Example sentences of "[vb pp] 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 ! ’ |
| 5 | Those remedies were added because we believe the payment of debt by manageable amounts to be more civilised than distraint . |
| 6 | They have come because they like my music and I owe them everything . |
| 7 | 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 ’ . |
| 8 | Not to sort of well you , you ca n't be blamed because I mean yo , in the innocent you were actually going because of the concert . |
| 9 | It could also well be the case that to allege that sponsorship and consultancy are permitted because they offer a lucrative source of additional income would be a contempt . |
| 10 | We 're seeing the end of a long period of Cold War which effectively the West have won because they have kept their defences up , er and I think as Tom King , he was out here last week , has said we need to keep a strong force here to make sure that the Soviets keep their side of the bargain and er start a withdrawal at some stage . |
| 11 | eighty nine thousand , I need another go round and another thousand pound and I 've won because I 've got me two thingybobs |
| 12 | If the system is so ‘ sophisticated ’ that outside organisations are handling our magazine and problems like the one in Autumn occur why bother with that system ? why not go back to good old postage stamps ? … the reason is because we commenced distribution by Royal Mail 's ‘ Presstream ’ at the beginning of 1992 which involves the sender sorting all its UK mail into postcode order , the benefit being considerable savings from two discounts , firstly the Presstream pricing is lower than the standard postage rate and secondly an extra discount is earned because we have done the sorting instead of Royal Mail . |
| 13 | Which was not organized because we do n't know anyone |
| 14 | The trouble is , men 's emotions are generally misunderstood because they do n't talk openly about their feelings . |
| 15 | We may use physical methods of measuring light intensity that are apparently independent of our subjective experience — for instance photosensitive cells — but these are accepted because they correlate to a greater or lesser degree , under normal circumstances , with subjective experiences of brightness . |
| 16 | Otherwise candidates which are acceptable may be rejected because they do not occur in the source , and alternatives which are not acceptable may be accepted because they appear in the source and provide a good fit , even though they are not characteristic of the material being processed . |
| 17 | Robins , clutching the ball after his first senior hat-trick , said : ‘ Comparisons are bound to be made because I 've just scored three on TV and United are struggling . |
| 18 | He knows they have been defeated because they have offended God in some serious way , and become the victims of his anger . |
| 19 | Many keen to set up in business will also be hampered because they have been unable to build up capital . |
| 20 | Woolly alder aphids are so named because they produce clumps of woolly wax from their bodies . |
| 21 | I am surprised whenever a good novel comes to be written because I understand the odds it was written against . |
| 22 | England tour manager Bob Bennett said : ‘ He has been selected because we feel his experience will be an advantage to the side in this particular game . ’ |
| 23 | Please note that , whilst the above are not actual statements made by a serious accident victim , they have been selected because we believe they give a fair representation of the kind of problems which may occur after an accident . |
| 24 | The above examples of culturally defined behaviour have been selected because they differ considerably from behaviour patterns in Western society . |
| 25 | These are selected because they have characteristics close to early social group work practice : the operationalization of values ; and a detailed method of enquiry . |
| 26 | Chairman erm I know from my own experience elsewhere that er car boot sales are a cause of great concern and I , I wo n't repeat what various other small local firms have said because I agree with all their comments . |
| 27 | It can not be applied because we lack the starting point — a law of gravitation consistent with SR . |
| 28 | Certainly I hope they take that into consideration when we do the er annual report and what we 've done because we have n't been half as active as what we have in the past , |
| 29 | We do n't know what the Department of Transport have done because they refuse to tell us . |
| 30 | There is a lot of training to be done because you have to be at peak fitness . |