Example sentences of "[adj] because it [vb past] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The rise is particularly interesting because it confounded expectations .
2 In the bad old days of low-carbohydrate diets , many people did , indeed , imagine that those saintly ‘ protein foods ’ were calorie-free — I have even known poor souls pouring down vastly fattening cream under the mistaken impression that it was calorie-free because it lacked carbohydrate !
3 To some extent the spending was diversionary because it deflected attention from the cuts that were occurring in the orthodox funding mechanisms for current and capital expenditure .
4 The conjoint condemnation of enlightened reform from above and a radicalism which derived from doctrines of popular sovereignty was useful because it allowed conservatives to discredit any effort to reform traditional society ; it was possible because the generation of 1760 included pious bureaucrats like Floridablanca , esprits forts like Aranda , and cosmopolitan experts like Olavide ; it was made plausible by the Janus-like face of reform itself .
5 This is a problem in many countries , but in ex-colonial countries in this region prejudice against vocational skills is particularly strong because it formed part of the discriminatory policy of white regimes .
6 Manchester/Liverpool rivalry aside , the meeting was important because it took place in a magazine which is a vehicle for the Spandaus , Durans and Marilyns of this world to say ‘ Hey look at me .
7 In July 1990 , the House of Lords held that a byelaw prohibiting entry to the Greenham Common military bars was invalid because it infringed rights of common .
8 He was n't proud of the ability to go berserk because it meant loss of control .
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