Example sentences of "been [adj] because [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That would have been absurd because the word , ‘ converts , ’ itself implied that the bailee had done something with the bailed goods which was not authorised by the terms of the bailment . |
| 2 | These have been possible because the portraits of Roman emperors of the first two centuries AD were , for the most part , strongly individualised and because portraits in the round have survived in large numbers — there are in some cases well over a hundred examples for each emperor . |
| 3 | This has been possible because the interiors of regions I , II and III are all flat . |
| 4 | This has been possible because the phrase ‘ sufficient interest ’ is very vague and leaves it largely up to the courts to decide what interests are sufficient . |
| 5 | However , as Morison makes clear , their relevance to the British economy has always been doubtful because a large proportion of industrial imports enter free of duty , and membership of the European Community has limited their scope . |
| 6 | ‘ The directors have been impotent because the deal was between Martin Edwards and Michael Knighton . |
| 7 | The taxi ride from the airport to the little village where she was staying , only six kilometres from Nice , had been uncomfortable because the air-conditioning in the car had broken down three days before her arrival and was waiting to be repaired , and all in all her last vestiges of good humour had finally bitten the dust as she 'd stood in front of the house and realised that it had n't finished being built . |
| 8 | The response probably would have been smoother because the effect of the 0/1 potency had been completed six weeks earlier . |
| 9 | The Court of Appeal held that the buyer dealt as a consumer , so that the clause was inapplicable ; however , Dillon LJ , obiter , suggested that had the buyer not been dealing as a consumer , the clause would have been reasonable because the buyer ( 1 ) was " ex hypothesi dealing in the course of business and [ the managing director ] was not devoid of commercial experience " and ( 2 ) the supplier was a hire purchase company , not a dealer , and had never had possession of or inspected the car . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's been great because every one has shared in the pleasure of it ’ , she added , ‘ All my friends and colleagues have been so enthusiastic and my family are over the moon . ’ |
| 11 | The dual division of ecclesiastical power has also been important because the religious orders have often been the vehicle for innovative theologies differing from the Roman line . |
| 12 | Speed has been essential because the Secretary of State 's timetable is formidable ( see below ) . |
| 13 | But Germany has been peaceful because the East Prussians were under our control . |
| 14 | Gable is honest enough to acknowledge that there 's some truth in the saying that no publicity is bad publicity : ‘ The cynical and worldly part of me tells me it 's been wonderful because the production must be the most talked about in 20 years of dance . |
| 15 | None of this , however , could obscure the triumph of the Prince 's baptism at Notre Dame on 14 June 1856 , a long delay having been necessary because the Empress had been so weak after the birth that she was unable to leave her bed for months . |
| 16 | A belated denial that any subsidies had been paid to Neophane did not materialise until June 1991 , when the Italian government explained that extensive inquiries had been necessary because the original allegations lacked detail . |