Example sentences of "[verb] because [pron] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The former can do no more than skim the surface of an area which has recently been very heavily mined ; the latter is included because I think that this theory , though recent , is more than a passing fashion and contains some insights into the nature of knowledge . |
| 2 | He lives because you wish him to . |
| 3 | Kim lives because I wish him to live . |
| 4 | An invalid care allowance is a benefit for people of working age who are unable to go out to work because they have the care of a severely disabled relative . |
| 5 | The likely consequence of this is that project after project will fail to work because you have used one or more faulty or otherwise unsuitable components . |
| 6 | And video 's moving pictures also help learners concentrate because they provide a focus of attention while they listen . |
| 7 | so it 's three comma three dash cos you have to indicate because you 've said die methile , you have to indicate where both of those groups are not just one . |
| 8 | For what it 's worth , I merely took the opportunity to discuss a radio-related matter with him when we happened to meet because I 've kept missing him at work these last couple of days . |
| 9 | The Inland Revenue does not need to prosecute because they have powers to exert penalties similar to a fine , and basically they want to get the money back . |
| 10 | Erm , I think probably I would support the recommendation as it stands because I do think that we need to have a trial to see if the end performance , and I very very much support the idea of the end performance , er in district . |
| 11 | And second , how dare she imply that those hundreds of thousands of people with a spinal injury throughout the world are not walking because they lack the will to do so . |
| 12 | Actually , on stage it 's also mixed because I put one Fender cab on top and a Marshall cab on the bottom and then a Marshall cab on top and a Fender cab on the bottom . |
| 13 | I am clear in my mind about racing — I race because I want to race and not to please the Spanish people . |
| 14 | The indirect effects of religious controversy on attitudes toward science have been stressed because they indicate the contingency of those attitudes at particular times and places . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm definitely less stressed because I do n't have to do the four things I was no good at — timesheets , billing , chasing debtors and doing my expenses ! ’ |
| 16 | Those remedies were added because we believe the payment of debt by manageable amounts to be more civilised than distraint . |
| 17 | They have come because they like my music and I owe them everything . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's the last thing Portadown needs because we 've tried in the last year to regenerate the town . ’ |
| 19 | Golfers often think they top because they lift their heads . |
| 20 | well for god 's sake , I mean I often wonder about people who make noise like this how they would feel if we did do the same , but I still say because we 've done our polystyrene insulation she ca n't hear us , it 's worked in the reverse ai n't it ? |
| 21 | He say because you let him stay with you , that do n't make you whore . |
| 22 | ‘ People say because I have a wife and baby I 'm not committed as before do n't believe them ’ |
| 23 | He considered the opportunity to participate in the project to have tied in well with curriculum trends he had been supporting across the school : This was something I very much wanted to encourage because I have a worry that in spite of everything one does in schools to make children aware of library facilities and how to use them , I think quite a lot of children may still leave school without personally having experienced the whole process of needing to find something out , going to a person who can tell them where to look , going , looking , finding it , and then using it . |
| 24 | A homogeneously broadened system saturates uniformly in frequency , so that the oscillation frequency , which clearly has maximum gain at threshold , retains its primacy as the laser saturates , preventing other frequencies from reaching threshold ( providing it is spatially uniform : in actual lasers higher-order transverse and adjacent longitudinal modes appear because they have different spatial structures from the dominant mode ) . |
| 25 | Policy-makers can not maximize because they do not have the requisite information ; instead they satisfice , that is , choose a course of action which is good enough to meet their desires . |
| 26 | One local resident commented at the time , ‘ Possibly this area may have been picked because they think they might meet least resistance from a depopulated area ’ . |
| 27 | No we were laughing because you 've got mayonnaise all round your mouth . |
| 28 | Consequently , Raymond spends his days trying to understand psychotic murderers ( ‘ they 're all bores because they see the rest of the world as flat , and extension of themselves ’ ) , serial killers ( ‘ invariably gifted men ’ ) and the police , for whom he has a particular sympathy . |
| 29 | I expect because they trust a fellow countryman — the Iranians have had bad experiences with supplies from abroad . |
| 30 | To this there is an instant response : it may be , but we do n't know because we have n't looked . |