Example sentences of "because it can [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To begin by defining the object of inquiry is good practice , not least because it can serve to resolve ambiguities in common use and provide a snapshot of the landscape to be charted . |
| 2 | Martyrhood is rather more subtle and sophisticated — and therefore even more life-threatening , because it can go unrecognised . |
| 3 | Then if the assembler wants to make changes to the contract , the body-maker is in a strong position because it can threaten to keep both employees and assets working to the original contracts . |
| 4 | The saving throws for troops is not given on their profile because it can vary depending on the armour they wear . |
| 5 | Wood retains its popularity because it can offer much more stiffness for a given weight than any existing thermoplastic . |
| 6 | Labelling can be a nightmare for the behavioural analyst because it can divert attention away from the real problems . |
| 7 | This is because it can cope with printing personal details such as customer name , branch sort code and address — along with the magnetically coded cheque/slip number , bank code and account number , included at the bottom of the cheque — a process that has to be carried out in two separate stages using current techniques . |
| 8 | A typical entry would be for , say , E233 , a preservative , chemical name thiabendazole , a man-made material , with a note of caution attached warning that it should be avoided during pregnancy because it can damage the unborn child . |
| 9 | It is not necessary for the building society to be joined as a party to a registered land transfer where it is only receiving the benefit of a covenant to observe and perform the terms of the mortgage by the wife ( and not releasing the husband ) because it can enforce the covenant without being a party ( Chelsea and Walham Green Building Society v Armstrong [ 1951 ] Ch 853 ) . |
| 10 | awareness that it just stands and bleats and does nothing because it can do nothing ! |
| 11 | For example , does an animal recoil from a naked flame because it can feel the heat or because it can ‘ see ’ the heat — or because it has some completely different sense that alerts it to the danger ? |
| 12 | Perhaps more importantly , the government has backed away from declaring more UDCs partly because of the costs and adverse publicity but also because it can achieve its aim of driving local authorities into the arms of the private sector by other means . |
| 13 | It 's for each person , that 's why like the playwright does n't specify what each thing 's supposed to mean because it can mean whatever it wants to each member of the audience . |
| 14 | Everything is interpreted within the scheme ; it does not explain anything , because it can explain everything . |
| 15 | Leach says LOFT is a boon to Britain because it can answer new questions raised by Britain 's stricter philosophy on safety margins . |
| 16 | because it can last for anything up to six months . |
| 17 | This facility is made even more useful because it can remain available while the user continues to type at the cursor . |
| 18 | Light is often used as a metaphor for God because it can convey both the presence and the unapproachability of the divine being . |
| 19 | They are right to do so , because it can lead to serious problems if it persists . |
| 20 | Gregory believes the new toolkit , which is also scalable , is a technical breakthrough because it can assume the available processing power and memory resource on the target . |
| 21 | I agree that this scheme is significant not only because of what may be achieved for good in the north-west , but because it can act as a model for planning for other areas and for other denominations . |
| 22 | The Conservative Party itself has tended to lend its weight to the prevailing set-up ( perhaps because it can win within it ) , but the constitutional authorities are , by definition , Establishment figures and they are often identified with Toryism . |
| 23 | This belief distorts the past because it can see nothing good in it . |
| 24 | In ordinary politics , however , we must treat integrity as an independent ideal if we accept it at all , because it can conflict with these other ideals . |
| 25 | Now this is the time when you must watch them , because it can take from two to two days , two hours from two , two hours to two days to regain control of the brain , depending on the person and if it 's , happens outside and they want to get away , stress the fact you get up and run under a bus and they do n't mean to obviously |
| 26 | because it can get into contact with the |
| 27 | Individual people may come and go , but society carries on continuously — because it can shape the incoming individuals to fit the existing state of affairs . |
| 28 | In relation to curriculum evaluation , this analysis is important because it can assist the identification of assumptions about change which are implicit in various accountability procedures and evaluation strategies . |
| 29 | They 're being incredibly silly , they really ought not to do that , because it can impair their hearing for life . |
| 30 | See , on the other hand , because it can evoke the bare fact of visual perception , is capable of evoking perception merely as a cause of knowledge and no more than that . |