Example sentences of "[adv] because [pron] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | on the road to Damascus and saved him , but he did , it was a tremendous surprise to the Apostle Paul that the Lord had saved him at all , he never got over it , he called himself the chief of sinners , but God 's grace , God 's mercy had been revealed to him , you and I when we get to heaven are in for a few surprises , the grace , the mercy of God is far broader and wider than our imagination , we 'll meet a lot of folk there that we did n't expect to see that leads me to a fourth proposition , not only will some be saved that we did not expect to be saved , but it 's clear that others will not be saved who expected to be saved there 's a passage in Luke thirteen , verses twenty five , let me read them again one the head of the house gets up and shuts the door you begin to stand outside and knock on the door saying Lord open up to us and then he will answer and say to you I do not know where you 're from , then you 'll begin to say we ate and drank in your presence , you taught in our streets , we know you Lord , we rubbed shoulders with you , we went to church , we experience those things , we knew the answers to the re to the questions but he will say I tell you I did not know where you are from , depart from me all you evil doers those words make it quite clear , here , there 's words of Jesus , there 's references to those who profess , to know the Lord Jesus Christ , but who do not in fact know him at all , they know bits and pieces about him , they 've seen him , you know it 's in its immediate context , they had seen him in the street , they had heard his teaching , there maybe those who had been fed by the , by the miraculous er multiplying of the loafs and the fishes , they had seen the miracle , some of them may have been healed by Jesus , they knew lots about him but they did not know him and he says I do not know you how many folk there are like this , they expect to be saved , perhaps because they go to church , perhaps because they 've got Christian parents , perhaps because they read their bible , perhaps because occasionally when they 're in trouble they prayer , they 've been confirmed , they 've been baptized , that , that they 're good , they 're honest , they 're not rogues , they would n't do a , a , a bad turn to somebody , not deliberately , they 're nice people but they , they do n't know the truth of what it says in God 's word , they do n't know the truth of Romans three and verse twenty because by the works of the Lord no flesh will be justified in his sight for through the law comes the knowledge of sin , does n't come the forgiveness of it , they do n't know the truth of Ephesians chapter two verses eight and nine for by grace you 've been saved through faith and that not of yourselves it 's the gift of God , not as a result of works that no one should boast , for we are his workmanship created in Christ Jesus for good works which God prepared before hand that we should walk in them , they do n't know the truth of er , er of Titus , chapter three and , and verse five where , where the apostle Paul says there , he saved us not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness , but according to his mercy , how tragic it is to expect to be saved , to think you 're going to heaven and in the end to find that you 're not saved and Jesus says they 'll be many like that in that day . |
| 2 | These sentences seem unnatural perhaps because they lack short words like in and the and because consequently their rhythmic foot structure is irregular . |
| 3 | Most common , perhaps because they show up more easily , are the timber-framed buildings which rested upon stone foundations ( D ) . |
| 4 | 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 . ’ |
| 5 | on the road to Damascus and saved him , but he did , it was a tremendous surprise to the Apostle Paul that the Lord had saved him at all , he never got over it , he called himself the chief of sinners , but God 's grace , God 's mercy had been revealed to him , you and I when we get to heaven are in for a few surprises , the grace , the mercy of God is far broader and wider than our imagination , we 'll meet a lot of folk there that we did n't expect to see that leads me to a fourth proposition , not only will some be saved that we did not expect to be saved , but it 's clear that others will not be saved who expected to be saved there 's a passage in Luke thirteen , verses twenty five , let me read them again one the head of the house gets up and shuts the door you begin to stand outside and knock on the door saying Lord open up to us and then he will answer and say to you I do not know where you 're from , then you 'll begin to say we ate and drank in your presence , you taught in our streets , we know you Lord , we rubbed shoulders with you , we went to church , we experience those things , we knew the answers to the re to the questions but he will say I tell you I did not know where you are from , depart from me all you evil doers those words make it quite clear , here , there 's words of Jesus , there 's references to those who profess , to know the Lord Jesus Christ , but who do not in fact know him at all , they know bits and pieces about him , they 've seen him , you know it 's in its immediate context , they had seen him in the street , they had heard his teaching , there maybe those who had been fed by the , by the miraculous er multiplying of the loafs and the fishes , they had seen the miracle , some of them may have been healed by Jesus , they knew lots about him but they did not know him and he says I do not know you how many folk there are like this , they expect to be saved , perhaps because they go to church , perhaps because they 've got Christian parents , perhaps because they read their bible , perhaps because occasionally when they 're in trouble they prayer , they 've been confirmed , they 've been baptized , that , that they 're good , they 're honest , they 're not rogues , they would n't do a , a , a bad turn to somebody , not deliberately , they 're nice people but they , they do n't know the truth of what it says in God 's word , they do n't know the truth of Romans three and verse twenty because by the works of the Lord no flesh will be justified in his sight for through the law comes the knowledge of sin , does n't come the forgiveness of it , they do n't know the truth of Ephesians chapter two verses eight and nine for by grace you 've been saved through faith and that not of yourselves it 's the gift of God , not as a result of works that no one should boast , for we are his workmanship created in Christ Jesus for good works which God prepared before hand that we should walk in them , they do n't know the truth of er , er of Titus , chapter three and , and verse five where , where the apostle Paul says there , he saved us not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness , but according to his mercy , how tragic it is to expect to be saved , to think you 're going to heaven and in the end to find that you 're not saved and Jesus says they 'll be many like that in that day . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Take-up is lower among medium-sized companies ‘ perhaps because they feel their profile is too low to attract many claims or that their shareholding is so tightly controlled they wo n't come up against too many disgruntled shareholders who are the main source of claim in this country . ’ |
| 9 | Some may have lied deliberately , perhaps out of boredom , perhaps out of mischief , perhaps because they consider pollsters an impertinent nuisance . |
| 10 | ‘ 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ( 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 . ) |
| 13 | Some people are very mistrustful of machines , perhaps because they have had bad experiences with them and are therefore nervous about using them . |
| 14 | In some years a committee chair and his or her chief officer win a particularly favourable share of the pie , perhaps because they have a popular or long-delayed major scheme to launch . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | ‘ My doctor , ’ he said , ‘ has told me that because we are both very depressive types of people , perhaps because we know what life is about that I should n't meet people who were the same way as I am and get depressed about things . ’ |
| 18 | However we do n't always acknowledge them in ourselves , perhaps because we have been hurt from a past experience . |
| 19 | Of course , if we put too low a price on the asset we are selling , perhaps because we want large queues of buyers for this asset so we can claim how popular it is , we make a loss on the sale and you make a profit . |
| 20 | Now if anyone asks if you feel for any sense that perhaps some of these routines have perhaps got a bit of become inappropriate in some way , perhaps because you 're teaching a different type of child , or perhaps because you 've got rather different educational aims , they 've changed for some reason , then it 's like asking someone to go back to being a novice again in some senses to change . |
| 21 | If , nevertheless , your job does come under threat , perhaps because you suffer disablement which makes fulfilling your original job description very difficult , it may be worth urging your employer to consider whether your duties can be revised so that you can cope and continue to make a worthwhile contribution to the success of the business . |
| 22 | The Christmas period is highly charged , perhaps because you sense the drum beat of change in 1993 . |
| 23 | If you physically vacate your home and let it for profit — perhaps because you have decided to live permanently with a friend — under tax law , the property would be treated as an investment and subject to certain exemptions would be assessed for CGT when it was sold . |
| 24 | ‘ Perhaps because I 've always thought it might be nice to have a honeymoon in Venice . ’ |
| 25 | Now , perhaps because I 've had a baby , friends talk to me about sex , or about their relationships with their boyfriends , where before they would n't . |
| 26 | Or perhaps because I 've lulled her with bedtime stories embroidering our favourite theme : once upon a time there was a girl named Gittel , who had a curse called down upon her … |
| 27 | ‘ I make no judgments on man or woman , perhaps because I make no judgments on myself — or my wife I 've managed to preserve a friendship between husband and wife living thousands of miles apart , and that 's nae a bad achievement . ’ |
| 28 | Perhaps because I do n't touch-type I did have a problem . |
| 29 | ‘ Perhaps because I do n't wish to be shot . ’ |
| 30 | The Anniversary Organising Committee had felt that a clock should be commissioned to replace the one which had been stolen , and perhaps because I have for some years specialised in the reproduction of historic clocks , my name was one of those considered . |