Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [noun] because it [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The incident first attracted national attention because it involved the Kennedy family , a subject which tended to elicit fiercely polarized views . |
| 2 | Weber favoured presidential-style government because it encouraged the ratification of charisma by the masses , and enhanced the prospects of electing leaders who would disturb the routinized bureaucratic operations of modern states . |
| 3 | The law , the most draconian to have been passed by any mainland state , could not take immediate effect because it conflicted with the 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision — the foundation of legalized abortion in the USA . |
| 4 | Goblander was not just an anagram on old banger , it really expressed the way that decrepit old van had of gobbling up petrol as it chugged through the countryside making awful noises because it needed a new silencer . |
| 5 | Working the 2 Step programme becomes progressively more relevant on a daily basis in the recognition that it provides such a superb philosophy of life than many recovering people come to consider that they were fortunate to have addictive disease because it led them to the 12 Step Programme . |