Example sentences of "because it contains [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 This is a complex table , because it contains four variables ; work through the effect of each explanatory variable systematically , looking at the relevant marginal relationships as well .
2 Zeolite-softened water may be quite alkaline because it contains substantial quantities of sodium carbonate and bicarbonate .
3 Of all three heuristic functions , fc is almost certainly the best , because it contains most information .
4 Town water , although potable , is often unsuitable for textile processes such as package-dyeing because it contains suspended matter and soluble calcium and magnesium salts ; filtration and softening may be necessary before it can be employed with confidence in a process in which impurities can filter out upon yarn or fabric .
5 That would have been risky with ‘ Ye gentle spirits of the air ’ — also a continuo song — because it contains difficult display passages in the bass line as well as the vocal part . )
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