Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun sg] because [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The roof is in a right mess because the water 's been just pouring through . |
| 2 | She had sent her younger son to a private school because the switch to comprehensives was such a mess and because he had a horror of a huge education factory after his primary school where everybody was known by their first name . |
| 3 | Burning and stinging is a usual complaint because the skin has been made more sensitive by stripping off the surface protective film . |
| 4 | While Ramsey was a canon the chapter appointed a new vicar ; and while Ramsey 's predecessor was bishop , a minority of the parishioners started to protest against the vicar 's innovations and were in a strong position because the vicar introduced certain ornaments without the necessary faculty to do so . |
| 5 | We do n't get a coordinated service because no consultant is there to take charge of a multi-disciplinary approach . |
| 6 | It is difficult to assess whether Kollwitz intended to reach any particular market with a specific work because the bulk of information concerning her motives are confined to autobiographical writings . |
| 7 | But I knew this was a vain hope because the house was always locked securely . |
| 8 | This is a weak test because an invitation to interview is only the first stage of selection . |
| 9 | Perhaps paradoxically , it is argued that the money supply should not be manipulated by the monetary authorities on a short-term basis because the existence of such lags would make the effect of monetary policy uncertain , although powerful . |
| 10 | Brenda 's daddy , who had a van , always had to take his produce to a railway station in a different direction because the van was just too high for the bridge . |
| 11 | It was suggested that the extension of the period to three years from one required the attribution of a different meaning because the Theophile construction meant that it did not really matter what the period was ; as long as there was a debt , a bankruptcy petition could be presented . |
| 12 | Second , it is submitted for the plaintiffs that such action is not in relation to the grant or refusal of a further advance because the making of the valuation is not part of the administration or managerial process leading to the grant or refusal but is only a condition precedent to the actual process of making a grant . |
| 13 | The Bill will be a special one in that the political parties are allowing their members in both Houses a free vote because the issue is deemed to be one of conscience . |
| 14 | FOOTBALLER Tom Delaubenque , 23 , was forced to hobble two miles home with a broken leg because an X-ray department was closed . |
| 15 | It 's working ! ’ and it was , but it all came to a crashing end because the matron on duty that night called the cops . |
| 16 | " Just say that you are writing to confirm that you want a detailed report because the matter is of such importance to so many people , and are prepared to wait for it . |
| 17 | It was a perfect site because the building , for which a quarter of a million pounds ( £8,250,000 ) had been set aside from the Twentieth Century Fund , was meant to be ‘ a challenge to the Church of England ’ . |
| 18 | They are not on the whole involved in direct teaching and , second , each of them has to have a separate viewpoint because the focus of the job is mainly outside that of any school . |
| 19 | These are no good for trying to implant a second time because the wood is a year older and much less likely to ‘ take ’ . |
| 20 | So it may be said that the legislation was promoted by a pressure group whose perception of Co-operation was decried by the Consumers ' Movement ; and passed under a Tory rather that a Liberal Government because a trade union tried to make a tactical use of just that form of co-operative preferred by the promoters and decried by the Consumers ' Movement . |
| 21 | Yet one must consider that such an undertaking without cost information can only be expected to give a limited explanation because the production yield depends considerably on the geometry of the articles . |
| 22 | This is a serious omission because the church is both medium and message in the process of gospel communication . |
| 23 | Erm , by hangers-on I mean that there are all the Dukes and the Viscounts and whatever else there is and that whole strata in society , which , I think is English society , erm I mean I know that there are Dukes in Scotland but there are n't so many , and I mean they own quite a lot and I think that it 's impossible to have a classless society because the monarchy perpetuate class divisions . |
| 24 | I wanted to say that women , since they uttered human beings , had no need to make a noise , that all the bluster of music was a sad cry because the world was unevenly divided , but I could n't think of how to put it . |
| 25 | Zambia became caught in a vicious circle because the mining industry is also heavily dependent on increasingly expensive imports , so that over time , output , investment and productivity fell . |
| 26 | It is worth carrying out this simple exercise to disprove the common fallacy that the shape derived from chopping off the top of the cone at an angle is egg shaped ( the assumption is that the end closest to the base of the cone has a larger radius because the cone is larger there ) , in fact both ends have the same radius , it 's an ellipse — try it . |
| 27 | A similarly high proportion end in a swift judgment because the defendant is in default or has no real defence . |
| 28 | At the final meeting between Kerr , Glanville and the Director , Kerr told him what would be in the report , and it was a brief meeting because the Director said ‘ he had nothing to say ’ . |
| 29 | This was a natural choice because the writer of the television serial , and of the novel upon which it is based , is David Lodge , until recently a Professor in the School of English . |
| 30 | A capital injection into Target after it has been acquired is often used to increase Newco 's base cost in the Target shares where , for example , Target is acquired for a nominal consideration because the value of its assets is matched by corresponding liabilities . |