Example sentences of "because a [noun] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Liam complained that he had plenty to do with the new shop opening for him to be running around after doctors — ‘ just because a couple of kiddies are sick ’ . |
| 2 | To take an example , within this scheme it might be said that computing facilities must be subject to constant returns to scale because a consortium of firms large enough to take advantage of the optimally sized computer could buy one and then time-share its facilities . |
| 3 | But the reason we , unlike the Americans , have no telephones on planes is largely because a consensus on frequencies was a long time coming . |
| 4 | This challenge can be very threatening to men and to white people , partly because changing your interpretation of the world is an uncomfortable experience , and partly because a change of attitudes inevitably causes social change , and this in turn brings about a shift in power relationships . |
| 5 | I suppose it must have been because a string of boyfriends seemed quite willing to spend their last penny on her before going off to the front . |
| 6 | The theory is that the range of decisions open to managers and administrative agencies is limited because a set of criteria derived from their expert background and training governs their decisions . |
| 7 | We believe that this is important because a study of police forces and the way in which they make decisions is essential to an understanding of the role of the law and rights and thus of the distribution of power in societies . |
| 8 | This is what occurred in the buyer 's factory but , because a number of ampoules were being washed together , the explosion was much greater than might have been predicted and the damage much more extensive . |
| 9 | Furthermore this number underestimates the number of external programmes which were expected to be attended during 1984/5 because a number of authorities ( 16 in our sample ) were not able to indicate or estimate this , in the spring of 1984 : |
| 10 | After living in Surrey since then we have n't regretted the choice , because a number of things make Surrey special . |
| 11 | This eases the problem , because a number of circuits exist which give a complete null at one frequency . |
| 12 | They had really tired of each other and it had become a struggle between them that was slow to surface until the Diamond Dogs tour because a lot of things happened on that tour that they were both very unhappy about . |
| 13 | The time I was supposed to be going through this a lot of schools were getting a bit of stick because a lot of parents did n't like it . |
| 14 | The American audiences were kind of small at first and it was a major promotional coup to have survived it all because a lot of dates were pulled at the last minute — promoters could n't get any interest . |
| 15 | According to , chief investment manager at Scottish Equitable : ‘ One of the reasons Taurus failed was because a lot of banks make money not just as custodians but as registrars . |
| 16 | Although the period from Christmas to the end of February — MMT 's accounting period for the first six months of its fiscal year ends then — was very quiet because a lot of orders were completed around that time , Haines says trading has now picked up again . |
| 17 | yeah , she maybe does , but I think she 's trying to , to try and promote the fact that aids patients are harmless , because a lot of aids patients are very isolated , people do n't want to know them , they think you can catch it through shaking hands , drinking out the same cup and all that , and I think she 's trying to prove that look I 'm alright , so should you be , but she does go a bit over the top |
| 18 | Nevertheless , just because a lot of objections are received does not automatically mean an application will be refused . |
| 19 | I think it 's a lot more worthwhile doing a science degree because a lot of arts degrees do n't lead anywhere because then you have to find a job … they 're not leading to a career of any sort … |
| 20 | It is necessary to look for concentrations of finds because a handful of finds could have got onto the land in any number of ways and is not necessarily an indication of the presence of a nearby archaeological site . |
| 21 | Applying this idea to the Hawk-Dove game , it is clear that H is not an ESS , because a population of Hawks would average — 2 per contest , whereas a Dove mutant would average o . |
| 22 | Peter and Nona were not the only people planning to eat in the open air , because a coachload of school-children together with four teachers , all carrying packed lunches , had arrived to visit the Cutty Sark and then Gypsy Moth in its dry dock . |
| 23 | GERMANY 'S recession appears to be deepening according to a report published yesterday which was forced to halve predictions of 2 p.c. growth this year because an increase in exports has failed to materialise . |
| 24 | The focus on the pattern of births among the very poor , a feature of the American concept of the underclass , one which prioritizes ‘ single-parent female headed households ’ as major issues ( blaming the mothers ) , appeared explicitly in Joseph 's 1974 Birmingham speech when he maintained that , because an excess of births was apparently occurring in mothers of social class V , ‘ the balance of our population , our human stock , is threatened ’ . |