Example sentences of "[vb pp] the [noun] because " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even with structured A4 records , computerised recall and repeat prescribing , and a relatively vigilant team , we still found it difficult to ensure that women who had stopped the pill because of a rise in pressure did not resume it , even when they and practice staff were apparently aware of the risk . |
| 2 | Sometimes parents had stopped the laxative because the stool withholding manoeuvres or screaming did not stop as soon as loose stools were induced . |
| 3 | Friends of the Earth , Greenpeace and other environmental groups have sharply criticized the proposals because they leave British Nuclear Fuels ( BNFL ) , the plant 's operator , the option of increasing discharges without breaking the law . |
| 4 | Now independent taxation , as you may know , came in , we 're now in ninety three four , I 've only just altered the heading because very little else has changed and I 'm a lazy so and so I ca n't rewrite it just for the heading . |
| 5 | There was a slight seasonal effect of gradually declining response to models , but this could not have biased the results because the response to crest accentuation went in the opposite direction , increasing significantly between early ( small crests ) presentations and the first accentuated crest presentations . |
| 6 | There 'd been a master at Ravenswood , a man called Funny Stiles who 'd been given the sack because he 'd made boys presents of whistles and fountain-pens . |
| 7 | And he says it 's more than I 've given the others because they did have an increase . |
| 8 | De Sede , in turn , feigned surprise and stated that he had n't given the solution because he did n't know it . |
| 9 | Women are not given the opportunities because very often they are not up to the job . |
| 10 | Oxford City Council which runs the Tourist Office say they 've withdrawn the video because of public fears . |
| 11 | Tell the young mother whose child has just received fifteen thousand pounds after the diagnosis of leukaemia , that you should n't have filled the policy because the contexts where not standardised . |
| 12 | I had only half heard the conversation because part of my mind was far away . |
| 13 | You have joined the RSPB because you want to help protect birds and their habitats — when we talk about " helping the Society " it is always taken to mean " helping the birds " through supporting the organisation that does most to protect them . |
| 14 | ‘ I survived but I have joined the group because I want to put something back raising money and proving to others that you can survive . ’ |
| 15 | I 've , I 've got a little knife , I do n't know where I got it from , on it , on it , it says steel and it 's all broken the blade because , you know , it 's been used so much and it 's sharper for even being broken than any thing else I 've got . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm surprised to have broken the record because I did n't push it until near the end . ’ |
| 17 | Viscount Dilhorne would also have dismissed the case because the function of granting leave was administrative and not judicial . |
| 18 | ‘ In some ways the Whitbread has compounded the problem because now there are big bucks involved , ’ he says . |
| 19 | ‘ Middlesbrough will think they have won the tie because of their unbeaten home record and our poor away form . |
| 20 | But , of course , the client had only approached the lawyer because the solutions she could think of — those available in everyday discourse — were inappropriate or had been tried and had failed . |
| 21 | Every totalitarian state has attacked the family because in that small , loving group they see a threat to the power of the State . |
| 22 | For years and years , her frailer beauty had made him feel physically famished for her , but he had generally subdued the longing because she seemed worn out with housework . |
| 23 | Many pig farmers have rung the council because of the risk of disease being spread . |
| 24 | Many pig farmers have rung the council because of the risk of disease being spread . |
| 25 | I 'm damn sure she has n't queried the bill because she 's said nothing about it before . |
| 26 | C C T to some extend preceded the recession because it brought on members down to conditions that other people are now suffering . |
| 27 | WORK has started to demolish the flats in Weycombe Road , Haslemere , which over the years have been named the Barracks because of their appearance . |
| 28 | The water and the Juicy Fruit seemed to have done the trick because she felt great . |
| 29 | Erm you will notice that er halfway through which is after item five , er I have actually done the sum because it comes to sort of half er half a million , er and it 's |
| 30 | His father had suffered the humiliation because of Mills ' treachery and so the traitor should suffer in the same way . |