Example sentences of "[vb pp] because it [vb past] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 ’ . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |