Example sentences of "because [pers pn] is likely [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such a throat demands antibiotics on spec because it is likely but not necessarily a bacterial infection . |
| 2 | On the contrary , standards require that the information system is consulted at all times , not only because it is impossible to memorise everything but also because it is likely that facts have changed since they were last consulted . |
| 3 | Incineration , for example , can effectively reduce the volume of rubbish but still leaves the problem of non-combustible material ; covering with rocks is not an ideal solution because the rubbish may be uncovered by scavenging yaks , herders and climbers ; incarceration in glacier crevasses is not recommended because it is likely that the rubbish will ultimately reappear . |
| 4 | This probably represents an underestimate of the proliferative capacity of 14-day precursors because it is likely that not all cells are successfully incorporated into the reaggregates . |
| 5 | This is first because of the individual differences in stylistic competence already noted ; secondly because our sense of style is essentially vague and indeterminate , not reducible to quantities ; and thirdly because it is likely that certain deviances ( below a certain level of significance ) do not reach the threshold of response , even for the most experienced , alert , and sensitive reader . |
| 6 | Much of this argumentation is , of course , concerned with very broad states of language , and , as I have pointed out , can apply only at a rather high level of generality , because it is likely that in EModE , as in PresE , there were varying conditioned allophones of /a/ ( perhaps some front and some back , or some low and some low-mid ) . |