Example sentences of "[noun] had be [adv] [verb] because " in BNC.
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| 1 | Relations between the two countries had been severely strained because of persistent allegations of support by the Solomons for the secessionist rebellion on the island of Bougainville which , although formally a part of Papua New Guinea , was geographically and ethnically closer to the Solomon Islands . |
| 2 | It could not be said that a peace had been finally made because old habits in Alexandra would not die a final death and made her still reserved , a little wary . |
| 3 | The day had been specially chosen because the meteorologists had assured them that the sun would rise at five fifty-three and there would be no rain . |
| 4 | The idea that the Pargeters had been specially chosen because of their similarity to the Ketterings had in no way been confirmed by Fosdyke but it grew in her mind steadily . |
| 5 | It also says three earlier accidents had been largely ignored because there had been no fatalities . |