Example sentences of "[vb past] because [pron] [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The Netherlands disagreed because it thought harmonised taxes would be too weak .
2 Jesus said simply that they failed because they had little faith .
3 His latest excuse — that the recession is masking the success of the economy — is the equivalent of ‘ we only lost because they scored more goals ’ .
4 In the end , Ceauşescu fell because he degraded most Romanians without destroying them .
5 If he wept because he saw another world beyond sensible things , that , after all , is called ‘ Water of the Eyes ’ , then he has seen a thing which is a congener and perfecter of prayer , that is the object of prayer and his prayer is in order and even more perfect .
6 Italy won because they made fewer mistakes . ’
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