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 . ’ |