Example sentences of "because it have a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their rugby was essentially unlovable , not because it was dull ( it was n't ) but because it had a rock-hard edge which caused opponents to feel intimidated before they went on the field — and sometimes with good cause since there were plenty of occasions when the ‘ manliness ’ of which Neath made so much was actually foul play , plain and simple . |
| 2 | An inquest has been told that a plane crashed because it had a flat battery . |
| 3 | An inquest has been told that a plane crashed because it had a flat battery . |
| 4 | So you ca n't have a full mortgage but they could n't get a mortgage on it because it had a flat roof . |
| 5 | Nor from the point of view of the speaker , is there any hard and fast boundary between these and a non-restrictive adjective used in order to make explicit some property , when it is suspected that the hearer is unaware that it is implied by the use of the noun , as with poisonous in : ( 10 ) she threw Maisie 's lunch-box out of the window because it had a poisonous red-back spider in it Note that ( 10 ) further exemplifies the fact that whether an adjective is taken as restrictive or not depends on the rest of the entity-identifying phrase rather than just on the head noun . |
| 6 | Harvard could implement sweeping changes in its medical curriculum because it had a forceful dean and access to large grants to fund a very ambitious project . |
| 7 | Oliver wanted to go there because it had a sheltered terrace where they could sit outside , but it was too full of memories : it was the place where Rain had sat on her own while Sabine Jourdain was fighting for her life on board the Jonquil , where Tim had left behind his wallet , where Rain had first seen the pedlar . |
| 8 | Asked what had happened , she answered : " The horse was shot because it had a broken leg . " |
| 9 | Cos he chucked one away the other day because it had a little chip in it . |
| 10 | They bought a tumbledown Victorian terraced house near the Elephant and Castle , cheap because it had an old man as a sitting tenant on the top floor . |
| 11 | This is not only because it has a weak case — as we show elsewhere ( this issue , p 76 ) , there are certainly some doubts about the validity of the CEGB 's claims that Sizewell B will reduce the cost of electricity in England and Wales by allowing the board to burn less coal — but also because it is difficult to see what the inspector can say about economics when he comes to writing his final report . |
| 12 | Of course , the statement that an animal can solve a problem because it has a cognitive map is not the end of the matter . |
| 13 | An act of ill-treatment may be significant because it has a serious effect upon the child . |
| 14 | It was difficult to calculate Hewlett-Packard Co 's margins , he said , because it has a wider-ranging business . |
| 15 | The authority of civil association is an endowment which is not traceable to any particular source and which lies only in ‘ continuous acknowledgement ’ based not on acts of obedience ‘ but in the continuous recognition of the obligation to subscribe to its prescriptions because it has a certain shape ’ . |
| 16 | Kicks , punches and elbow strikes can all be directed at the ball , and because it has a certain amount of give in it , practitioners can get a more or less accurate feeling of how a punch or kick will feel against a human body . |
| 17 | Humber Manure is not easy to get because it has a strong smell and shopkeepers think it drives their customers away ! |
| 18 | The society says that the Crown Estate , the governmental agency responsible for leasing the seabed to fish farmers , is an inappropriate overseer because it has a financial interest in promoting the industry . |
| 19 | Suppose also that , because it has a latent defect , the catapult is not of merchantable quality and that it breaks in use and injures the boy 's eye as a result . |
| 20 | Germany , of course , is different because it has a federal system , so that the central administration is important in policy-making terms and policy is tending to go more and more towards the centre , but the administration of the different states , federal states , what they call the Länder , has a very important executive role , and the central government has a much less important role in actually carrying out policy . |
| 21 | Which is sad , because it has a nice tune , like a puzzled Wings . |
| 22 | Some firms like BP try to use as much North Sea crude as possible , because it has a lower sulphur content than Arabian Gulf oil . |
| 23 | 46 Leonis Minoris is just in the same × 7 field with Xi and Nu , and is identifiable because it has a K-type spectrum and shows its orange colour when viewed through binoculars ; unusually for so dim a star , it has a proper name — Præcipua . |
| 24 | While the new book can be viewed as a hypertext because it has a semantic net to which paragraphs are attached , print on paper remains the dominant medium for the delivery of books , and Hypertext has also been generated in paper , linear form . |
| 25 | I mean that 's the rules of debate , but I thought I 'd make that particular point because it has a little bit of poetic licence er in that . |
| 26 | The barley which is grown in the Borders is particularly useful to the whisky industry because it has a high starch and low nitrogen content . |
| 27 | Speaking after BSAD 's national junior swimming championships , Mr O'Connor said : ‘ The Dolphin Centre is perfect for us because it has a top class pool and excellent facilities for disabled swimmers . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ The Dolphin Centre is the perfect venue for us because it has a top class pool and excellent facilities for disabled swimmers . ’ |