Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] because [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Melanie tried to grasp how dreadful it would be if Finn were dead but she could not think coherently because of the terrible sound of Aunt Margaret 's silence . |
| 2 | Personal bankruptcies may also slow down because of the recent interest rate cuts but are expected to continue at a high level for some time , he said . |
| 3 | It is not that people should be righteous in the expectation of some reward but rather they should behave righteously because of an inherent desire to do so . |
| 4 | Although he wrote just after the Great Depression of the nineteen-thirties , he rejected the idea that capitalism would break down because of a lack of investment opportunities and a reduction in the real rate of profit . |
| 5 | It is still the case that the vast majority of potential clients who come through your door will do so because of a recommendation . |
| 6 | Meanwhile the debate on whether to replace mercury amalgam fillings continues — the American Dental Association has gone on record as saying that dentists who recommend replacing fillings may do so because of the often hefty fees they can charge for the work . |
| 7 | ‘ The importance of the matter is that the plaintiffs can not succeed simply because of the superior position of the defendant . |
| 8 | The extra plasmids may appear simply because of the normal instability of the genetic material of the blood cell : cutting out large chunks of DNA is routine when a blood cell makes antibody genes . |
| 9 | There 's no need to nail the shelves down , as they ca n't move sideways because of the spacers . |
| 10 | Prof King predicts that those crossbreds will perform well because of the Norwegian selection procedure . |
| 11 | Clearly if , if the fines were more that would help , but I do think now because of the consciousness of the general public and because of the involvement of the media in , in the environment , er that firms are not keen and the third parties , whoever they may be , are not keen to be fined in court for pollution , because public opinion is such that it 's very much disapproved of . |
| 12 | Very serious accident indeed er two people died from falling masonry er in fact one of the bodies is still in there somewhere , they have n't found him yet and twenty nine people died from large doses of radiation erm erm and others will die prematurely because of the large radiation dose that they got , mainly the emergency workers who went in to erm sort out the er er the problem . |
| 13 | The ramshackle eight-seater at first did not take off because of a storm after which a pilot could not be found . |
| 14 | That could not happen now because of the so-called safe havens . |
| 15 | SHE said at the time : ‘ I know this will not happen again because of the shame it has brought on his family . ’ |
| 16 | There is no official policy of deliberately choosing partners for their compatibility , whether in terms of personality , age , experience , or religion , and long-standing partnerships do not develop informally because of the frequent transfers of staff to other duties or to new stations altogether . |
| 17 | She broke off as though to allow this to sink in then went on : ‘ Father knew perfectly well that my brother and I did n't agree , that we would part as soon as possible , so he made sure that we would be tied together in all the wrangling that would go on because of the joint legacy . ’ |
| 18 | As you know from our submission , sir , n we 've taken a more modest requirement for the Greater York area , and that 's based to some extent upon what we think is is achievable there , we 're not saying that erm the figure should not be higher , we 're not saying that the H B F figure for instance should nu not be er put in there , but what we 're saying is if that higher figure does go in because of the clear constraints on the provision of additional land the the higher figure may well mean that there 's a need for two new settlements ra rather than just one . |
| 19 | Eurodisney and its advisers , SG Warburg , can feel confident that the issue will go well because of the interest already shown in France , where half the £607m of shares will be issued . |
| 20 | Many people living in ‘ inner cities ’ do not stay there because of the ‘ community ’ but because they can not escape . |
| 21 | If you put the bottom on wheel , put some wheels on the bottom of the ladder so it could n't fall because of the bottom , then it would still stay there because on the floor would be the bit of grip from the top . |
| 22 | " One day , when Prince Rainbow was coming through the marshes , El-ahrairah went up to him and said , " Prince Rainbow , my people are cold and can not get underground because of the wet . |
| 23 | I know he did come back because of the new tape on the Ansaphone . ’ |
| 24 | Or songs will come about because of the sound of the words . |
| 25 | PAUL Murnin has been told that he will never play again because of the horrific injury sustained against Crusaders earlier this season . |
| 26 | Those very few who do receive enough child support to ‘ float ’ them off income support may nevertheless lose financially because of the consequent loss of passported benefits such as free school meals . |
| 27 | ‘ The DUKW had tried to reach the vessel but could not get anywhere because of the nature of the craft . |
| 28 | If they are , they may suffer directly because of the disease and its effects , but the welfare is less good if the immune system is not working properly . |
| 29 | People who put their lives , their effort , their everything into creating businesses have seen them close simply because of the level of interest rates , the depth of the depression that the Government have created and the hostile , unfavourable and unacceptable behaviour of the banks . |