Example sentences of "because on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Prior to that time retirement ages for men and women were the same , and this meant that a man retiring at 65 often had to support himself and his wife on a single-rate pension , because on average women were younger than their husbands . |
| 2 | Before I left , I expressed the hope that he could pay another visit to Oxford , though this time a purely private one , and I see that I wrote to him repeating this towards the end of term — the final term — because on 17 June he replied to my home address : |
| 3 | Smart 's friends were not all alienated by his misfortune , because on 26 January 1759 David Garrick presented a successful benefit for him , acting a leading part himself , at Drury Lane , and Newbery and Carnan published one of the plays performed , also for Smart 's benefit . |
| 4 | An entry in the charges register disclosed that it was subject to restrictive covenants imposed by a deed of 1883 but did not reveal what those covenants were , because on first registration neither the deed nor a copy or abstract of it had been produced . |
| 5 | Because on many jobs certainly smaller jobs , er the resident engineer or the project engineer would |
| 6 | Perhaps that role for the Scottish TUCC is being rejected because on many occasions it has been reactive rather than taking the initiative . |
| 7 | That will mean an enormous shift in the centre of gravity in Europe towards the north — something that we in Britain should heartily welcome , because on many issues , our approach , or at least , that of Labour Members , has much in common with the countries of northern Europe . |
| 8 | However , his attempts to deflect attention away from his private life has rather backfired because on one occasion to distract a rather persistent journalist he assured him that he was ‘ heavily into drugs and loved having sex with Chihuahuas . ’ |
| 9 | Because on one wheel is more fun than riding on two . |
| 10 | so if the experts e actually gave me galloping schizophrenia because on one |
| 11 | Er , but even so the running boards did look very complicated because on one half an hour he 'd probably go and do a Six A run , another one a Six B run , a Two and a Four . |
| 12 | It is also conceded that many viewers will want to see the match and that ITV were in a tricky position because on that weekend in February they are planning to screen a Littlewoods Cup semi-final . |
| 13 | Careful cos it 's all in the lid , I think he needs help because on that lid take , take it off it will all flop out |
| 14 | The hair rig has been a great leveller of angling ability and because on most waters it is self-hooking this can often lead to complacency on the angler 's part . |
| 15 | I mention the food stores because on this occasion they were to prove important . |
| 16 | Because on this occasion the fame seemed such a foregone conclusion , there was less talk than usual about its progress , which was a disappointment to those on our side who desperately wanted to be able to display modesty about their achievements . |
| 17 | In some ways as regards the , the layout and the appearance of the thing I tend to prefer this version because on this one erm if we have a look at that there 's just like l oh my God loads of numbers oh no |
| 18 | Just a mi , matter of interest where do you come from because on this dictionary thing I 'm supposed to put down what people 's local accent is ? |
| 19 | erm well I mean I think there 's a problem for adults as well as children in that we I do n't think it 's helpful to cover ourselves in guilt about erm what happens to the suffering that other people experience , arguably erm in order to maintain us in the living standards , you know , we 've learned to expect , but at the same time I think that the situation in the world is only tolerable to us psychologically because on some level we convince ourselves that erm those people who are starving and those children who are in a hysterically trying to keep themselves out of the way of shrapnel and hiding night after night in freezing cold shelters in Baghdad are not really people and not really children in the same way that we 're people and our children are children , and do n't feel things in the same way . |
| 20 | Now this overround tends to be larger in fields with a large number of runners , and also tends to be larger in these popular races , so that at times when there 's lots of money around the bookies , of course , and we expect them to do this , are very careful to make sure that the odds are well in their favour , because on these races where there 's lots of money staked their risk is higher . |