Example sentences of "[conj] because [pers pn] [vb base] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Things exist either because they have recently come into existence or because they have qualities that made them unlikely to be destroyed in the past . |
| 2 | Other fluids are sometimes used because they give better values of the governing parameters or because they have properties particularly appropriate to an experiment . |
| 3 | Members may be attracted because the group offers the opportunity for affiliation , recognition or security , or because the goals are significant to the individuals , or because they have expectations that the group will satisfy their personal goals and motives . |
| 4 | something I 've realized recently is that because I 've sort of , in a sense the C S M T side of things that I , because that 's a big area for me , I tend to think county wide about everything |
| 5 | But I ca n't accept the argument that because you make provision to deal by law as well as by practice with the situations where things have got to that point in order to safeguard children , that you are thereby saying that you are going to take more children from their parents ! |
| 6 | Subordinates who accept the instructions of their superiors because they recognize its legitimacy rather than because they fear coercion are participating in the transformation of power into authority ( Pfeffer 198 1 , pp. 4–5 ) . |
| 7 | It is sometimes claimed that predator assemblages are of little use in palaeoecological interpretation because of this bias , and because they take prey from areas far removed from the place where the prey remains are deposited by the predator . |
| 8 | Trolls are extremely powerful and because they regenerate damage they are very hard to kill . |
| 9 | They affront the ‘ enlightened reader ’ because they are about reality and because they demand sympathy , compassion and remedial action , qualities which are always in short supply . |
| 10 | Social scientists seem to confuse the two , and because they oppose religion and are unbelievers , they do little work on religion in human societies . |
| 11 | You see , and so we went to oh Inverness , Aberdeen and across to the Isle of Skye , and down the Skye and back across the water to Mallaig you see and er then we stayed one time at Fort William and because I love Scotland , so did he and erm and , and then and all r and then , and another thing , erm , this is before I married erm I went down , oh no , both of us , that 's right , we went down to stay at erm not , not Portsmouth er Southsea er there , there 's a place near there , next door |
| 12 | Technical terms are not ends in themselves , but because they facilitate discussion , they do need to be explicitly taught . |
| 13 | The important point here is that Aristotle 's women are not autonomous , not because they lack abilities or capacities but because they lack authority ; that is , their right to make decisions , to speak for themselves is not acknowledged . |
| 14 | Most pay them on the same rates of pay , but because they lack seniority and are usually filling low-skilled , entry-level positions , seasonal workers ' actual earnings are usually lower than those of comparable regular workers . |
| 15 | I believe in low taxes not just because they ignite enterprise — the spark of economic growth — but because they put power and choice where it belongs : in your hands . |
| 16 | These junior institutions are the preparatory schools of the prisons , not because they train criminals , but because they train youngsters to cope with a regime which denies tenderness , warmth and the right to weep with and for your own pain . |
| 17 | I 'm afraid they do , but because they perceive television as entertainment , it goes right over their heads . |
| 18 | Labour 's economic policies are wrong , not chiefly because they are still preoccupied with redistributing wealth ( although they are ) , but because they reflect Labour 's conviction that public rather than private spending offers a route to national prosperity . |
| 19 | The practices associated with harassment are so jealously guarded , not just because they articulate a culture of institutionalized racism within the force , but because they form part of a system ‘ workers ’ control' against the encroachment of line management . |
| 20 | I have struggled with my weight ever since because I adore food and have a large appetite . |