Example sentences of "because it [verb] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ More and more women are considering this type of career because it does offer equal opportunities . |
| 2 | Furthermore the 1951 French elections had brought a considerable number of Gaullists into the National Assembly who opposed EDC , not so much because it meant arming German soldiers , but because it would ‘ surrender ’ the command of the French Army to a supranational institution . |
| 3 | The appeal for tolerance by gesturing to lists of Famously Artistic Homosexuals is one of the classic tropes of gay self-justification — it goes ‘ Sappho , Michaelangelo , Shakespeare … and me ’ — and it needs always to be resisted because it seeks to extend contemporary definitions of sexuality back to incorporate historical periods when categorizations of the sexual were quite different . |
| 4 | Considering that NFS version 3 , which was a major re-do , is sitting on a shelf somewhere collecting dust because it failed to garner popular support , there will probably be some reluctance to call this puppy by the same name . |
| 5 | There were times when her preoccupation with ‘ basket power ’ , with the sovereignty of the consumer seemed part of a conception of political change that was both reformist and restricted , not least because it failed to challenge domestic discourses of women 's roles ; but such attention has to be seen in the context of a commitment to conceptions of political radicalisation based on personal development . |
| 6 | A nice piece of work ; but bear in mind that a much more ambitious measurement , which would have taken the biggest chunk of the Hubble 's observing time , is completely beyond the telescope 's present capacity , because it involves seeing faint variable stars in far-off galaxies . |
| 7 | For them , the survey embodied the scientific method because it sought to make basic observations of the phenomena of interest and out of this formulate generalisations . |
| 8 | Opren , the anti-arthritis drug , was banned after its large-scale use and Mexico found itself unable to meet its international debts because it had discovered enormous oil resources . |
| 9 | Even this better-than-expected showing , however , does n't do that much for Sun 's margins because it had to promise free MP upgrades . |
| 10 | The aged had , nevertheless , acquired ‘ a definite status in the community … and the ‘ pauper taint ’ [ was ] removed by a system of personal thrift organized by the state' , a provision for which the Conference congratulated itself , claiming to have succeeded because it had placed national interests over and above political tactics . |
| 11 | To some types of mind work at the Chancery Bar appears dull and repellent , because it tends to lack human interest . |
| 12 | I do not advocate using a glossy varnish , because it tends to give false readings as you try to shot the float down . |
| 13 | Many comments contended that LIFO is conceptually flawed because it fails to assign current costs to inventories held and so distorts the balance sheet . |
| 14 | ‘ Ageism ’ is objectionable , not because it means admitting these connections , but because it means treating old people — or children — badly . |
| 15 | It is functional because it serves to integrate various groups in society . |
| 16 | It takes a variety of forms and has long bewildered scientists and philosophers because it appears to lack biological purpose . |
| 17 | Control of spending was crucial to the government 's strategy because it wanted to cut governmental borrowing and taxes . |
| 18 | Charles Kingsley and his associates saw the question , Cole records , as a moral issue ; and valued Consumers , Co-operation only because it helped to provide retail outlets for producers ' co-operatives . |
| 19 | Any culture , because it has to retain traditional customs and beliefs , has to be in a sense a conservative institution . |
| 20 | Next , I 'd pick the Exeter High Income , a very high income fund … because it has got good recovery prospects . |
| 21 | Directive 72/160 which has been used , particularly by France , to encourage the reallocation and rationalisation of agricultural land ( though less in the LFAs than elsewhere ) is to be abandoned , seemingly because it has had limited impact . |
| 22 | Though some feminists have criticised Gilligan 's work on both theoretical and methodological grounds , and its point should therefore not be taken as unquestionably proven , it is worth discussing because it has had enormous influence . |
| 23 | As one of the most influential Marxist analysts of health care , Navarro ( 1986 ) argues that working-class people have struggled for medical services not because they are " mystified " by medicine 's bogus claims , as Illich argues , but because it has brought genuine benefits which Illich overlooks , particularly in the care and relief of chronic illness . |