Example sentences of "[noun pl] because they know [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean , of course they can , they can make all sorts of wild promises and all kinds of crazy policies because they know they 'll never be called upon to carry them out . |
| 2 | The simplest account for the relationship between risk and recall in this study was that subjects recalled the risky situations because they knew it was an experiment about risk , this knowledge could have affected their performance both at encoding and at retrieval . |
| 3 | We were deprived a show of hands because they knew they would be defeated and embarrassed . ’ |
| 4 | Cropper looked for support from the African Institution for the removal of the West Indians ' financial advantage in the sugar trade , privately assuring Zachary Macaulay that the introduction of free-labour sugar was opposed by the planters because they knew it ‘ will destroy their System of cultivation , tho ’ it can be proved to be the only means of establishing West Indian property on a lasting foundation . |
| 5 | They often brought her wild flowers because they knew she loved them . |
| 6 | Old people are frightened to open their doors because they know they may face a menacing crowd , all demanding sweets or money . |
| 7 | Many women resist swapping jobs because they know they could do a job a lot better or quicker themselves , or because they are frightened of ‘ having a go ’ at traditional male jobs . |