Example sentences of "[noun] because it [vb past] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He chose a child as his lover because it fed that ego ; he lost her because he never cottoned on to the fact that children are children , no matter how grown-up they might appear . |
| 2 | Marx condemned capitalism because it frustrated human potential and self-actualization , but believed it was a necessary stage in human dialectical development . |
| 3 | The NMA argued from the outset for a negotiated settlement , in part because of a fear that intransigence might lead to total defeat and in part because it had little money with which to fight the strike following the run-down of its funds during the 1921 lockout . |
| 4 | She resented the claim because it raised some barrier between them . |
| 5 | The Great Storm was a setback to woodland conservation because it drew public attention to trees and woods without adding to public understanding . |
| 6 | Provisions in the General Revenue Act of 1992 to make deductible against tax the current value of both tangible and intangible property donated to a non-profit organisation ( for example , a painting to a museum or shares to a hospital ) rather than their value at acquisition failed along with the whole bill when it was vetoed by President Bush last month because it contained forty tax increases . |
| 7 | Yeah and we 've seen some different erm they had I think it was actually waiver paper as well when Murdoch bought it , and for a while he honoured the political content and then he decided he was gon na do major changes , and this may all sound familiar to you but erm the effect that that had I mean not only on the , on the , on the end up being this side , but also on erm the Mirror because it meant that Page Three Girls were in on the Daily Record in Scotland erm it was , it was quite profound I mean there 's a broader argument here as to whether you you should get pampered to those possible denominator to taste erm it 's interesting that the Daily Sport and the Sunday Sport which are two I do n't know if they have anything like it in Japan , but they 're a bit like the National Enquirer erm it 's all made up baseball there 's a sad proportion of erm journalist stories of fantasy land stuff erm along with erm photographic content and er copy content which probably |
| 8 | A PWR was economic , displacing old plant ; it was a good thing because it used other fuel than coal , or , rather , it was in line with the |
| 9 | Was the government-supported Remploy , for instance , a good thing because it provided sheltered employment for disabled people , or a bad thing because it ghettoised them ? |
| 10 | Throughout the Communist world , the videotape recorder was the greatest status symbol because it implied ready access to a constant supply of Western videotapes . |