Example sentences of "because it [vb past] [to-vb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Put bluntly , it did so because it failed to convince enough people it could deal with the Conservative legacy and had a plausible philosophy of wealth creation of its own . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Mr Noyes will claim the MoD said nothing about the alleged landing because it wanted to save any embarrassment . |
| 7 | Control of spending was crucial to the government 's strategy because it wanted to cut governmental borrowing and taxes . |
| 8 | 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 . |