Example sentences of "be [adj] because [pron] [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 | So poems are elusive because you get the idea that actually working out your idea so it comes down on paper and it looks like a good poem and it says what you want to say and it does n't spoil the effect etcetera so you 've really captured your poem . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 ) . |
| 12 | There is no virtue in producing socially well-adjusted members of society who are unemployed because they do not have the skills . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The Prime Minister and all the other Ministers are wrong because they do not live in the real world . |
| 15 | ‘ Our books have always been popular because they provide a light-hearted , escapist , romantic read , ’ said a spokeswoman , Carol Cherry . |
| 16 | When Americans see a band like U2 , they assume they are English because they speak English . |
| 17 | I am calm because I feel strong . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | But the reasons for this are instructive because they illustrate difficulties that arise in analyzing attitudes to almost any new scientific theory . |
| 20 | you know it does n't mean to say that you 're wrong because you like to have a go or jump in and you 're not wrong if you like to have time to spend , there are no right or wrong styles and also what we ca n't associate the styles with , which people try to do sometimes is they try and identify the introverts and extroverts . |
| 21 | and because they wo n't break so easily and erm , they 're light because you do n't want to drag down to the floor do you ? basically |
| 22 | Well , they 're different because they have them they 're really controlled by a man in a signal box so they 're |
| 23 | You know I asked you to commit yourself , how much do you think it 's worth for me to do all this kind of work and he 's , you 're confused because you think I 'm actually talking about money and I take the weight off your shoulders by saying no it 's not actually money , it 's in the form of two or three names , people open minded like yourself , who I can sit down and discuss the whole situation with |
| 24 | 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 . ’ |
| 25 | That 's like Sarah at work , I mean she leaves at twenty past five , if she thinks that , she 'll leave at ten past five I mean she thinks you 're stupid because she do n't always go but even when she 's not going she |
| 26 | But at the same time she said , Well we 're pleased because you know , he did n't suffer any pain or anything . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | ‘ I think when you first go into the Home , you 're frightened because you think you 'll be treated possibly as a cabbage or just somebody who ca n't do anything for themselves and that you may be completely dependent on people and you want to be independent . |
| 29 | Scottish NFU bosses say the MacSharry CAP reform plans are flawed because they discriminate against large-scale farmers . |
| 30 | 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 . |