Example sentences of "because it [verb] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I enjoyed doing this because it took people by surprise . |
| 2 | Some say this is in fact useful because it keeps people busy at a time when , as we have seen , it is probably too painful to have time on your hands to sit and reflect . |
| 3 | I find newspaper bingo even more repulsive than the cinema-hall type , because it encourages people to read newspapers for the wrong reason . |
| 4 | She says : ‘ It is a very valuable function because it helps people who are unemployed or have just been made redundant to do something which is worthwhile . |
| 5 | The thinking of politicians for whom education is only important if it helps boost the national economy , and this is important because it helps people enjoy what they want , and this is important because it encourages consumption and thus industry , either goes round in a vicious circle or takes off on an interminable regress . |
| 6 | The welfare system , runs this view , makes things worse because it discourages people from working and rewards undesirable behaviour . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | It is a necessary step if IBM is to remain competitive in networked environments because it enables data to move at the same speed between the CPU and peripherals as it moves over Ethernet . |
| 9 | Now it could be said of course that we do n't offer the same kind of very intense opportunities that are on offer to undergraduates , but in some senses , and many adults have testified to this , this is an advantage , because it enables people in their own time , and sometimes over a fairly prolonged period , to explore with a tutor , a scholar , the kind of interests that they have in the issues that have concerned them in society . |
| 10 | It might have been even worse if one of these fairly common replies had been given : " Because it gives people a nice cosy feeling that there 's a home somewhere " or , " Do n't know . |
| 11 | The Labour party can not have it both ways : it attacks the system either because it expects people to claim or because it requires a register . |
| 12 | The trouble with fitness is that it leads to mistakes about evolution because it makes people think in terms of qualitative terms . |
| 13 | However , maintenance is more than a cost centre because it affects aircraft availability . |
| 14 | Sanitation causes more controversy than the problem of water supply , possibly because it affects people in cities . |
| 15 | ‘ We ca n't use paintings full of busy detail , or delicate etchings and watercolours ; we also try to avoid lots of open blank space , because it invites graffiti ; and we ca n't have nudity or bad taste . |
| 16 | The open farm is a good idea because it teaches townspeople about the countryside . |
| 17 | This poem is funny because it treats people as if they were second-hand cars for sale . |