Example sentences of "because [pron] had [be] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although it could be argued that it is not really chronology continuing ( as suggested by the chapter title ) because there had been insufficient time specification before 1950 , the sequence of this chapter proceeds from the basic foundations , to the alternative models , to sea level changes , Quaternary geography and hence to the prospect of environmental change . |
| 2 | Apparently there must have been very heavy rain higher up the dale because there had been some flooding and the river was running very fast . |
| 3 | The laws of war may be one means of bringing about harmonisation : the very first multilateral laws-of-war convention of the modern type , namely the 1856 Paris Declaration on Maritime Warfare , was concluded because there had been divergent practices among the allies involved in the Crimean War . |
| 4 | Sympathy for the Soviet Union was a major advantage to the Labour Party during the campaign , because there had been widespread admiration of the achievements of the Red Army , not only in maintaining a successful resistance for almost four years but also in crowning that resistance with the capture of Berlin in spring 1945 . |
| 5 | It was almost a physical pain and for a moment he felt shocked because it had been many years since the agony of losing Gerda . |