Example sentences of "their [noun] because they " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course its members gain because they work in the service , but they put forward their views because they want to make sure that the service does not collapse under the strain and we do not have a repetition of the destruction that we saw at Strangeways . |
| 2 | Subordinates who accept the instructions of their superiors because they recognize its legitimacy rather than because they fear coercion are participating in the transformation of power into authority ( Pfeffer 198 1 , pp. 4–5 ) . |
| 3 | Other navies might stick to the old tactics of trying to board enemy ships and capture them , or concentrate on firing at the masts and rigging in the hope that successful shooting would disable the other side , but the English preferred to shoot into the hulls of their enemies because they knew that with enough time and enough shot they would destroy their opponents . |
| 4 | As children with special educational needs grow in reading competence , increasing demands are made on their skills because they are expected to learn through reading . |
| 5 | Of course you may get some probably some very good people a added , I do n't know wh wh wh they 'll be none of us knows , er they 're are going to nowhere that they 're going to get their expenses , they 're also going to get their allowances , I do n't know what those allowances will be er and I would n't assume that they 're necessarily going to lessen their independents because they receive allowances , but it is weakened , it is weakening the powers of the local institutions which are an essential part of our democratic society in this country . |
| 6 | An example of this was given in Chapter 4 , concerning female users with children who did not seek help from their GP because they assumed a direct link between the GP and social services . |
| 7 | I 'm sure , but they 're many of them are concerned about their budget because they live off a fixed pension |
| 8 | but that 's their weakness because they ca n't take , they ca n't take the stock |
| 9 | The government banned compulsory dipping in June 1992 , but most farmers still dip their sheep because they risk prosecution if disease breaks out among their herds . |
| 10 | ‘ Meaning ’ atheists do not make the claim that language about God is incommunicable either — in their case because they do not regard it as emanating from a philosophical No Go area labelled ‘ metaphysics ’ that is pronounced to be beyond the bounds of sense . |
| 11 | And a lot have had to close their lists because they have so many would-be clients . ’ |
| 12 | They get cheaper insurance rates because their accident records are better ; they have fewer problems with their cars because they do n't thrash them ; and they probably expend far less nervous energy when they are driving , because they treat it like any other domestic activity . |
| 13 | The Palestinian Arabs left their homes because they were frightened , often because they had heard stories — accounts which were perfectly true — of the massacre of Arab civilians by Jewish gangs . |
| 14 | If that were not enough , there has been a 72 per cent increase in the number of people thrown out of their homes because they could not afford their mortgage repayments . |
| 15 | Many hard working people have lost their homes because they have lost their jobs or because their businesses have gone bust . |
| 16 | Supporting her , other women who say they could also lose their homes because they 're separated from their RAF husbands . |
| 17 | Police hunting a man who raped a woman at Swindon college have widened their search because they believe he may have moved out of town . |
| 18 | But someone wrote to say we 'd lost their vote because they were so appalled by Laura 's late hours ! ’ |
| 19 | ( The Congress in fact voted on April 21 to deprive four deputies , including Industry Minister , Aleksandr Titkin , of their mandate because they occupied government posts . ) |
| 20 | And the point is that all this is good , fair and equitable if you start from the conventional wisdom that : housewives do n't need money of their own because they are supported by their husbands ; they are supported by their husbands because they are dependants ; and they are dependants because they ‘ do n't work ’ . |
| 21 | Is the Minister aware , for example , of the considerable number of Territorial Army members who served in the Gulf , including over 20 from the constituency of my hon. Friend the Member for Kilmarnock and Loudoun ( Mr. McKelvey ) , who have been refused their bounty because they did not serve their annual camp — precisely because they were in the Gulf for over 51 days ? |
| 22 | They have been informed that they do not qualify for their bounty because they have spent insufficient days at summer camp , despite serving 51 days in the Gulf . |
| 23 | Purkinje and hippocampal neurons are noted for their plasticity because they show long-term changes in neural transmission following certain stimulus regimes . |
| 24 | sending their mail to erm Body Shop er , they 'd been grooming their nails because they 've heard that the Body shops , in the paper the other day erm are paying ten pounds per nail if your nail 's an inch long , you know , so you cut this talon off if it 's an inch long and they had loads and loads of them sent in envelopes or people just ringing up and asking can we send our nail , ten pound a nail and they said , where the rumour started from these people had heard that because they do n't do erm experiments on animals any more they 're using nails to do experiments , the nail polish and that |
| 25 | She tells how the women came to the factory beaten by their husbands and how some were scared to be downgraded in their work because they feared a beating from husbands who would think that they were holding some money back . |
| 26 | What about the sweatshops of Korea , or the rich Kuwaiti women who buy merely for their own pleasure and hide their couture gowns under their abayas because they are not allowed to display themselves … it 's a far cry from the fashion world as it is usually depicted , it could make fascinating copy . |
| 27 | Some people who have become severely deafened do not wear rubber soles on their shoes because they can only feel the vibration through the floor when wearing leather soles . |
| 28 | A COUPLE who delayed their marriage because they were refused planning permission to build a home are appealing to the Department of the Environment . |
| 29 | Senior personnel officer Liz Tait said : ‘ People who come to the party always say they have the time of their lives because they can mix with their former workmates and also have the opportunity to participate in a ware sale . ’ |
| 30 | Despite this , there are instances of visually handicapped pupils who do much for themselves in overcoming their limitations because they are really interested in taking part in sport . |