Example sentences of "because it [verb] [to-vb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The appeal for tolerance by gesturing to lists of Famously Artistic Homosexuals is one of the classic tropes of gay self-justification — it goes ‘ Sappho , Michaelangelo , Shakespeare … and me ’ — and it needs always to be resisted because it seeks to extend contemporary definitions of sexuality back to incorporate historical periods when categorizations of the sexual were quite different . |
| 2 | There were times when her preoccupation with ‘ basket power ’ , with the sovereignty of the consumer seemed part of a conception of political change that was both reformist and restricted , not least because it failed to challenge domestic discourses of women 's roles ; but such attention has to be seen in the context of a commitment to conceptions of political radicalisation based on personal development . |
| 3 | For them , the survey embodied the scientific method because it sought to make basic observations of the phenomena of interest and out of this formulate generalisations . |
| 4 | I do not advocate using a glossy varnish , because it tends to give false readings as you try to shot the float down . |
| 5 | Many comments contended that LIFO is conceptually flawed because it fails to assign current costs to inventories held and so distorts the balance sheet . |
| 6 | It is functional because it serves to integrate various groups in society . |
| 7 | Charles Kingsley and his associates saw the question , Cole records , as a moral issue ; and valued Consumers , Co-operation only because it helped to provide retail outlets for producers ' co-operatives . |
| 8 | Any culture , because it has to retain traditional customs and beliefs , has to be in a sense a conservative institution . |