Example sentences of "because it [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is thought a better explanation both because it avoids the metaphysical extravagance of non-natural properties , and because it clarifies the relation between moral judgement and action . |
| 2 | It appears as primitive , because it forms the prehistoric stage of capital and of the mode of production corresponding with it . |
| 3 | Because it rejects the straight line conception of time from the first hiccough to the last gasp , the novel is not built round a clear , sequential story , that might be summarised in a few paragraphs . |
| 4 | THIS Bernstein recording of Mahler 's Ninth Symphony is historic because it preserves the only occasion on which he conducted the Berlin Philharmonic , on October 4 , 1979 ( with a repeat the next evening ) . |
| 5 | Thus the spot yield curve is the correct method for pricing or valuing any cash flow ( whether regular or irregular ) because it uses the appropriate discount factors . |
| 6 | Interval harmony is therefore to be recommended not only because it encourages the horizontal flow of parts and their final resolution into good harmony , but also because the process gives quicker and easier results . |
| 7 | ‘ Positivism ’ because it requires the standard institutions of positive law for making , recognising and applying binding rules . |
| 8 | Aristotle believed that strict determinism must be rejected because it destroys the natural basis for distinguishing between voluntary and involuntary actions . |
| 9 | Any untoward or awkward transition is immediately noticeable because it destroys the calm dignity that the human body needs if it is to be shown at its best . |
| 10 | In this case , it is difficult for the woman to pretend her partner is naturally more ambitious than herself , but many other women buy into this fantasy because it justifies the sexual status quo . |
| 11 | Avoid mineral oil because it lacks the living qualities of vegetable oil and may even rob the body of some of its fat soluble nutrients . |
| 12 | This is the line taken by the United States Supreme Court , which rejected the ‘ bad tendency ’ grounds for abridging freedom of expression because it lacked the all-important factor of ‘ clear and present danger ’ . |
| 13 | That was because it enabled the whole rugby fraternity to participate , with financial reward being the last thing on anyone 's mind . |
| 14 | This was principally because it contained the old Baghdad-Tehran highway . |
| 15 | It sold more $500,000-plus machines in fourth quarter 1992 than the three previous quarters combined and looks forward to being able to use Pentium in its machines , because it says the new Intel Corp chip will reduce the gap between its machines and RISC in batch processing work . |
| 16 | But as a general attack upon industrial co-operatives as a means of organising production and provision , it is ill-founded and ill-considered : ill-founded , because it proceeds from the unproven principle that the public ownership of industry was a necessary pre-requisite of the good society ; and ill-considered , because it ignored the democratic virtues — accountability to and responsibility from the workforce — of the industrial co-operative form . |
| 17 | ‘ Do n't lie ! ’ she said bitterly , deeply hurt by his endless obsession with power because it attacked the very roots of her growing feelings for him . |
| 18 | The dismay was in part because of the anticipated economic consequences of this militancy , but also because it threatened the existing social order of late Victorian England . |
| 19 | Her eyes leapt from Abraham begat Isaac and Isaac begat Jacob to Verse 25 of the Gospel According to St Matthew , to which she had turned simply because it began the New Testament and she had been unable to make anything of the Old . |
| 20 | That she 'd done what she 'd done — made this Will , that is — not to spite him but because it seemed the right thing . |
| 21 | Schellenberg gasped , mainly because it seemed the right thing to do . |
| 22 | There was something I did n't tell you at your father 's funeral because it seemed the wrong time , but two days after he died , I received a letter from him . |
| 23 | A high foot sweep will be regarded as illegal , because it attacks the joint |
| 24 | Speech that might be regarded as insulting because it attacks the cherished views and beliefs of the audience at which it is directed is in particular jeopardy from this section . |
| 25 | The Franco-German axis styles itself as the leading force in the Community and , while both countries make explicit reference to their special relationship in speeches in each other 's countries , the primacy of this alliance is clearly played down in the other countries of the EC , not least because it negates the whole point of having a community . |
| 26 | This demonstration shows how even very small amounts of extra rudder in a turn cause a bad wing drop , whereas using too little is a safer fault because it inhibits the stalling characteristics . |
| 27 | We chose the pGEX GST-fusion expression system ( 17 ) because it allows the large-scale production of highly purified , soluble fusion proteins . |
| 28 | Simple pre-exposure may be assumed to be an effective method for reducing associability because it allows the rapid formation either of a strong stimulus — no event association or of associations among stimulus elements , just as consistent reinforcement allows the rapid formation of a strong CS-US association . |
| 29 | The Council feel that this scheme , with its emphasis on the reformative value of service in association with volunteers , is likely to be a promising form of new non-custodial penalty and that its effectiveness is likely to be all the greater because it involves the positive co-operation of the offender . |
| 30 | Jessop has argued , we think correctly , that this view is invalid because it ignores the central truth of the state in capitalist societies ; namely , that it is a field of political struggle . |