Example sentences of "because it [verb] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 She explored the cottage all over again , because it looked quite different — and even more attractive — in the clear light of a sunny February morning , and she found to her joy that there was a large garden at the back where they could grow vegetables .
2 Erm they would n't grow , they ca n't grow grain or use two or three times in succession , but then for that another seven years because it takes so much goodness out the erm thing , there 's so many diseases and they got to change their crop after a while
3 It is not worthwhile to permanently masquerade as the dominant strategy type , because it takes so long to acquire such a reputation .
4 In the barony of Lewes it was not unknown for heritable copyholds to be entailed , to such an extent indeed that even though the common law harboured reservations as to its legality , the judges ‘ haue bene sparinge to deliuer their opinions because it concerned very many of the kinges subjectes ’ .
5 The term ‘ non-specific ’ is unsatisfactory , although in common usage , because it lumps together those cases where a cause can be established with those in which no aetiological agent can be found .
6 Using such measures Lehmbruch is able to place Austria high on a scale ranging from strong to weak corporatism , because it ranks very high on all relevant dimensions .
7 That technique has been considered by many interested in waste management , because it achieves considerably higher volumes of reduction than incineration , and seems to offer good prospects for even better pollution control standards .
8 Yeah , yeah , yeah , the thing was , because it left about fifteen minutes later , at a quarter past eight , there was so much difference in traffic ,
9 I i , it could be because it feels quite cold and damp .
10 Hypnosis is rather like the former situation ; you are aware of all that is happening but , because it feels so right and so pleasant , you allow it to happen .
11 In time a limit may be reached , not because of the depth of the pit but because it becomes too wide and approaches land that must not be disturbed .
12 And writing it out in a half hour or hour lesson was almost impossible because it took too many sheets of paper .
13 Emil himself and Oliver delivered the necessary , although Emil on his return said he hoped this was n't going to happen at lunch and dinner also , because it took too much time .
14 California bears the brunt of illegal migration , in part because it receives nearly half the Mexicans coming across the border each year .
15 Indubitably this vision of distributive justice satisfies the demands of liberal philosophy , because it respects both formal equality and individual autonomy .
16 But the Nikkei Industrial Daily sounds a note of warning for NEC : there are two pitfalls for the company with the current order , it says : the sheer difficulty of running a development project to create the mainframe software that makes up the ‘ Fourth Online System ’ — people involved with the development of Third Online Systems predicted the end of such enormous projects ; and the danger of overlooking the trend towards downsizing because it devotes too much time and too many resources on the project .
17 And the conviction refers to an ultimately retrogressive form of co-operation : retrogressive because it requires too great a suppression of individuality , too great a forfeiture of a life of one 's own ; and hence , justifiable only by sheer necessity .
18 ‘ It was because it meant so much that I ca n't remember ! ’ she protested .
19 Others said Hong Kong should be optimistic , not because 1997 meant so much , but because it meant so little .
20 In Britain , the great limestone development of early Carboniferous ( Mississippian ) age used to be called the " Mountain Limestone " because it formed so much of our upland scenery .
21 I was even more nervous because it mattered so much , and then I could n't stop talking and did n't answer the questions . ’
22 Conditioners for my hair because it gets really dry and definitely lipstick , I have to have my red lippy .
23 Like Heatfest the survey was also unique because it brought together active tenants groups in both Glasgow , Edinburgh and London and a range of professionals — from Edinburgh University , Strathclyde University and the Glasgow Community Health Resource Unit .
24 But if it becomes too long there is a danger that the listener will forget the original theme , concentrating on the third sentence because it assumes too much importance .
25 And more than half the women interviewed hate the label housewife because it sounds so patronising .
26 In microchip territory , silicon has always been king because it remains so cheap and easy to use .
27 ‘ At first I thought I 'd hooked a tree because it felt so solid .
28 In the following year they staged a number of occupations of churches , but even that avenue of protest was closed to them in the end , because it became too dangerous .
29 The Design centre finally failed because it became too elitist and alienated the general public .
30 I did it for a bet — with one of my uncles , his side being that I would n't stick to anything — and because it seemed as good a way as any of getting away from home , but I was not uninterested and I have not forgotten my subject . ’
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