Example sentences of "because they are [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They affront the ‘ enlightened reader ’ because they are about reality and because they demand sympathy , compassion and remedial action , qualities which are always in short supply . |
| 2 | A number of tags are missing from the Text710 tagset because they are for word types that are not found in dictionaries . |
| 3 | Nobody has been able to identify the houses , partly because they are of a very common design that appears all over London . |
| 4 | We have simultaneously slipped back into a compromising embrace with the very form of instrumental utilitarianism which got the world into such a mess in the first place : that things are of value because they are of value to us , not because they are of value in themselves . |
| 5 | We have simultaneously slipped back into a compromising embrace with the very form of instrumental utilitarianism which got the world into such a mess in the first place : that things are of value because they are of value to us , not because they are of value in themselves . |
| 6 | Should the local authority refuse to initiate formal proceedings for some reason , perhaps because they are of the opinion that the odour does not amount to a statutory nuisance or they themselves are causing the offending odour , then an individual complainant may himself take summary action under s.99 of the Public Health Act 1936 , ( see Chapter 3 ) but may not bring proceedings in the High Court . |
| 7 | Certain of the various inert gas isotopes have to be excluded , some because they are of sufficiently low mass to escape in appreciable quantities from the terrestrial planets , others because they are produced by the radioactive decay of isotopes of elements other than inert gases , and others for both reasons . |
| 8 | Where the " we " -groups are exogamous , as is very often the case , the " we/they " distinction corresponds exactly to the distinction " those with whom we may not intermarry because they are of common substance with us " / " those with whom we may intermarry because they are not of common substance with us " . |
| 9 | To first order in we obtain with the help of eqn ( 7.3 ) excluding the products in Γ because they are of order h 2 . |
| 10 | In Figure 4.13 LECTURER and SUBJECT are known as ‘ siblings ’ because they are of the same level but of different types . |
| 11 | ‘ They were all appointed because they are of such standing in the worlds in which their reputations were made that they will never kowtow to proprietors or editors . ’ |
| 12 | yes , well , er I follow that , but I 'm sorry I put it rather badly Mr forgive me , part of your defence against the claim by er relates to erm these agreements , you must say that these agreements erm because they are of the standard form are anti competitive and therefore they or part of them are void , erm building on that presumably your defence says or employs er that because erm , you know there void , I du n no perhaps you can tell me this erm , all , all the er all parts of the void , all the power of the agent , the agreements with regard to premium trust funds and the like , er are also unenforceable as between er the erm name and his er members agent , erm and in consequence of that you say , as I understand it , er that that is , all that cause be lost which you can neither set up as a defence to claim under the central bi-law or at least as a set up or counterclaim , I just wanted to explore this aspect of it , erm , as to the consequences of your plea , does it mean that clause nine is put on one side wholly or to an extent in the latter case to what extent ? |
| 13 | It does prevent us from assuming that students are being educated because they are at a university , irrespective of what their studies are . |
| 14 | This is because they are at the same stages in their evolution . |
| 15 | In his opening address to the special session Kaifu promised to submit legislation to prevent any recurrence of the securities scandals , which he described as " most deplorable not only because they … have seriously undermined general investor trust worldwide in the integrity of our stock markets , but also because they are at variance with our ideal of a fair society " . |
| 16 | Private ‘ lawn ’ graves can also be bought , which are cheaper , because they are on grass , and only a simple headstone can be erected . |
| 17 | And , if you do believe in the continuation of the spirit , you have the added comfort of knowing that there is no such thing as ‘ never ’ and that people do not stop loving one another just because they are on different planes . |
| 18 | The first — the male voyeurism or ‘ disco-bar ’ hypothesis — suggests that males are more vigilant than females and have higher peeking rates because they are on the look-out for promiscuous copulations with females ( as well as watching for predators ) . |
| 19 | Neither can play ‘ competitive matches ’ because they are on trial . |
| 20 | ‘ It 's going to be very difficult against Wales because they are on the way up and we know we have got to play well to win . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ We always end up losing some of the group during the factory tour because they are off chatting to old friends . ’ |
| 22 | And the local authorities also we have government policy again we have the situation that Wage Councils which have agreed increases for our members within the prison service , do n't know whether they 'll be allowed to implement them because they are over the one and a half percent . |
| 23 | Hidden agendas , precisely because they are under cover , are often difficult to detect . |
| 24 | It can be equally disastrous for them and for others if they make a permanent arrangement on impulse and encourage a relative or friend to give up their own home and move in with them because they are under stress and feel that they may not be able to continue to live alone . |
| 25 | The capitalists are themselves forced continually to maximise profits and maximise exploitation of the workers , because they are under pressure of competition and hit by economic crises . |
| 26 | Continentals are unable to be butlers because they are as a breed incapable of the emotional restraint which only the English race are capable of . |
| 27 | But it says that the surviving mudflats may be needed in future because they are near deep water and could make good sites for factories that are served by ships . |
| 28 | The critic is also likely to spot the gaps in a group show , when the best works are not being shown , say perhaps because they are in private collections . |
| 29 | After new talks succeeded , Ball said : ‘ Sometimes agents ’ demands exceed what the players want but , because they are in their stable , they have to take advice from these gentlemen . |
| 30 | Johnson adds that the definition excludes them because they are in love . |