Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] because [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He probably had a kind heart because he patted our shoulders as we climbed miserably into greasy dungarees . |
| 2 | These are the children who sometimes crack at university level because they are facing challenge for the first time in their lives . ’ |
| 3 | One intended to go to Gateshead college full time for a year to do five GCSEs , but was unable to get a grant or income support because she did not qualify under the 22-hour rule and so reluctantly decided to attend part time instead . |
| 4 | Travel rep Fiona cancelled plans to join her New Zealand born boy-friend CHRIS BUDGETT , 26 , on a trek of the Everest base camp because she did n't think she was in shape . |
| 5 | Unfortunately , London University 's proposal that the Witt should become self-financing comes just as the Getty computer programme is ending its support of the Witt Computer Index because it has changed its policy from building up a vast database of its own to producing systems for accessing other databases . |
| 6 | The last reason is a powerful one and could be a solution to the problem of trainees rejecting examples of teaching practice because it is too remote from their own situation . |
| 7 | *John wound up the toy car because it went . |
| 8 | *John wound up the toy car because it would go . |
| 9 | John wound up the toy car because he wanted it to go . |
| 10 | As it turned out , Jimmy raced his carburettor car because he preferred it , and led until the Climax blew up . |
| 11 | Well , wait a minute , I think maybe you do need a money adviser because I know what you 're doing with some of your money , you 're subsidising your staff meals through the County Council canteen . |
| 12 | Of the reasons why females so often fail to make it to the very top , two are basic : some of the best women managers do not achieve their full potential in business because they do not know how exceptional they are , and others fail to get a boardroom seat because they lack the confidence . |
| 13 | Erm , I do n't like long titles , and er , and erm , and I am wary also of the public protection words because I think they do infer , as , as was stated quite clearly at personnel , they do infer that the Chief Fire Officer 's somewhere in there as well , and he is n't . |
| 14 | The barley which is grown in the Borders is particularly useful to the whisky industry because it has a high starch and low nitrogen content . |
| 15 | The architects duly made economies , although they were dismayed that these had to include the reduction to a dwarf wall of the high wall intended for the street side of the car park because they felt that the omission of a high wall at this point would detract from the character of Rotherhithe Street . |
| 16 | Richmond Town Council believes The Fosse should be a long stay car park because it used by day trippers who spend their day at the riverside . |
| 17 | And of course we 've always had closed circuit television at the underground car park in Gloucester Green , and I had it from the words of another Conservative Councillor , Councillor Ann Spokes , that she always uses Gloucester Green car park because it is so safe and so secure . |
| 18 | Third , he said , the Big Six have a substantial revenue advantage because they are much more profitable than second tier firms . |
| 19 | The microcomputer is a means to an end and it provides an opportunity for developing search strategies because it is a unique storage medium which releases time for more cognitive skills within the information cycle of selecting , processing and communicating information and it is these educational skills which are valued by teachers and librarians . |
| 20 | Shooting at a slight angle to avoid the flash reflecting from the picture glass and cheating on the film speed setting because he was so close to the wall Maxim took three pictures of the man he had seen at the Abbey and one of every other recent-looking group or portrait . |
| 21 | I 'd like more drawing sessions because I like drawing and more football . |
| 22 | For example , if the patient says ‘ I can not possibly measure my own blood glucose because I am at work all day ’ , the patient might be lost if the doctor were to insist . |
| 23 | The really insidious and mischievous phrases are the well-established ones that come to mind unbidden because we have heard them so often . |
| 24 | we landed up with no idea of the description , on one of the pantomime performances because he would n't arrange the date and then |
| 25 | Hundreds of enthusiasts maintain their old Healeys in showroom condition because they feel that there 's never been another car like it . |
| 26 | For example , in the 1980s the UK appears to have hosted parts of an international car industry because it could provide a relatively cheap , disciplined and flexible labour force and , as a resuIt , the parts of the production process it could host were similar to those found in some Third World countries . |
| 27 | When I got my first job out of training it was at Worthing in a juvenile leading role and I got my Equity card because I had been chosen . |
| 28 | This is not a criticism of the reporting organizations because it simply reflects our ignorance of how to measure the relationships . |
| 29 | The Society had received assurances just before the Council meeting from John Pitts , Chairman of the Legal Aid Board , that the Board had no plans to move towards competitive tendering , and that ‘ there can be no question of franchise holders being compelled to participate in any competitive tendering exercise and no question of franchise holders being excluded from legal aid work because they choose not to participate in any competitive tendering exercise or do tender and fail ’ . |
| 30 | Swirling sand made visibility terrible — I had to fly the aircraft looking down through the side window because I could n't see ahead . |