Example sentences of "because it [vb past] the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The signal FX 75383 ( reproduced opposite ) sent by Gen Robertson from AFHQ on the evening of 14 May was central to the events which are the subject of this report , because it contained the two orders on which 5 Corps was to proceed in making preparations for the handovers of the two groups of surrendered personnel with whom we are concerned . |
| 2 | But as a general attack upon industrial co-operatives as a means of organising production and provision , it is ill-founded and ill-considered : ill-founded , because it proceeds from the unproven principle that the public ownership of industry was a necessary pre-requisite of the good society ; and ill-considered , because it ignored the democratic virtues — accountability to and responsibility from the workforce — of the industrial co-operative form . |
| 3 | ‘ Do n't lie ! ’ she said bitterly , deeply hurt by his endless obsession with power because it attacked the very roots of her growing feelings for him . |
| 4 | Since the NPT 's adoption in 1968 , the French government 's position had been that it would abide by the terms of the treaty but would not sign it because it granted the two superpowers a privileged position in international relations . |
| 5 | So it might be assumed that Scott 's design was placed higher than the other Gothic entries because it showed the two offices as separate structures , rather than one . |
| 6 | On 4 December he took his leave of the observers from other Churches in a prayer service which scandalized a number of the bishops because it breached the old rules against communicatio in sacris . |
| 7 | America lavished $1 billion on Liberia in the 1980s , partly because it provided the freed slaves who settled the country last century , mainly because Liberia gave a home to a Voice of America transmitter , a navigation beacon , a relay station for diplomatic communications , and a huge airfield where arms could be discreetly trans-shipped . |
| 8 | Mrs Winterton said the campaign would be the most complex fought by the sociey because it linked the two issues . |
| 9 | This time he grinned at her , a slow smile that made the breath catch in her throat , because it transformed the unyielding contours of his face into devilish charm . |