Example sentences of "as [adj] because [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mariana herself could also be seen as asleep because she refuses to wake up to the probability that her lover will not return . |
| 2 | He wrote it to his friend , Charles Diodati and it 's an answer , in Latin verse , to a letter from Diodati apologizing that his poems were not as good as usual because he was leading too much social life . |
| 3 | Moreover , we regard such fees as undesirable because we are keen that there should be no avoidable barriers to access on the part of people who have not traditionally had the opportunity to go into higher education . |
| 4 | Friends came in for a drink and a snack and kept on coming and going for the rest of the day , which was useful as well as friendly because they brought their appetites with them , and most of the refreshments were disposed of . |
| 5 | The benefit for Indonesia was political as well as economic because it implied , as Foreign Minister Ali Alatas pointed out , a recognition by Australia of the legitimacy of Indonesia 's claim to East Timor . |
| 6 | I am anxious that my grandsons , Prince William and Prince Harry , should grow up in as happy and stable an environment as possible because they represent not just my family 's future , but a continuation of a tradition which has bound the British people together for centuries . |
| 7 | As I said , spring ninety four is gon na be the latest date for the site we want to start that phase as early as possible so that we can then get onto to the other phase as early as possible because we obviously do n't particularly want to wait until nineteen ninety five ninety six to , to finish the whole thing . |
| 8 | Yes , but On the last comment that er Chris made er bringing us and the letter to county about the the failure of the meeting on the twenty second cos we feel that they are just lying down to the situation and not pursuing a pursuing the D A P about whatsoever and erm we are , certainly in John 's letter probably get it signed tonight complaining and asking for a a meeting as soon as possible because we feel that that they ought to be pursuing the question of these two sites , they 're dragging their feet ! |
| 9 | Now it did n't mean that you build his war machine , but the Kuwaiti people being so close , or actually bordering , we helped the economy of Baghdad , we helped the economy of the Iraq , and we contributed thirteen billion dollars , just the government alone , to their economy and the people of Kuwait also helped with their own private donation to help the schools , the hospitals , the food , whatever they needed , and the country of Kuwait was erm trying to be , as my friend said , as neutral as possible because there is Irani interest in Kuwait , very great through trade , through Iranis who work in Kuwait , so we had a very difficult position with respect to keeping both parties erm sort of in sight , not lose sight of them from our humanistic point of view , but it was erm difficult to avoid being on the side of the Iraqui , mainly because they 're neighbours and they 're Arabs , and you 're part of the league of Arab states , so you ca n't draw the line and say the government was pro or against , but that was the atmosphere which we were leaving . |
| 10 | He needs time skills as well , instead of just doing things as soon as possible because you get to the things that become more pressing take over , |
| 11 | It is important to make this as plain as possible because it is so tentative . |
| 12 | That letter should cover as much as possible because it is a useful source of reference to progress later in the case . |
| 13 | Mona , who has also produced plays and musicals for the West End stage , said she was proud of her ancestry but saw herself as English because she was raised here . |
| 14 | They must be treated as adequate because they reflect the statutory provisions in regard to appeals by persons upon who intervention notices are served by S.I.B . |
| 15 | In the changed social environment of the reform years , this solution was no longer seen as adequate because there were new problems . |
| 16 | Some of it has been seen as justifiable because it seeks to ensure competition and prevent monopoly . |
| 17 | During the late 1960s to the mid-1970s she says CND was classified as subversive because it was a ‘ Communist dominated organisation ’ . |
| 18 | We might say we perceive them as separate because they vibrate at different frequencies . |
| 19 | It set him aside , he began to look at them with Barnett 's and Lewis 's eyes , thinking of them as unsuccessful because they did n't try . |
| 20 | The drug companies condemn the imports as unfair because they alone must foot the registration costs . |
| 21 | Rosenthal speculates that pepper and chocolate are classed as masculine because they are stronger flavours than salt and vanilla , while Chevrolet is feminine because of its sound ( it 's a longer word than Ford , has an open vowel at the end , connotes ‘ Frenchness ’ ) and knife is masculine because of the association with aggression . |
| 22 | A parliamentary candidate has branded a football club as sexist because she 's been barred from a men-only dinner . |
| 23 | In the second case ( necessary false consciousness/irrational prejudice ) racism is seen as dysfunctional because it distorts the perception of reality and generates division amongst those who should be on the same side . |
| 24 | This law was widely criticised as racist because it effectively barred entry from the so-called new Commonwealth while allowing continued emigration from the predominantly white old Commonwealth countries . |
| 25 | The withdrawal of English Heritage from looking after the Grade II listed buildings in the capital — those which make up much of its historic fabric — is viewed as alarming because it involves dismantling the highly professional architectural conservation division , with its unifying role , which English Heritage inherited in 1986 when the Greater London Council was abolished . |
| 26 | Edward made his own views clear by stating that he regarded the 1328 treaty as invalid because it had been made when he was a minor and under the tutelage of others and that his title to the overlordship of Scotland should be reasserted . |
| 27 | Hungarian Defence Minister Lajos Für described the agreement with neighbouring Ukraine as important because it was unclear how the Soviet-Hungarian military agreement signed in December [ see p. 38687 ] extended to individual states . |
| 28 | He described his proposals for the coming year as neutral because he did not want to hamper recovery . |
| 29 | Perhaps we were seen as abrasive because we had the courage to say what everyone else was thinking . ’ |
| 30 | Speech that might be regarded as insulting because it attacks the cherished views and beliefs of the audience at which it is directed is in particular jeopardy from this section . |