Example sentences of "[be] [adj] because [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That would have been absurd because the word , ‘ converts , ’ itself implied that the bailee had done something with the bailed goods which was not authorised by the terms of the bailment . |
| 2 | It is felt that tighter controls on mercury emissions are unnecessary because the existing emissions to the aquatic environment are not harmful to human health , ’ said Phil . ’ |
| 3 | Many nations are apprehensive because the treaty establishes no controls to prevent the ruthless industrial and trading practices that built Japan 's pre-war commercial empire . |
| 4 | Longer addressing times are possible because the display need not be refreshed at TV frequencies while it is read on the screen . |
| 5 | I am upset because the big man gets his money first . |
| 6 | These have been possible because the portraits of Roman emperors of the first two centuries AD were , for the most part , strongly individualised and because portraits in the round have survived in large numbers — there are in some cases well over a hundred examples for each emperor . |
| 7 | This has been possible because the interiors of regions I , II and III are all flat . |
| 8 | This has been possible because the phrase ‘ sufficient interest ’ is very vague and leaves it largely up to the courts to decide what interests are sufficient . |
| 9 | Such combinations make up the particles known as mesons , which are unstable because the quark and antiquark can annihilate each other , producing electrons and other particles . |
| 10 | However , as Morison makes clear , their relevance to the British economy has always been doubtful because a large proportion of industrial imports enter free of duty , and membership of the European Community has limited their scope . |
| 11 | The variables of DP are free because the constraints of TRP are equalities and reflects the fact that the i = 1 equation of ( 8.1 ) has been dropped from the constraints of TRP . |
| 12 | ‘ The directors have been impotent because the deal was between Martin Edwards and Michael Knighton . |
| 13 | The taxi ride from the airport to the little village where she was staying , only six kilometres from Nice , had been uncomfortable because the air-conditioning in the car had broken down three days before her arrival and was waiting to be repaired , and all in all her last vestiges of good humour had finally bitten the dust as she 'd stood in front of the house and realised that it had n't finished being built . |
| 14 | They are normative because the assessment will depend in part on the value judgements adopted by the assessor . |
| 15 | Such contracts are appropriate because the timing and level of the peak can be determined with a high degree of certainty . |
| 16 | Lane has argued that ‘ ruling class ’ interpretations of the Soviet Union are inappropriate because the holders of state power do not possess and inherit property but are rather in the same market position as other wage-earners . |
| 17 | The questions are hard because a recombinational event may have no effect on the fitness of the individual in which it occurs , but only on what other genes a particular gene will associate with in future generations . |
| 18 | I am older because I have learnt , I am younger because a lot of me consisted of things older people had taught me . |
| 19 | The response probably would have been smoother because the effect of the 0/1 potency had been completed six weeks earlier . |
| 20 | The Court of Appeal held that the buyer dealt as a consumer , so that the clause was inapplicable ; however , Dillon LJ , obiter , suggested that had the buyer not been dealing as a consumer , the clause would have been reasonable because the buyer ( 1 ) was " ex hypothesi dealing in the course of business and [ the managing director ] was not devoid of commercial experience " and ( 2 ) the supplier was a hire purchase company , not a dealer , and had never had possession of or inspected the car . |
| 21 | But of course these are equal because the seasonal usage and cost per unit is assumed to be the same . |
| 22 | ‘ It 's been great because every one has shared in the pleasure of it ’ , she added , ‘ All my friends and colleagues have been so enthusiastic and my family are over the moon . ’ |
| 23 | But the controls are complex because the machine is immensely powerful . |
| 24 | These figures are important because a central feature of the argument over local government reform was the size of authority required to carry out particular functions . |
| 25 | Furthermore , the process may be unpredictable as far as individual yields are concerned because the movement in the prices of financial assets is subject to the variable and uncertain expectations of the market . |
| 26 | Is he aware that many of us are concerned because the next generation of inward investment will be attracted not by a low-wage economy or a low-wage work force , but by the best trained and educated work force in Europe ? |
| 27 | The dual division of ecclesiastical power has also been important because the religious orders have often been the vehicle for innovative theologies differing from the Roman line . |
| 28 | They are angry because the site is a greenfield open space . |
| 29 | Translation here must be indeterminate because no amount of evidence will guarantee that the translation we offer will be uniquely correct . |
| 30 | ‘ You do that , you pay a bill and you get a piece of paper in a language you do n't understand but it must be right because the lawyers have produced it and you have signed it . ’ |