Example sentences of "because it [verb] been [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At lunch , Dick Hansen decided that the pieces he could see ( because it had been disassembled for shipping ) from the pictures merited a closer look and so Dick called the owner to verify the price . |
| 2 | When delivered , it was discovered to be poisonous because it had been contaminated with castor oil . |
| 3 | Some of the manuscript has been saved because it had been printed off for a friend to proof-read . |
| 4 | Jackie Drake was denied Invalid Care Allowance because it had been assumed that married women did n't need to work . |
| 5 | Billy Dann 's office was long and narrow , almost as narrow as the desk placed across it just in front of the window , but very high because it had been partitioned out of a much bigger room . |
| 6 | The project was approved at ministerial level because it had been decided that the contract either did not significantly enhance Iraq 's military capability or that it had been signed before December , 1984 . |
| 7 | A small paragraph from a newspaper was overlooked by me until now because it had been made even smaller in photocopying . |
| 8 | Edward made his own views clear by stating that he regarded the 1328 treaty as invalid because it had been made when he was a minor and under the tutelage of others and that his title to the overlordship of Scotland should be reasserted . |
| 9 | The court in attempting to discover the intention of the parties ignored the signed statement because it had been made after the making of the contract . |
| 10 | It is hard to say how directly the King reminded the Company that it was doing well because it had been granted a monopoly of the English market . |
| 11 | It was also the first to be held since the redecoration of the Tuileries had restored the palace to its former splendour ; this it had lost not only because it had been ransacked by the mob in 1848 , but also because it had become shabby during the reign of Louis-Philippe . |
| 12 | ‘ We had very little work to do to it because it had been kept in great condition throughout its time as a lifeboat on the Isles of Scilly , ’ he explained . |
| 13 | In the late 1980s , the European steel industry had an enormous over-capacity , partly because it had been undercut by Korean , Japanese , and other producers in the Pacific , partly because of a wave of added Italian steel capacity in the 1970s . |
| 14 | Even so , she had to pretend to like it , particularly because it had been given to her by her father . |
| 15 | The k'va was the colour of straw because it had been cooked over boiling k'vass , an ale which was made from fermenting the raw grain , and it steamed gently . |
| 16 | The term ‘ community ’ in this context meant something because it had been experienced as such . |
| 17 | In this case , the Court of Appeal held that there had been a breach of s14(2) as the plaintiff had thought he was buying a second-hand enthusiast 's car in good condition at a fair price when in fact he was buying , at the same price , a car which no one , knowing its history ( a car insurance write-off because it had been submerged in water for over 24 hours ) , would have bought at other than at a substantially reduced price . |
| 18 | Imre Szász , a large , solid-framed man , pointed out to me that in Hungary the Budapest accent was , for a long time , held to be inferior because it had been debased by non-Magyar and , in particular , Jewish elements , whereas the country accents were all perfectly acceptable . |
| 19 | He appears to have maintained in the Court of Session that the provisions of that Act should not be applied because it had been passed without his having had notice as required by Standing Orders … |
| 20 | It is not credible that the Court of Appeal would refuse to quash a conviction in the context of a referral on the ground that the conviction was inviolable because it had been restored by the House of Lords in the original proceedings . |
| 21 | When it arrived , it was rather dirty because it had been pulled along the ground by horses . |
| 22 | In the official view , the use of the Swiss timer pointed clearly to Libya , not only because it had been supplied to its security agency in the first place , but because the PFLP — GC favoured a barometric-pressure triggering system for its Toshiba bombs . |
| 23 | Black , because it had been burned a thousand years ago ; it still showed the shape of the face impressed upon it . |
| 24 | The experiment of giving hard-currency incentives [ see p. 36855 ] had not worked properly because it had been introduced too late in the year and people did not know how to operate it . |
| 25 | I was often called Hamlet because I so resembled my father 's appearance in his most famous film , the ‘ Coronation ’ Hamlet , so named because it had been released in Coronation year . |
| 26 | She was not sure what it was , or what to expect should she go there , but she wanted to see it " because it had been forbidden . |
| 27 | On inquiring about the matter , I was told that the health common services authority had decided to move to the bay because it had been told by an independent property consultancy that it was a much better choice of location than anywhere else . |
| 28 | Our use of some light music on the Fort San Programme was excused because it had been requested for those patients recovering in hospital . |
| 29 | If one person was involved in making the whole device themselves , it would work better for them , because it had been impregnated with their own vibrations . |
| 30 | well this , no , fifty one , er this was the last house to be completed on this estate because it had been used as a paint store and we were the very last people |