Example sentences of "because it is [verb] that [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | one which does not exclude the bailor from possession , an action for conversion against a third person is maintainable by either bailor or bailee ; by the bailee because he is in possession , by the bailor because it is said that his title to the goods draws with it the right to possession , that the bailee is something like his servant and that the possession of the one is equivalent to that of the other . |
| 2 | This is usually because it is felt that they can not cope with anything at a higher level or with more demanding work — they ‘ can not concentrate ’ , ‘ can not transfer knowledge from one situation to another ’ , ‘ can not remember from one day to the next ’ , ‘ can not cope with sequential tasks ’ , ‘ get confused by experiencing more than one way of doing something ’ , and most definitely ‘ can not do fractions ’ . |
| 3 | Controversial figures in public life , such as Winston Churchill , Richard Nixon , Indira Gandhi , Martin Luther King , T. S. Eliot and many others , will probably attract biographers for years to come because it is felt that there are still new things to be said about them , new perspectives from which their work can be seen , and new interpretations of politics or the arts in which their contributions should be judged . |
| 4 | To some extent , this will be done simply because it is felt that it is more efficient , or at least administratively convenient , to handle matters in this way — the matters delegated may be ephemeral , needing constant change ; or technical , requiring expertise . |
| 5 | As with his genealogical history , Foucault 's meditations on power are not themselves without problems , but reactions to them can also be too hastily dismissive , often because it is assumed that they are proposed as a general theory . |
| 6 | Thus , for example , the disabled wife ( or cohabitee ) can only draw the Non-contributory Invalidity Pension if she is unable to perform normal ( as defined by the DHSS ) household duties , regardless of whether housework is her normal profession , regardless of the fact that men and single women only have to prove inability to do paid work to qualify for the pension ; and conversely , the Invalid Care Allowance , for people who lose their incomes because they must stay at home and care for a sick relative , is not payable to wives ( or cohabitees ) because it is assumed that they would be at home in any case ! |
| 7 | Meteorites are studied in the laboratory because it is thought that their chemical composition is showing us quite accurately the chemical composition of the Solar System at the time of its formation . |
| 8 | In Texas , farmers encourage feral pigs ( which are also hunted — on horseback , with the assistance of specially bred ‘ hog dogs ’ ) because it is thought that they eradicate snakes . |
| 9 | But if its harmful effects are ignored because it is thought that they are too generalised , too subjective or too difficult to tackle , then unnecessary ill-health will continue to occur . |