Example sentences of "because it [verb] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A c.c.d. delay line provides a delay because it takes a certain amount of time for each input sample to be passed along the chain of capacitors and to finally emerge at the output . |
| 2 | ‘ There are only one hundred mountain guides in the country at the moment , probably because it takes a long time to qualify and the standards are very high . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | It is successful because it produces a high quality product on time at a price the customer can afford . |
| 5 | It is significant because it affected a wide proportion of the inhabitants of Spain and because the preconditions of its strength persisted until very late . |
| 6 | He attacked the dominance of formal logic because it reflected a misplaced confidence in the powers of human reason . |
| 7 | The report will also reject the argument that Japan needs special trade sanctions because it operates a different sort of capitalism . |
| 8 | Because it goes a good deal wider , I will not myself be supporting it . |
| 9 | In drama magic is both blessing and a curse ; a blessing because it creates a wonderful control device , and because it can be very stimulating to the imagination ; a curse because children can — and often do — use it as a way of saying " This is not a problem " , using magic to get them out of seeking a solution . |
| 10 | Well the only thing is that I hope that the next generation that is coming along now will appreciate what has been done for their generation because it took a long time for us to get what we wanted for our children and now with our grandchildren are coming along I hope the town will improve with their growth . |
| 11 | The United Kingdom opposed sending a peacekeeping force because it represented a long-term commitment but suggested an oil embargo . |
| 12 | Spain united the Left because it represented a real struggle between Fascism and the Left , more vital than the battles against the British Union of Fascists in the streets of London . |
| 13 | The system does not need dedicated hardware because it uses a standard DECsystem server . |
| 14 | Dearlove 's analysis of local government reorganization in the early 1970s , The Reorganization of Local Government ( Cambridge , Cambridge University Press ; 1979 ) is particularly important because it encourages a political analysis of change and develops an impressive critique of more traditional or orthodox approaches . |
| 15 | Making the decision to resume a demanding job or career is a serious and sometimes hazardous business ; not least because it requires a thorough review and reappraisal of your lifestyle . |
| 16 | One can only speculate that the GMC took the easy option and avoided testing the issue of clinical ecology head on because it feared a lengthy presentation of evidence on both sides , with the risk of an inconclusive result . |
| 17 | Huxley had been suspicious of evolutionism because he could see no plausible explanation of how species might change , and he welcomed Darwin 's theory with open arms because it offered a new hypothesis that confirmed the scientist 's right to treat the origin of species as a problem susceptible to natural explanation . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | One of the most telling studies — because it scored a direct hit on the interventionists ' favourite example — was a paper published in 1973 by Steven Cheung , then at the University of Washington : ‘ The Fable of the Bees ’ . |
| 20 | Word order is extremely important in translation because it plays a major role in maintaining a coherent point of view and in orienting messages at text level . |
| 21 | In fact , well done everybody , because it sounds a simple thing to do . |
| 22 | Families favour the Arts Centre over bed and breakfast accommodation because it offers a greater privacy . |
| 23 | Some people go into teaching with the intention of becoming active in the union , either out of genuine commitment to teaching as a profession , or because it offers a political platform . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | ‘ The Blue Angel ’ was made in Germany in 1930 in both German and English versions , and because it became a world-wide smash hit , it remains one of the best-known and best-loved movies of all time . |
| 26 | For nearly 45 years , it was unable to function properly because it became a political battleground in the Cold War . |
| 27 | According to the Chilean Human Rights Commission the distinction was unacceptable because it made a prior judgment of guilt . |
| 28 | The trouble is , once one article said it , then other articles copied it because it made a good story . |
| 29 | Since opposite charges attract , the reason why the electron does not gravitate towards the nucleus but stays in orbit around it ( even though it is radiating and losing its energy in doing so ) is because it retains a certain energy called ‘ ground-state energy ’ . |
| 30 | 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 . |