Example sentences of "because it [vb -s] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A c.c.d. delay line provides a delay because it takes a certain amount of time for each input sample to be passed along the chain of capacitors and to finally emerge at the output . |
| 2 | ‘ There are only one hundred mountain guides in the country at the moment , probably because it takes a long time to qualify and the standards are very high . |
| 3 | Both Roche and Berk are companies of repute , and I do not think that Berk would like to be described by Dalyell as ‘ fly by night ’ simply because it produces a cheaper product . |
| 4 | It is successful because it produces a high quality product on time at a price the customer can afford . |
| 5 | The report will also reject the argument that Japan needs special trade sanctions because it operates a different sort of capitalism . |
| 6 | The piste groomers work around the clock to grind up the snow which , because it possesses a denser molecular structure than the real thing , compacts easily into ice . |
| 7 | Because it goes a good deal wider , I will not myself be supporting it . |
| 8 | In drama magic is both blessing and a curse ; a blessing because it creates a wonderful control device , and because it can be very stimulating to the imagination ; a curse because children can — and often do — use it as a way of saying " This is not a problem " , using magic to get them out of seeking a solution . |
| 9 | The system does not need dedicated hardware because it uses a standard DECsystem server . |
| 10 | Dearlove 's analysis of local government reorganization in the early 1970s , The Reorganization of Local Government ( Cambridge , Cambridge University Press ; 1979 ) is particularly important because it encourages a political analysis of change and develops an impressive critique of more traditional or orthodox approaches . |
| 11 | Making the decision to resume a demanding job or career is a serious and sometimes hazardous business ; not least because it requires a thorough review and reappraisal of your lifestyle . |
| 12 | The Right Hon John Patten MP , Minister of State for the Home Office ( right ) , comments that , ‘ Victim Support has deservedly grown fast because it meets a long-standing and deep need that had been neglected for far too long . |
| 13 | Word order is extremely important in translation because it plays a major role in maintaining a coherent point of view and in orienting messages at text level . |
| 14 | The central union federation ( the LO ) is also very strong largely because it plays a significant and continuing role in collective bargaining . |
| 15 | In fact , well done everybody , because it sounds a simple thing to do . |
| 16 | Families favour the Arts Centre over bed and breakfast accommodation because it offers a greater privacy . |
| 17 | Some people go into teaching with the intention of becoming active in the union , either out of genuine commitment to teaching as a profession , or because it offers a political platform . |
| 18 | Dr Hugh Rushton , Research Director for the Philip Kingsley Trichology Clinic , believes that hormone replacement therapy ( HRT ) is very effective in restoring condition to hair because it maintains a better balance of hormones , particularly oestrogen . |
| 19 | I rank D. K. Arrowsmith and C. M. Place 's Ordinary Differential Equations very highly indeed , because it tackles a difficult and urgent problem : to equip applied mathematicians with 20th-century tools . |
| 20 | Since opposite charges attract , the reason why the electron does not gravitate towards the nucleus but stays in orbit around it ( even though it is radiating and losing its energy in doing so ) is because it retains a certain energy called ‘ ground-state energy ’ . |
| 21 | Incidentally , the round African hut is highly appropriate for keeping cool in hot sun because it presents a smaller surface area than a square building would . |
| 22 | To the neophyte , it must be the ‘ programme music ’ which first appeals , because it portrays a simple story or picture . |
| 23 | The attempt to satisfy that curiosity , because it obeys a deep and strong instinct , produces , especially in certain personalities , uniquely powerful sensations of pleasure . |
| 24 | From the top , the views south are awesome , proving the nonsense of ignoring a mountain just because it falls a few feet short of Munro status . |
| 25 | It is economical because it allows a high temperature to be maintained in just a small area , and useful as it encourages speedy germination of seeds and rapid rooting of cuttings . |
| 26 | ‘ Hothousing is entirely different because it involves a pushy parent force-feeding their child to be bright — the natural spark is n't necessarily there , ’ says Mr Short . |
| 27 | The nature of pollution control work draws attention to these issues because it involves a substantial degree of discretion at field level among staff who are physically dispersed and isolated for most of the day while tending a complex and unpredictable environment . |
| 28 | Todd deems le Play 's schema incomplete , however , because it ignores a further crucial discriminating variable — whether marriage is endogamous or exogamous with regard to the family . |
| 29 | ‘ I prefer this means of transport because I find it consonant with a certain feeling I have about myself — because it expresses a certain style of being that I find congenial — because I find the kinaesthetic sensations it affords , even the physical efforts and nervous tension , somehow involving . ’ |
| 30 | This bilateralism ‘ contributes to an ‘ orderly ’ outward appearance of the law because it facilitates a precise identification of who has a right or a claim against whom and who may enforce it' . |