Example sentences of "because they could [adv] be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the lies Emerson had told sprang up as a barrier between them , insurmountable because they could not be acknowledged . |
| 2 | It was indeed not very exalting to watch wounded comrades-in-arms die where they lay because they could not be removed . |
| 3 | Because we had evidence that memories of the exercise tended to fade quickly , it was decided to exclude schools which had submitted reports at the very earliest stage ( autumn 1980 to summer 1981 ) , and schools which were not due to submit reports until the last stage of the first cycle ( autumn 1985 to early 1986 ) were also excluded because they could not be expected to have made much of a start on the process . |
| 4 | If these were things that could not be fully understood or controlled , then they were all the more menacing because they could not be avoided . |
| 5 | Sainsbury 's , ranking 17 in The Times 1000 with 82 000 employees , when considering appointing a senior departmental director , chose to use headhunters for ‘ political reasons rather than convenience or speed ’ because they could then be informed in detail about the market for candidates . |
| 6 | Because they could still be comforted or distracted , by a sweet and a story . |