Example sentences of "[be] [adj] because they [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the traditional ‘ act ’ utilitarianism acts are right because they maximise ( or at least increase ) welfare , while for rule utilitarianism rules are morally binding because general adherence to them maximises , or would maximise , welfare , individual acts being right or wrong in virtue of their conformity to such rules . |
| 2 | We have to believe they are right because they have played such an important part in our identity and in defining the world for us . |
| 3 | Thus the wing of a bat and the paddle of a porpoise are homologous because they show the same underlying pattern of bones typical of a mammalian forelimb . |
| 4 | In LDCs in general , the poor are disadvantaged because they have low levels of education and training and therefore have few skills or qualifications to help them . |
| 5 | Some countries are rich because they have oil or copper or iron . |
| 6 | Otherwise probably that 's why they are dear because they have to do things like that . |
| 7 | His remarks are interesting because they demonstrate a new way of looking at that relationship . |
| 8 | We may not like the fact that they stop exports — they affect some of the exports of my constituency — but they are bloody-minded because they think that they , too , are getting a rotten deal from the CAP . |
| 9 | Competitors such as Bernis , Whitbreads , Bass Charrington , Greenall Whitley and Boddingtons have all begun to offer carefully thought out catering packages which are popular because they meet customer expectations in terms of food quality , quantity , atmosphere , service and price . |
| 10 | Marxist critics argue that functionalist accounts of the state are vacuous because they consist of citing the consequences of particular actions as their causes ( Elster , 1986 ; also note 1 , p. 71 ) . |
| 11 | There is no virtue in producing socially well-adjusted members of society who are unemployed because they do not have the skills . |
| 12 | The sexually-transmitted diseases ( e.g. syphilis , gonorrhoea , AIDS and non-specific urethritis ) are so-called because they occur as a result of direct sexual contact with an infected partner . |
| 13 | The Prime Minister and all the other Ministers are wrong because they do not live in the real world . |
| 14 | ‘ Our books have always been popular because they provide a light-hearted , escapist , romantic read , ’ said a spokeswoman , Carol Cherry . |
| 15 | When Americans see a band like U2 , they assume they are English because they speak English . |
| 16 | Other feminist writers , such as Overfield ( 1981 ) , Wallsgrove ( 1980 ) and Fee ( 1983 ) have suggested that dichotomies such as nature/culture , subject/object , emotional/rational are harmful because they imply the superiority of culture over nature , the objective over the subjective , and the rational over the emotional . |
| 17 | But the reasons for this are instructive because they illustrate difficulties that arise in analyzing attitudes to almost any new scientific theory . |
| 18 | Well , they 're different because they have them they 're really controlled by a man in a signal box so they 're |
| 19 | Pedal steel players do much the same kind of thing , but they 're lucky because they 've got loads of strings to play around with ; when you 're a guitar player and you 're down to six , you have to break it down and come up with some simpler versions . ’ |
| 20 | Er and I , I think I , I should have said if er la you know after I 'd had my own , enjoy your babies while they 're young because they grow up so quickly , whereas before it was a case of , do n't pick them up when they , you know , if they cry leav let them cry . |
| 21 | Scottish NFU bosses say the MacSharry CAP reform plans are flawed because they discriminate against large-scale farmers . |
| 22 | Other " secondary " drugs of choice are cross-addictive because they have similar but not such marked effects as the primary drug of choice for that particular sufferer . |
| 23 | These foods are valuable because they contain different types of fibre , vitamins and minerals essential for health . |
| 24 | But such judgements are questionable because they rely on composite time series of export prices which do not expose variations in the pattern and timing of price changes of individual goods . |
| 25 | Humans are human because they share with others a common culture , a culture which includes not only the artefacts of its living members but also those of members of past generations . |
| 26 | The main criticisms of QALYs focus on two central points : firstly , that QALYs are unfair because they do not take into account who gains the QALYs ; secondly , that ‘ welfare ’ is not the only value to be put into the equation . |
| 27 | Their terms of trade are unusual because they have , thus far , little control of income ( mostly fees ) or expenditure ( mostly salaries ) , but they sell a service to the public . |
| 28 | These bacteria are termed aerobic , meaning they require oxygen to function and trickle filters are ideal because they rely upon the surrounding atmosphere for this oxygen — not the water in the aquarium as is the case with submerged filtration systems . |
| 29 | Inmos Transputers are unique because they combine a processor , communications links and memory on a single chip . |
| 30 | Inmos Transputers are unique because they combine a processor , communications links and memory on a single chip . |