Example sentences of "because it [vb past] no [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | According to Judge Abraham Sofaer , Brunei was picked especially because it received no assistance already , and would seem to be returning no favours ; it was never intended to get anything beyond appreciation . |
2 | It failed in the 1970s and 1980s because it offered no solutions to the new problems of chronic inflation and low growth . |
3 | Maria shuddered convulsively as she felt her nipple rolled between diabolically skilled finger and thumb , the mini-spasm of ecstasy gratifying and tormenting all at once , and ultimately cruelly deceptive because it brought no resolution or peace , only an even deeper hunger that seemed to plumb the deeps of the most secret levels of self . |
4 | During World War II MI6 produced few worthwhile results , largely because it had no agents in place before Hitler occupied the whole of Europe . |
5 | ‘ I grew up in the country , ’ she murmured , not sure why she had told him that because it had no bearing on the subject . |
6 | Low Birk Hatt has three bedrooms but the back bedroom was n't used very much because it had no fireplace and could n't be heated . |