Example sentences of "because it [verb] [adj] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It does n't , sometimes it goes more slowly sometimes it goes more quickly , sometimes it stops but because it takes two hours to do the hundred miles we say its average speed for the journey is fifty miles per hour . |
| 2 | We are still languishing in the Edwardian era , when our great British Women 's champions wore corsets under their tennis dresses and our great British men 's champions wore corsets under their tennis dresses and our great British men 's champions wore long flannels … when the bulk of entrants at Wimbledon were British because it took six weeks to cross the Atlantic , and another six to reach Australia ! |
| 3 | The defendant garage was liable in damages because it took eight weeks to repair a motor vehicle when a normally competent garage would have taken about five weeks . |
| 4 | They 'd spent part of the morning carrying boxes of some sort from one hut to another , apparently fairly heavy boxes , because it took both men to carry them . |
| 5 | But Night Trap could not be exempted because it depicted violent actions involving realistic images of human beings rather than straightforward computer graphics . |
| 6 | Robbins ’ Dances at a Gathering could be called a romantic ballet because it uses classical technique coloured by natural emotional expression . |
| 7 | The fact of his being in the water clouds things a bit , because it alters normal body cooling . |
| 8 | Chupp says the correlation of events is important because it lets ground-based observers know what to look for ; it is possible that earlier observations of solar neutrons went unrecognised . |
| 9 | ‘ MANY as are the virtues of the Moon under Water I think that the garden is the best feature , because it allows whole families to go there instead of Mum having to stay at home and mind baby while Dad goes out alone . |
| 10 | A reverse takeover offer is , at first sight , curious , because it involves one company taking over another company with much larger resources . |
| 11 | Towards the mid-1970s Thai boxing was introduced into the United States , where it has become very popular , partly because it resembles another art introduced at that time , called full-contact karate . |
| 12 | And the central government 's socialism , it 's restriction of socialist rights to Libyan nationals , set the seal on the discrimination between foreign and national labour because it encouraged Libyan employers to employ foreigners . |
| 13 | These themes are only noted here , because it makes more sense to develop them in Chapter 4 around relevant empirical information . |
| 14 | And the industrialised world often encourages this , because it means such countries continue to be dependent on foreign technicians . |
| 15 | Counter-intuitively , keeping imports low may boost France 's trade deficit in manufactures because it prevents French firms specialising in what they do best . |
| 16 | All I was told is that you 're getting twelve months guarantee , but you 've got to have a three thousand mile service , and as the gentleman said erm I recorded the deliveries and sent them all back and on the third one , when I took it in I asked if they 'd put a new set of points in for me and erm unfortunately when it came out there was no compression at all and because because I it was suggested that I dug my heels in a bit and got an independent report and erm basically they told me to get lost because it cost fifty pound to do the report . |
| 17 | Severe actions may be sanctioned against Ireland because it is naturally cursed , or because it needs extreme measures to bring it the fruits of reformation ( desired by God ) , or because it holds some particular horror for England which the English will deserve unless they do something about it . |
| 18 | The rattlesnake is a more formidable enemy , because it has infra-red detectors to see in the dark and makes virtually no noise as it glides along . |
| 19 | The large , cheerful village of As Cain is an excellent first taste of this lushly rural hinterland and , although still almost at sea level , a possible place to stay , because it has good hotels set where village hotels ought to be , in the main square . |
| 20 | The government of the day will often let it be known to one of its aspiring party members that it would greatly welcome his ballot victory to promote a particular piece of legislation which it , the Government , does not wish to devote its own time to , either because of its controversial nature or simply because it has better things to do . |
| 21 | I favour a long-reaching front guard because it has less distance to travel before it strikes the opponent , and it is able to intercept attacks closer to source . |