz Goldsoll v Goldman [ 1914 ] 2 Ch 603 and British Reinforced Concrete Engineering Co Ltd v Schelff [ 1921 ] 2 Ch 563 , said that Attwood v Lamont could be distinguished because it concerned an employment contract . |
| 11 | Outward investment may be banned because it weakens the balance of payments and allows the life-blood capital to leak out of the system , whilst inflows of currency may be repulsed because they cause the exchange rate to rise to unacceptable levels or add to the domestic supply of money and thus threaten inflation . |
| 12 | This is the initial action , the first step , and , for the writer , it can determine the whole nature of the response that will be made because it imposes , almost unconsciously , a straightjacket on the thought , development and structure that will thereafter be pursued . " |