Example sentences of "because it [verb] [pos pn] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | He just managed to close his mind to what he did n't want to know , because it spoiled his beautiful graphs . ’ |
2 | She believes that the emancipation of Soviet women after the 1917 Revolution was a catastrophe because it distorted their feminine psyche and behaviour . |
3 | The tree was arguably out of place in any equation involving human beings , however disparate , because it lacks their moral personality' . |
4 | So so erm , basic idea about crying is this kind of arms race situation , which offspring have been selected to amplify the signal , because it promotes their reproductive success , to get every little bit of extra parental investment we can for themselves . |
5 | Group leaders are not ‘ mission-committed ’ to the group 's success , but rather want to maximize membership and the achievement of collective benefits for members because it expands their own patronage , power and prestige . |
6 | He loved it because of the colours and because it needed his nimble fingers . |
7 | This clearly affects women adversely because it overlooks their discontinuous patterns of employment ( Martin and Roberts , 1984 ) . |
8 | These are old party bosses who believe in strong central government , not least because it confirms their own power . |
9 | The base is spared the curse of the ‘ brown-outs ’ familiar in Manila because it has its own power plant . |