Example sentences of "[coord] because [pron] be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Or because they 're built so close to the ground . ’ |
| 2 | Children who come into care through the courts are committed to the care of the local authority either because they are themselves offenders , or because they are the victims of offences or because they are found in need of care . |
| 3 | The structures of the two programs are different in many respects and where they are similar this is the result of coincidence only or because they are constrained by the function — no infringement of copyright . |
| 4 | People were run over by trains because they would stretch themselves out on the rails for a quick nap , or because they were drunk . |
| 5 | Since only a limited number of hypotheses could be tested prospectively , other potential risk factors , such as a previous history of slow ulcer healing , were tested exploratorily either because it was not felt necessary to confirm their reported effect on healing or because they were considered to be less important to ulcer healing . |
| 6 | The operator may deviate from the listed procedure because it may require excessive moving about or because he is interrupted by the requirements of other tasks . |
| 7 | I could n't decide whether he was doing this to make me even more relaxed , like a television warm-up man , or because he was over-excited at the prospect of getting at my polyps . |
| 8 | I 'm not doing it for monetary reward or because I 'm asked to ; I 'm doing it because I feel I have to do it . |
| 9 | I 'm not doing it for monetary reward or because I 'm asked to ; I 'm doing it because I feel I have to do it . |
| 10 | A user may reject a document because it is in a language that he can not read or because it is dated . |
| 11 | When the issue has not been discussed because it is felt to be too painful to talk about or because it is considered an unsuitable topic of conversation , then there may be problems . |
| 12 | In the courts political questions may come before the judges because the matter is already in public controversy , like race or industrial relations ; or because it is claimed that a public authority has exceeded its powers ; or because the matter concerns the activities of the police ; or because the matter impinges on the individual rights of citizens , affecting their freedom or their property . |
| 13 | Secondly , because of the integration between different components of the social system of the school , an innovation introduced by a single teacher will often have repercussions in other parts of the system — perhaps because there is a need for additional resources , or for more time , or because it is predicted [ sic ] upon new pupil roles , or involves a greater degree of integration . |
| 14 | ( And because they 're spoilt , like you , thought Jane ) . |
| 15 | And because they 're condensed , they bring a thick , creamy texture to sauces — perfect for rice and pasta dishes . |
| 16 | Fossil flowers are extremely rare because of their delicacy and because they are shortlived . |
| 17 | But badgers ' often show up better than most , and because they are endowed with stout claws on their front feet , there may be four or five distinct claw-marks showing even if the ground is too hard to reveal the rest of the print . |
| 18 | On the contrary , it is clear that some pressure groups and their campaigns are successful because they are the expressions of existing economic power , because they are lavishly financed , and because they are supported by " important " people rather than ordinary people . |
| 19 | You will realise that words of comfort like this can solve no problems for her ; they can do no more than bathe the wound she has sustained , but she will be badly in need of something to cling on to and because they are spoken by someone who loves her they may be exactly what she wants to hear when she is trying to reassemble herself and face the future . |
| 20 | The training packs were finally despatched in December and because they were based on information that had not yet been circulated , they served an information as well as training need . |
| 21 | In Northern Nigeria power did remain in the hands of the Residents , because they possessed historical claims to legitimacy as the standard-bearers of Indirect Rule — a point always emphasized by Palmer in his dealings with junior officers — and because they were linked with the top men in a congeries of feudal autocracies . |
| 22 | ‘ The horse is certainly in good heart and because we are drawn close to Lochsong we are on the side of the track with a strong pace guaranteed . |
| 23 | Togetherness , along with youthfulness , are the ideal , and because we are reminded of this in almost every book , newspaper article , film and play , a feeling of loneliness can affect women on their own . |
| 24 | We were easy targets for ridicule , and because we were angered and hurt by all of this , we withdrew further into ourselves , and stopped having contact with heterosexual women almost entirely . |
| 25 | This too was slow to arrive , but it has bags of extra features and because it 's bundled with the DOS version for a mere £299 , it has to be a bargain . |
| 26 | Different again is the dancing of the bedouin soldiers , at once chaste and erotic — ‘ chaste because it takes place among men , mostly holding one another by the elbow or the forefinger … erotic because it takes place between men , and because it 's performed before the ladies . |
| 27 | Foucault is most explicit on this , arguing that what he terms the ‘ repressive hypothesis ’ regarding Victorian sexuality is misleading : because it points to too narrow an interpretation of the family ; because it avoids class differentiation ; and because it is based on a negative rather than positive concept of power . |
| 28 | It prepared them for exactly the kind of material they can expect to see on the day — and because it is written by the examiners themselves , you can be sure that it tells you exactly what the examiners are looking for ! |
| 29 | Because of the nature of the furnishings in a dining room ( a large , flat surface , empty walls ) and because it is needed to serve its purpose only at regular , specified times during the day ( meal times ) , it is an ideal room to serve as a collector 's library . |
| 30 | This association was not observed in women , and because it was noted in an unplanned subgroup analysis the authors urged that the finding should be interpreted cautiously . |