Example sentences of "[adv] because they " in BNC.
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| 1 | The critic is also likely to spot the gaps in a group show , when the best works are not being shown , say perhaps because they are in private collections . |
| 2 | Her relations were keen that I should meet her , perhaps because they hoped in desperation that I might be able to help her . |
| 3 | Perhaps because they were the first in the field , or more probably for deeply rooted socio-political reasons , the classicists have never been seriously challenged — theories have come and theories have gone but the belief in the control function of management has remained — even more so at the level of practice than of theory , although at that level , some insights can be gained . |
| 4 | Here the workers were fewer than in the machine shop , and shyer — perhaps because they were mostly Asian . |
| 5 | Everyday experience tells us that a flavour mixed with some other will be perceived differently from that flavour presented on its own , but a click and a light ( perhaps because they come from different modalities ) are less likely to interact in this way . |
| 6 | Perhaps because she liked the feel of the material ; perhaps because they opened up a glimpse of another world … |
| 7 | Normally noisy monkeys are unusually quiet during childbirth , perhaps because they are particularly vulnerable to predators when in labour . |
| 8 | Should the local authority refuse to initiate formal proceedings for some reason , perhaps because they are of the opinion that the odour does not amount to a statutory nuisance or they themselves are causing the offending odour , then an individual complainant may himself take summary action under s.99 of the Public Health Act 1936 , ( see Chapter 3 ) but may not bring proceedings in the High Court . |
| 9 | Some people who need extra care and can afford the cost actually choose it , perhaps because they understand the advantages of releasing a daughter and other family members from the 24-hour responsibility of caring . |
| 10 | Many say that the donkeys from Poitou in France are particularly suitable for siring mules , perhaps because they are particularly large , but it now seems doubtful that size is of any special virtue in obtaining the hybrid . |
| 11 | Some may have lied deliberately , perhaps out of boredom , perhaps out of mischief , perhaps because they consider pollsters an impertinent nuisance . |
| 12 | Cost , or the need to plan within specific budgets , was more likely to be mentioned by the training officer group , perhaps because they were more likely to have specific budgets . |
| 13 | If the government decides to cut its expenditure , or if there is a loss of export markets , or if domestic firms decide to invest less at all interest rates ( perhaps because they are less confident about future economic prospects ) , then the unc line will shift downwards . |
| 14 | Several commentators theorize that dinosaurs may have had hearts like crocodilians , perhaps because they are the closest living relatives to the archosaur . |
| 15 | ( If you pride yourself on being intelligent , for example , bear in mind that someone else might have chosen to have a limited intellect in this life in order to learn from the experience , perhaps because they have over-valued intelligence in the past . ) |
| 16 | Bedrooms are very popular display areas for pressed flower pictures , perhaps because they are gentle and attractive wall decorations that can blend well with the soft tones many people like to use in their bedrooms . |
| 17 | Authority figures who abuse their power are , of course , doing so because they have received that sort of abuse themselves ( and in receiving have also learned how to give abuse ) and perhaps because they perceive others as a threat : ‘ I will dominate you before you have any chance of dominating me . ’ |
| 18 | They both produced nationalist movements in the 19th century , perhaps because they inhabited almost the only two parts of Spain to have an industrial revolution then . |
| 19 | Some of Mr Kravchuk 's advisers are exploiting his vanity , perhaps because they fear that Mr Kuchma 's reforms will put an end to the opportunities for easy profits offered by the current chaos in the economy . |
| 20 | Black guillemots ( tysties ) have not been so badly affected , perhaps because they are not so dependent on the pelagic fish such as sand-eels and young gadoids ( whitefish ) but catch more bottom-living fish such butterfish and rockling . |
| 21 | Some noblemen went out as governors because they needed the money and , perhaps because they were habitually lavish about their spending , were usually rather popular . |
| 22 | ‘ Many families are struggling on , perhaps because they do n't want to consider residential care or because the right sort of care is n't available , ’ said Bill Barker . |
| 23 | Despite the squeeze on hospital budgets , health professionals visiting from the United Kingdom are likely to be struck more strongly in the leading New York voluntary hospitals by the relatively lavish level at which they are equipped than by their shortage of money , perhaps because they can shape the patient population that they actually serve to match the funding available . |
| 24 | Alternatively speculators might think that the exchange value of the domestic currency will fall even further in the future , perhaps because they expect the current account deficit to become permanent , and so capital inflows will decrease and capital outflows decrease accordingly . |
| 25 | The reason is not just that international affairs are hard to reduce to intellectual order , perhaps because they are changing character even as one tries . |
| 26 | For some reason , perhaps because they had heard it together , she equated that girl with the dead girl in her mind and thought that if bombers could actually see the people they were going to kill , see that they were young and beautiful and full of hope , they might not do what they did . |
| 27 | The results of the clarification request analysis summarized in Table 4.3 show that although the younger children are asking for more straightforward requests for repetition than the other age groups ( perhaps because they do not attend as well as the other subjects ) , there are no significant differences in the other categories . |
| 28 | Certain people , perhaps because they were friendly with one doctor but held a higher opinion of the professional ability of the other , took to carrying cards in their pockets which gave the relevant instructions in case they should find themselves too far gone to claim the doctor they wanted . |
| 29 | But besides the falls I 've just mentioned there are many more falls and forces like Cotter Force , Catrigg Force and Scaleber Force which , perhaps because they are a little less accessible , are visited by far fewer people , although they are also arguably less impressive because they do n't fall as far or there are n't as many of them . |
| 30 | It is perhaps because they are both unique and at the same time a faithful continuation of ancestral traditions that oriental rugs are objects of allure and fascination for the West . |