Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] because [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a good place to find carrion because cars used that road occasionally and no doubt caught voles and such creatures in their wheels . |
| 2 | She feels people in Scotland who have lost their jobs are not so eager to find work because wages are low , whereas in the States people are prepared to do two or three part-time jobs to support themselves . |
| 3 | It will be almost impossible for photographers to sneak pictures of her there although the guide says : ‘ It is advisable for guests to draw their curtains if they want privacy because footpaths lead past many of the rooms . ’ |
| 4 | This is called the Western Wall , popularly called the Wailing Wall because Jews bewail the destruction of the Temple there . |
| 5 | Even on weekdays there were problems in booking caddies because members who , say , arrived at lunchtime might discover that all the caddies were out on the course , and there was no way of telling whether they were also booked for the afternoon ! |
| 6 | Yet — and this is probably the most powerful message to Americans — in the depth of a recession , with a government looking tired and error-prone , the Conservatives probably clinched victory because Britons like and trust Mr Major more than Mr Kinnock . |
| 7 | Will he take steps to ensure that buses have greater priority over other road users and to eliminate one of the major causes of road congestion in London — the long time that it takes to get passengers loaded on to one-man operated buses because drivers have to give change to passengers ? |
| 8 | We have recently moved to an area of Norfolk that is infested with holiday homes : our village is rendered lifeless for half the year , and local people find it impossible to afford homes because prices have been forced up by the greater buying power of outsiders . |
| 9 | This can make it difficult for management to exercise control because orders tend to become more distorted as they pass through more layers ; 90 per cent compliance at each stage in the hierarchy implies less than 50 per cent compliance from one end to the other over seven stages ( see Williamson , 1975 , ch. 3 ) . |
| 10 | In practice , workers under the age of 20 do not receive payments and this especially affects women because girls have tended to leave full-time education earlier than boys . |
| 11 | So , pluralists argue that if those of economic wealth are not directly involved in public policy-making then this is some kind of proof that they lack political power , but if poorer people are not directly involved then it is suggested that they are satisfied and enjoy power because politicians will " anticipate " their concerns and they themselves possess the " potential " to organise for their own advantage . |
| 12 | An excess of receipts over payments can not be called income because receipts might include capital receipts . |
| 13 | This questioning is of direct relevance to press coverage because reporters use the courtroom as a major source of their information for their writing . |
| 14 | Manufacturing fewer units than can be sold either reduces revenue because orders are not accepted or makes for late deliveries if they are . |
| 15 | Initial collection needed the greatest care and early in his correspondence with Bartram , Collinson expressed disappointment because plants of Cypripedium , ladies slipper , had not survived transport for want of proper attention at the outset . |
| 16 | Darwinian , genetical evolution takes place because genes are passed on from one generation to the next , and if some genes build better bodies than others , they are favoured by natural selection , become commoner , and evolutionary change will take place . |
| 17 | Small and medium-sized practices around the country are facing problems because audits are increasingly unprofitable , a survey by the Management Information Centre has revealed . |
| 18 | You can not write a book to tell people exactly how to do things because things change all the time . |
| 19 | He says that he only takes pike because eels have become inedible due to pollution . |
| 20 | It is now , however , less abundant in intensively farmed countryside because herbicides have robbed it of weed seeds to eat , and the old farm buildings and ancient hollow trees where it nested have frequently disappeared . |
| 21 | There must be some better talent in the lower divisions , I do nt hold much hope of getting Cook because Wolves seem to have found a few quid recently and would certainly put a silly price on him . |
| 22 | This is equivalent to credit rationing because banks would like to continue lending the £40 billion ( or even more ) , but are being prevented from doing so by the authorities . |
| 23 | The other end of the main corridor , with the classrooms , dining room and library , he called Hardside because lifewas hard at that end of the school . |
| 24 | Abattoirs which concentrate on supplying beef to the domestic market have hit problems because retailers are unable to pass back their high procurement costs . |
| 25 | ‘ I know I have to watch Josephine because men are always after her . ’ |
| 26 | She is also claiming compensation because doctors had to carry out a lifesaving hysterectomy . |
| 27 | The conquerors say they were obliged to take Visegrad because Muslims were persecuting Serbs . |
| 28 | Dot-density diagrams are still the most common method of portraying results because features such as walls , which give high readings , show up as dark lines . |
| 29 | The officers said innocent men 's lives had been put at risk and their families had been forced to move house because identities had been disclosed . |
| 30 | Neutrons help to stabilise nuclei because neutrons when closely packed also feel strong attractions , both to other neutrons and to protons , but being electrically neutral neutrons do not suffer from the electrical disruption , so the strong attraction effectively works better for them . |