Example sentences of "because it [vb past] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The area has made a unique contribution to Welsh commerce and to Welsh culture , not least because it produced Shirley Bassey , among others . |
| 2 | Launched on Dec. 2 , it had attracted media attention because it transported Toyohiro Akiyama , 48 , a Japanese journalist , to the Mir space station [ see p. 37437 ] . |
| 3 | To this extent , Marxism 's universalizing narrative of the unfolding of a rational system of world history is simply a negative form of the history of European imperialism : it was Hegel , after all , who declared that ‘ Africa has no history ’ , and it was Marx who , though critical of British imperialism , concluded that the British colonization of India was ultimately for the best because it brought India into the evolutionary narrative of Western history , thus creating the conditions for future class struggle there . |
| 4 | But the harsh fact is that the UN was able to operate effectively in liberating Kuwait because it suited US national interests to undertake this task ; and America and its allies clearly preferred to operate with the Security Council 's approval . |
| 5 | The significance of using this starting point , outside of the actors ' consciousness , can not be exaggerated , because it set Marx , Engels , and other Marxists on an analytical course which was fundamentally different from other social analysts of their time , and which to a certain extent still distinguishes Marxist analyses from many others . |
| 6 | Public prosecutor Andrei Makarov declared afterwards that it had been significant " not so much because it punished Ostashvili , but because it brought to light the forces standing behind this small figure and exposed the fascism which is growing in society " . |
| 7 | I think a lot of the big trouble which was to happen started with me giving Changez Harold Robbins to read , because it stimulated Changez in a way that Conan Doyle never did . |
| 8 | Sally Lyle , who lives next door to the Stewarts ' luxury historic townhouse , said : ‘ No one ever spoke about the case because it upset Glenn so much . |