Example sentences of "because it [verb] a [adj -er] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both Roche and Berk are companies of repute , and I do not think that Berk would like to be described by Dalyell as ‘ fly by night ’ simply because it produces a cheaper product . |
| 2 | While there was , at least for Monnet and Schuman , an altruistic motive behind the scheme , it is clear that France found the idea attractive because it offered a better way than the International Ruhr Authority of binding the new West Germany to external control while it was still relatively weak . |
| 3 | Families favour the Arts Centre over bed and breakfast accommodation because it offers a greater privacy . |
| 4 | Dr Hugh Rushton , Research Director for the Philip Kingsley Trichology Clinic , believes that hormone replacement therapy ( HRT ) is very effective in restoring condition to hair because it maintains a better balance of hormones , particularly oestrogen . |
| 5 | Incidentally , the round African hut is highly appropriate for keeping cool in hot sun because it presents a smaller surface area than a square building would . |
| 6 | We would be inclined to use the first , because it gives a better sense of the feel of the anthology ; but this is a fairly arbitrary decision , where rule-books do not help . |
| 7 | They say that 20 per cent of American motorists who can run cars on unleaded petrol are switching back to lead because it gives a better performance . |
| 8 | Fundholding poses ethical problems , either because it secures a better service for the patients of a fundholding practice over those whose doctors happen not to hold a fund , or because it does not . |
| 9 | Fishermen fish yellowfin rather than skipjack or albacore tuna because it commands a higher price — its flesh is white , while skipjack and albacore are a darker , red colour . |
| 10 | Pressure groups in industries that produce selected goods ( like good X ) have a reason to push for such selective subsidy because it implies a higher demand for their output . |
| 11 | The snag with multimode fibre is that , because it carries a wider beam of light , it suffers more from spurious internal reflections . |
| 12 | It was difficult to calculate Hewlett-Packard Co 's margins , he said , because it has a wider-ranging business . |
| 13 | Some firms like BP try to use as much North Sea crude as possible , because it has a lower sulphur content than Arabian Gulf oil . |