Example sentences of "because it [vb past] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The area has made a unique contribution to Welsh commerce and to Welsh culture , not least because it produced Shirley Bassey , among others . |
| 2 | Launched on Dec. 2 , it had attracted media attention because it transported Toyohiro Akiyama , 48 , a Japanese journalist , to the Mir space station [ see p. 37437 ] . |
| 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 | But The Sun thought that ‘ the meeting was a bogus one , if it was held at all ’ , further alleging that this clandestine organisation ( which said that it had met in secrecy because it feared Hooligan reprisals ) was a put-up job by someone in the pay of The Daily Telegraph . |
| 5 | It led to impossibly puritan attitudes , a crusade against the enjoyments of the artisan , onslaughts on the bullfight , not because it was cruel , but because it wasted working time ; it supported an attack on charity as an anti-social habit , which merged with the bleak belief of later liberals in the virtues of competition . |
| 6 | THE owner of a Newtownards pub targeted by loyalist bombers because it hosted folk music sessions has vowed that he will not give in to terrorist threats . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ( There are reports that in fact No. 17 was substituted for No. 5 and became 349 , because it had cushion seats . |
| 9 | The old system had fallen into disrepute because of its widespread use as a tax dodge , and because it encouraged conifer planting , but it is recognised that grants are not as effective . |
| 10 | More importantly , perhaps , Walmsley argues that the 1967 Act , because it introduced summary trial for the offence of indecency between males , made it easier for the police to bring prosecutions , for when there are no minors involved , the Director of Public Prosecution 's consent is unnecessary . |
| 11 | Winston Churchill called it a ‘ tuppenny Punch & Judy show ’ ( before resigning ) because it inherited game shows that gave prizes . |