Example sentences of "because it has a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Of course , the statement that an animal can solve a problem because it has a cognitive map is not the end of the matter . |
| 3 | An act of ill-treatment may be significant because it has a serious effect upon the child . |
| 4 | It was difficult to calculate Hewlett-Packard Co 's margins , he said , because it has a wider-ranging business . |
| 5 | 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 ’ . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Humber Manure is not easy to get because it has a strong smell and shopkeepers think it drives their customers away ! |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Which is sad , because it has a nice tune , like a puzzled Wings . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ The Dolphin Centre is the perfect venue for us because it has a top class pool and excellent facilities for disabled swimmers . ’ |