Example sentences of "[adj] because [pron] [verb] with " in BNC.
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| 1 | A fair proportion of the cells they recorded from gave rhythmic bursts of high-frequency firing , at the rate of some 4–12 per second , more or less irrespective of what the animal was doing ; this rhythmic activity is interesting because it corresponds with the so-called theta rhythm of the EEG , and may be an aspect of the attentional processes necessary for the learning or remembering of particular activities . |
| 2 | For example , a book about human rights in the context in which we live can be considered subversive because it disagrees with the vision of those in authority . ’ |
| 3 | For example , a book about human rights in the context in which we live can be considered subversive because it disagrees with the vision of those in authority . ’ |
| 4 | Julia knew that it could not be real because it brought with it even more horrible visions , in one of which Comfort and Anthony had her pinned to the ground and were hitting her with garden rakes with specially sharpened tines . |
| 5 | The regime 's tendency to conservatism was all the more serious because it coincided with huge socio-economic upheavals associated with modernization and the coming to maturity of the postwar baby boom . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The journalists submitted that the directives were unlawful because they conflicted with the duty of the BBC and IBA under section 4 of the 1981 Act to preserve ‘ due impartiality ’ . |
| 8 | So we do have a problem to address but the I I like Mr would certainly want some explanation from the director of social services if erm the report that we have before us at the planning sub-committee is incorrect because I deal with it said it it be noted that the capacity now exists to arrange for the transfer of residents from four homes to other res residential units as part of the rationalisation programme . |
| 9 | I find it very helpful because we deal with immediate problems . |
| 10 | This hooking action is important because it interferes with the opponent 's attempts to free his arm and keeps him closed off for a longer period . |
| 11 | Mr Donnellan 's tutor said the case was important because it dealt with such a sensitive issue . |
| 12 | It was bold because it conflicted with theories generally accepted at the time , theories that included the assumption that electromagnetic systems ( magnets , charged bodies , current-carrying conductors , etc. ) act upon each other instantaneously across empty space and that electromagnetic effects can be propagated at a finite velocity only through material substances . |
| 13 | I was bloody difficult because I came with my own agenda and I was n't going to have a whitewash . |
| 14 | Yes that seems to me to fit that sort of bill , erm to be quite honest I would prefer that we base the promises on a previous paper that T six six one , er you know , sort of er typical success of the fact looking forward cos at least erm that 's not so erm , you know , sort of difficult to erm you know achieve as erm sort of repairing potholes within , when you consider that the reason that the potholes do n't get mended is because government legislation has it that we have to actually erm have lines painted all round them , so that they can be part of the package of er road mending in many cases , I mean urgently erm difficult ones are not that common er so I think that perhaps some of these promises are so difficult because it gives with one hand and takes back with the other , you know , it says we promise , but , I , I would say that 's not much of a promise , you say I promise to erm , you know , erm merge , I forgot about , but if it said but , you know , if it rains I wo n't tell you , er it would be very sad |
| 15 | He was born in Belgrade in 1922 and he knows that war is not sweet because he fought with the partisans during World War II . |