Example sentences of "because it [vb -s] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The council 's findings must be quite damning , because it refuses to tell anyone what they are . |
| 2 | The man who kicks his car because it refuses to start ( and he has not checked the petrol gauge ) is not unlike the toddler who kicks the table for walking into him . |
| 3 | Gunpowder is not used in rifles because it produces smoke an leaves a residue in the barrel . |
| 4 | Obviously this second variant will tend to become common , because it happens to manipulate streams to its own ‘ advantage ’ . |
| 5 | The earth does not spin on its axis for profit , the sun does not shine because it happens to have shares in a household firm . |
| 6 | I know Japan is the country everyone points to , but it is the favourite one because it happens to show all the deficiencies of forecasting and combatting rivalry that are available . |
| 7 | Well you 'll just have to cry Bryony because you 're going to have them on because it keeps raining . |
| 8 | Because it keeps happening , boys and girls in their summer holiday keep get getting taken away by people they do n't know and nasty things done to them . |
| 9 | When Patrick was asked if he thought it was balanced , he replied ‘ No , because it keeps over-balancing ’ . |
| 10 | However , it is worth considering because it does offer , at least in theory , an alternative . |
| 11 | ‘ More and more women are considering this type of career because it does offer equal opportunities . |
| 12 | Tt yeah yeah erm yeah I mean it 's interesting when you come to attitudes to parenthood erm I think that 's quite an important issue because it does tap into a whole range of things about erm you know kind of er suspicions that somehow if gay or lesbian people raise children then the children 'll either be , you know , sort of corrupted or converted themselves |
| 13 | Okay well if you do n't mind my I have to er because it does affect whether you 're you 're gon na be able to erm sometimes earn the right money . |
| 14 | I 'll read it aloud because it does make it I think it makes it stick in your mind more . |
| 15 | text here because it does make it that little bit more interesting and people are likely to think , oh ! |
| 16 | It is very important to have the local member present to say his thing , because it does inform and influence outcomes . |
| 17 | I mean , you think you give birth and you 're forgotten , I mean your health visitor visits your baby , and then you 've got the baby blues , and we we are trying to do something to get them to help and warn people about when they are pregnant it can happen because it does start then , not after you 've had the baby , it builds up and them wham , it hits you ! |
| 18 | And it is plausible that they should , because it does appear that the game is a true Prisoner 's Dilemma , albeit a somewhat complicated one . |
| 19 | And I do plead with this Committee to erm , let this go forward because it does mean that we will get our community centre up and running erm , in the spring with the assistance of this Committee . |
| 20 | Because it does mean then that that traffic er on the western side of Harrogate can get out to the western relief road as there 's no need then to go on the urban roads in Harrogate . |
| 21 | Fergie , defending PFA Footballer of the Year Pallister , said : ‘ Gary wo n't ignore the criticism because it does hurt . |
| 22 | Simply because it does give a numerical score , rather than the subjective impression given by an interview , credit scoring may give a spurious and therefore dangerous impression of accuracy . |
| 23 | Meanwhile , the bureaucracy , both civil and military , grows from strength to strength because it does fulfil the requirements of the post colonial state . |
| 24 | Round about , as a erm a ball park figure , because it does vary on the dealer 's claims rate , but you 'd be looking at about a hundred and seventy five . |
| 25 | The reason for its transfer is unclear , because it does seem to belong to the Auriga pattern , whereas Taurus has no obvious shape at all . |
| 26 | But it differs in not talking about reasons ; and this is a virtue because it does seem possible that there should be justified belief without reasons . |
| 27 | I think sometimes it would be better to call it cobra because it does seem to have a very er er deadly sting as far as Lincolnshire 's concerned at the moment . |
| 28 | Any company that that is n't in the business of paying claims is not going to be around anyway and I am concerned about the attitude of Roy because it does seem to be extremely one sided . |
| 29 | Chairman , can I say briefly that the merger and I 'm quite pleased that we 've finally er there is a death knell to this this awful word , it 's been bandied on for far too long , it 's been perhaps the single most controversial issue that has been debated by this authority along with some other mediocre issues and no one here would not admit er to the fact that it has been opposed on such massive scale and even today we 've had a further petition of three hundred and ninety five people opposing er this this this dreadful merger decision that was hanging over the er the the two centres and I 'm pleased that er this this er amendment , this er er erm this petition was brought forward today because it does indicate the continuing support and opposition to er the the kind of things that we should be doing and and those that we should n't . |
| 30 | Can I , can I connect this with the notes , because it does raise the point about er , the judges , whether they should have retired er earlier , and it also involves another matter , I think . |