Example sentences of "this [noun sg] because [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even so , it was the first successful attempt in this genre because it gave its performers an opportunity to reveal their talents as actor-dancers . |
| 2 | Something like that , trying to remember now what it was , sixteen hundred , sixteen hundred that was it and it says your credit limit is sixteen , sixteen , you could spend up to sixteen hundred pounds , whether you got it or not you can spend it , so we said if we 're gon na get this computer because you get these Air Miles out of it , you know , every ten pounds you get an Air Mile , well if he 's getting a computer over a thousand pounds you know with all the paraphernalia that goes with it , well that 's a lot of Air Miles there , well we said we 'll get it through Access , but there is n't , our credit limit on Access is n't enough to pay for the computer , sixteen hundred it 's more than sixteen hundred , in , in the long , once he 's got his printer and God knows what you know , so I phoned them up and he said erm is it possible to adjust the limit upwards ? |
| 3 | ‘ There will always be problems of this kind because you will always have the bad as well as the good in the world . |
| 4 | I never reported this story because I did n't believe it . |
| 5 | Probably he was so successful in this field because he himself was an artist . |
| 6 | Erm , there 's not a word that 's suitable to use actually in this case because we find that they would actually impact upon the service in a serious manner and therefore we do n't , |
| 7 | ‘ In the normal course of events these things take time under French law , and they 're likely to take even longer in this case because he refuses to make any move whatever until you are actually there — in France . ’ |
| 8 | The present tense is used in this case because it carries a sense of immediacy and impact . |
| 9 | Now when I spoke to Mrs on the telephone last night she told me about the work you 've been doing on and I have looked at it and I 'm going to go over it again with you this afternoon because she thought it was very very good work . |
| 10 | I told my friends I was going to the dentist this afternoon because I knew they 'd be jealous if they knew I 'd seen Home Alone 2 before anyone else . |
| 11 | Beneath this Caroline had written : ‘ I like this bit because it is funny . |
| 12 | Top managers may well not understand this resistance because they do not recognize the schemas . |
| 13 | ‘ I feel very flattered to be getting this award because it is a recognition of the work done by the voluntary sector in Stockport . ’ |
| 14 | He walked across the small park on the far side of the street towards the vast exhibition centre , glancing back frequently : he 'd chosen this route because it was impossible for Marler to follow him without being seen . |
| 15 | ‘ Only one on this bike because it 's only got one seat ’ , ( Simon 4.3 ) . |
| 16 | In addition to that , we 've increased the profile that we , we have by concentrating on the health and safety issues and it 's worthwhile me recording my appreciation of the efforts of Nigel in this direction because we 're running very closely in , in , in tandem to ensure that the G M B is elite union in the campaign to make the building industry a safer industry for our members to work in . |
| 17 | I persuaded her to come on this course because I thought it would be a change for us both . ’ |
| 18 | We got into this fight because we wanted to preserve our independence , and I do n't think our views have changed , have they ? |
| 19 | I 'd like to skip over this decision because it wakes me up in a sweat fairly often . |
| 20 | Proviso ( a ) It is difficult to understand this defence because it is already included within the statutory definition of merchantibility as it will affect the description under which the goods are sold . |
| 21 | The United States Senate rejected this provision because it thought it would bestow legal rights upon third parties . |
| 22 | Remember , I 'm giving you this money because he has been a good boy . |
| 23 | If , if your , if your total turnover was sixteen thousand , then the inspector of taxes would want from you an account which shows how your fifteen thou sixteen thousand has been arrived at , who 's paid you this money because he looks at those and he checks their accounts to see they 've received it obviously , that 's what it is , and wh how is your five thousand pounds made up . |
| 24 | Britain has been denied this freedom because it has never had a truly commercial broadcasting environment . |
| 25 | Brazil provides a particularly interesting terrain for this study because it has a very limited social security provision and few effective laws in the area of employment protection . |
| 26 | Will they assume that people engage in this ritual because they have always done so and have been conditioned into it ? |
| 27 | Divorce has this effect because it suggests that remarriage in the lifetime of one 's first partner is socially and even morally acceptable' ( Irish Times , 6 June 1986 ; also 31 May 1986 ; 14 June 1986 ) . |
| 28 | Let me move this car because they want to get in . |
| 29 | to finish this tape because she were coming tomorrow for it ! |
| 30 | Partnership arrangements between a college and a company or companies might encompass a range of activities , including skills-updating courses , supervisory management and intensive language tuition for example , which fall outside the scope of this chapter because they do not impact directly upon the 16–19 age group . |