Example sentences of "or [adv] because they " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Although my emotions were engaged , or perhaps because they were engaged , a flash of revelation lit my intellect . |
| 2 | Perhaps because they were suddenly aware that Madrid could fall to the rebels at any moment , or perhaps because they felt more confident with a government which now included representatives of all the Popular Front forces and the anarchists , the Republican troops rallied at that point and managed to slow down the Army of Africa 's advance on the capital . |
| 3 | At one time in the recent past , willow-pattern plates and dishes were very popular , but did people buy them for the sad story of the elopement they depicted , or only because they were fashionable at the time ? |
| 4 | Some may be misinformed because they misread their newspaper , or because their paper prints inaccurate information , or even because they do not believe what is printed in their paper . |
| 5 | Electors may put Labour in office because they hate the Tories or think it 's time for a change or even because they like Labour policies . |
| 6 | But a very tiny proportion will germinate , either because they are washed from the tree by rain , brushed out by the actions of wild creatures or even because they have not been fertilised . |
| 7 | The listeners tuned in to the German wavelengths because they found Joyce amusing unintentionally or for his anecdotes , or else because they wished to hear both sides of the argument , or even because they did not trust their own authorities to tell them the whole truth . |
| 8 | Whether because they had ceased to be pleased about her birthday or simply because they were tired , she did not know . |
| 9 | Producers responded to the critical backlash with a self-deceiving debate about whether British films did poorly because they were bad , or simply because they were suspected of being so . |
| 10 | Either because those in power simply underestimated the potential for resistance or simply because they believed they could in the end over-ride such resistance , industrial companies in conjunction with waste disposal firms ( and often in collusion with state health regulatory agencies ) dumped indiscriminately and with disregard for human health and life . ’ |
| 11 | Ninety per cent of women who visit the clinic with hair loss problems are deficient in iron through dieting or simply because they are run down or have been ill . |
| 12 | Your adult students have probably all got different reasons for learning English — to pass exams , to get a better job , for travel , or simply because they want to learn . |
| 13 | soc : … or simply because they remembered the patient . |
| 14 | Or simply because they had come so close to rescuing him ? |
| 15 | They are unpopular with teenage mothers , however , either because they do n't see the importance of going , or sometimes because they have been deterred by their experiences at classes where the other mothers are older and married . |
| 16 | One has the impression that the politicians have half-heartedly picked it up so as not to be left behind in the citizenship fashion-parade , or maybe because they have been prodded into rendering some kind of lip-service by their convinced academics . |
| 17 | It is very important that teenagers should never feel rejected by their parents , either because the parents really have given up on them or else because they treat them with coldness and apparent disapproval or dislike . |
| 18 | The listeners tuned in to the German wavelengths because they found Joyce amusing unintentionally or for his anecdotes , or else because they wished to hear both sides of the argument , or even because they did not trust their own authorities to tell them the whole truth . |