Example sentences of "[adv] because it [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately , girls may be encouraged to keep their voices high , perhaps because it sounds sweet and makes them appear vulnerable and feminine . |
| 2 | Evidence that long tails impose viability costs is very limited , yet without this it remains possible that tail elongation has sometimes been driven by natural selection , perhaps because it improves aerodynamic efficiency , manoeuvrability or stability . |
| 3 | The court office can not refuse to issue proceedings by the process requested by the plaintiff/applicant merely because it considers such process to be inappropriate ( Baker v Thatcher ( 1984 ) 134 NLJ 863 ) . |
| 4 | A term is not implied , however , merely because it appears reasonable to do so nor if it is contrary to an express term . |
| 5 | In other words , implied terms can not be introduced merely because it appears reasonable or equitable to do so . |
| 6 | Swessex , a bastard county created by the iniquitous reorganization of local government in the early ‘ seventies , comprised one and a half old counties knocked together because it looked neater that way . |
| 7 | The lysosome is called a ‘ suicide bag ’ said Prof Mayer , not only because it digests any waste materials by the use of powerful enzymes but also because this cocktail can kill off the cell . |
| 8 | Transgressive reinscription will always remain controversial , if only because it raises such disturbing questions about desire itself , making it profoundly social and thereby asking equally disturbing questions about culture , representation , and social process . |
| 9 | Forestry is to a certain extent in conflict with agriculture not only because it removes large areas of land from farming for 50 or more years , but also because in its modern forms of organisation it tends to employ fewer local people . |
| 10 | I think that 's why the play has survived so long because it has this peculiar charm . ’ |
| 11 | Mr Sproat pointed out that currently BR was under no compulsion to make concessions but did so because it made obvious economic sense . |
| 12 | This is a very useful formulation , all the more so because it echoes another one , developed quite independently from a case study of the Mexico-US border . |
| 13 | So because it worked last time I used it . |
| 14 | The notion of a learned non-correlation fails for a rather different reason — it can accommodate the facts but largely because it attempts little more than a redescription of the facts to be explained . |
| 15 | You might take an unexpected turning just because it feels right , and discover a lovely place to eat . |
| 16 | The film itself should not be written off just because it uses unsophisticated material . |
| 17 | Mr Wallace expects to get support for his view that the Scottish Constitutional Convention should go into cold storage , not just because it has little relevance but also to expose Labour as uninterested in cross-party co-operation . |
| 18 | A good scientific law or theory is falsifiable just because it makes definite claims about the world . |
| 19 | Information Technology ( IT ) is a strategic resource not just because it provides sophisticated operational systems and day-to-day information for management control but also because associated Information Systems ( IS ) provide top level market information . |
| 20 | And just because it looks easy to use a mouse and icons to develop new database applications , it does n't mean that you can forget all about the coding side . |
| 21 | It is dangerous , however , to argue that there is no reason for the large antlers just because it seems unnecessary to give a reason . |
| 22 | Counsel contended that the demand should be set aside because it falls foul of this provision . |
| 23 | Though most people recognise that this is only fiction there nevertheless remains a feeling that the work is rather exciting , possibly because it lacks any clearly defined morality . |
| 24 | This has received little attention since its ascent in 1983 , possibly because it contains such mind-blowing attractions as a 40-feet skyhook section . |
| 25 | The system was the last shadow of the original shield in space , pursued partly because it contained exciting high technology , partly because it might possibly offer some worthwhile advantages , and partly because it could be used to show that Mr Bush had not turned his back on Mr Reagan 's dream . |
| 26 | The ‘ democratic-participant ’ media theory is also the result of recent debates on media issues though this theory is ‘ difficult to formulate , partly because it lacks full legitimation and incorporation into media institutions and partly because some of its tenets are … to be found ’ elsewhere . |
| 27 | In a sense , this was a line which had been followed by John Hunter ; but his heirs in Britain had not pursued it , partly because of a national aversion to the vivisection which seemed a necessary part of it and partly because it seemed materialistic . |
| 28 | But the rise of the PLO made the whole issue more dangerous and complex , partly because it became unclear whether the majority of people in the West Bank wanted either Jordan or the PLO back , and partly because Jordan 's East Bank population was 40 per cent Palestinian . |
| 29 | However , it retreated from this position , partly because it feared strong adverse reaction particularly from its political Right , and also because it had seriously underestimated the number of Arabs in Gaza , at 100,000–150,000 when it was nearer 280,000 . |
| 30 | ‘ It is more difficult to be precise about this than about the earlier phases , partly because the pictures are rarer and less accessible , and have not been adequately photographed , partly because it includes considerable variations . ’ |