Example sentences of "because they [vb past] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | If Protestants were superior , it was because they deserved to be . |
| 2 | Mozart could not begin composing the arias to his opera before reaching Milan because they had to be written to suit each singer 's voice . |
| 3 | ‘ Those were all done on one roll of film ’ he explained , ‘ Because they had to be instantaneous and I knew if I went back again , it would not be the same . |
| 4 | ‘ In the past , waters from abandoned mines have been managed because they had to be to keep the other mines open , ’ he said . |
| 5 | Er well n not really because they had to be in the union . |
| 6 | Some people were forced to travel by bus because they had to be at work . |
| 7 | They were dedicated perhaps because they had to be . |
| 8 | Because they continued to be economically independent , these working older people , both men and women , were often remembered as strong characters , like the Lancashire shopkeeping grandmother , a ‘ powerful personality ’ who was without any doubt ‘ boss of the concern ’ , or the old North Welsh woman who ‘ was doing all the cobbling for the neighbours in Berthengam , and … they were done by her well . ’ |
| 9 | However , several women who received no benefits also registered , although the majority in this position did not , because they desired to be self-sufficient and free from official agencies . |
| 10 | I followed because they seemed to be doing all right . ’ |
| 11 | Many of the projects arose not just because they seemed to be suitable topics for academic research , but at the direct instigation of teachers or sometimes students . |
| 12 | Some Indian railways attempted to cope with the great pressure of third-class passengers by installing them in double-decker carriages , but these had soon to be abandoned because they proved to be unsafe and top-heavy . |
| 13 | It is , of course , very easy to pay too much attention to the famous names in Nonconformity , partially because of their importance , partially because information about them is more readily available and partially because they tended to be more involved in politics . |
| 14 | Stuart Pearce and Chris Waddle may have been chosen to take the vital 1990 World Cup semi-final penalties because they appeared to be just the sort of level-headed British , team players that would n't miss . |
| 15 | They used to be called blue-green algae because they appeared to be close relatives of the green algae that are common in ponds , but now that their very primitive character is recognised , they are referred to as cyanophytes or simply , blue-greens . |
| 16 | At least 23 banks , with losses totalling nearly $1,000 million , were ordered to remain closed because they appeared to be insolvent . |
| 17 | Visiting rights have the great advantage of being optional , not obligatory , so Christopher and Jane were only together because they wanted to be . |
| 18 | They were denied a pay rise when they refused to sign a personal contract because they wanted to be covered by the trade union collective agreement . |
| 19 | However , on Oct. 8 the " Prime Ministers " of Krajina and Slavonia — two self-proclaimed Serbian autonomous regions ( SARs ) in Croatia , Milan Babic and Goran Hadzic , boycotted the meeting in The Hague to which they had been invited , because they refused to be treated as a " minority " . |