Example sentences of "because [pron] be against " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such ideas tend to be anathema to the Army Board , not because they are against the creation of stronger reserves ; nor because of the difficulties of finding barrack accommodation and training areas in the cramped and over-populated British Isles ; but because the units withdrawn from the Continent would become vulnerable to pruning in some future retrenchment programme — reserves are always the first to go when cuts are demanded , since their size is based on subjective rather than objective judgments . |
| 2 | This deficiency he shared with a whole crew of leaders of third-world or so-called ‘ non-aligned ’ countries , who like him had gained power because they were against foreign rulers , not because they had any idea of what to put in place of foreign rule . |
| 3 | Er also feel that the people the companies are not making services actually got because they were against these making go out in the evenings because the last bus leaves the town centre at six thirty . |
| 4 | He knows very well , because he is against a single currency in principle , like his predecessor , the right hon. Member for Blaby ( Mr. Lawson ) , who clearly expressed his views — which , I think , are shared by the present Chancellor — in an article in one of the tabloid newspapers . |
| 5 | The police deny it , because it is against the law , but there are few motorists who do n't believe it exists . |
| 6 | I have had my own opinion confirmed with the advice from the business convenor and the vice convenor , and that is that we determine that this is in fact a counter motion that you have spoken to because it is against the spirit of the deliverance . |
| 7 | He added , I have to pass a sentence because it is against the law . |
| 8 | The third one up here , the small one , is a little bit sort of lost because it 's against er , this sort of cavity light here so that one tends to get a little bit lost . |