Example sentences of "[vb pp] because it [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This none-too-creditable story is probably included because it forms part of the family-tree of the ( later ) royal house , from which the Messiah himself was descended ( Matthew 1:3 ; Luke 3:33 ) . |
| 2 | Despite these encouraging results this technique was not widely adopted because it proved time consuming , generally insensitive , did not localise the neoplastic lesion , and was associated with false positive results . |
| 3 | Unionist control of local government was resented because it represented minority control and the resentment was kept alive by accusations of discrimination in the allocation of council jobs and housing . |
| 4 | This will be much appreciated because it saves agency staff time and effort in trying to find you work unnecessarily . |
| 5 | New machines , new technology introduced because it cuts production costs can indeed reduce the total demand for labor , that is , for the total number of jobs available in all sectors of the economy taken together at any given price of labor — in other words , at any given wage rate ( Leontief 1978 , 28 ) . |
| 6 | In London , the British Board of Film Censors insisted that the rape scene should be cut because it contained elements of ‘ kinky sex associated with black magic ’ . |
| 7 | Taken together with the fact that this region is required for DNA-PK directed phosphorylation of c-Jun and , since Ser-249 of c-Jun was initially identified because it contains homology to sites of DNA-PK phosphorylation in other proteins , these data strongly suggest that the DNA-PK phosphorylates c-Jun at Ser-249 . |
| 8 | It is reported that the Seiko wordlist , for example , can always be easily identified because it accepts M-O-W-S-E as a correct spelling of the word ‘ mouse ’ ! |
| 9 | Thomas got up at last from his new place in the middle of the table , which he had quite liked because it had leg access to a rung where he could wriggle his feet when he was bored . |
| 10 | This is mistaken because it allows errors to be repeated . |
| 11 | Although initially withheld because it depicted conditions of extreme deprivation , the Commission 's report was nonetheless instrumental in the decision , taken at Montego Bay in 1947 , that the West Indies , under a federal system of government , should be guided toward Dominion-hood . |
| 12 | If the costs were lower than before , so too were the risks : the police force was well informed because it had members who were also members of the local lineages ; and it was ready to intervene to prevent escalation of disputes into further bloodshed . |
| 13 | Dounreay was chosen because it possesses cable links to the national grid and a suitable coastal site . |