Example sentences of "[prep] because it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This kind of sexism can be ( and has been ) noted , but it is hard to get rid of because it occurs in ‘ unregulated ’ contexts : nobody has made or written down a rule saying that women can be addressed as ‘ dearie ’ or referred to as ‘ bitches ’ . |
| 2 | Hank came in and did a lot of recordings , which I was glad of because it gave me some relief . |
| 3 | It sounds quite Jack Bruce-y in fact , with a pronounced ‘ honky ’ mid , which I actually quite like because it cuts through at a gig . ’ |
| 4 | Something one does without properly thinking about because it helps a friend out . |
| 5 | The threshold of one third of shareholdings was decided upon because it gives a minority blocking vote in certain companies , and as such it would be unfair to the other investors in a company to allow a party to acquire a significant interest in a company ‘ on the cheap ’ in this manner . |
| 6 | That certainly is a very hopeful suggestion which we 're most interested in because it does look as if the P L C will succeed and if it does then we shall have our full seven million pounds . |
| 7 | In reply , Freud considers the rationalist argument that murder is not engaged in because it makes social life impossible if anyone is allowed to murder anyone else . |
| 8 | The Isle of Wight cable does without because it transmits monomode signals on a long wavelength ( 1300 nm ) . |
| 9 | Industry watchdog Lautro could have banned the company from selling investment products altogether , but decided not to because it had been co-operative and had acted promptly to beef up its sales methods . |
| 10 | Charles pointed out that Aimee could consider going even shorter in the future to emphasise fully her delicate bone structure , a feature which her old hairstyle had failed to draw attention to because it had tended to drag her face downwards . |
| 11 | Often I stay longer in the shop than I mean to because it smells so good . |