Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [adj] because it [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Simon walked down to the stream and across the bridge to his own cottage , waving with his usual cordiality , which was unfailing because it depended on no cordial impulse . |
| 2 | Since then defeat by New Zealand of Wales , which was bearable because it tended to be close and hard-fought , has become despair , which is unbearable . |
| 3 | ‘ Customers said it was great that we were open because it showed some normality in the town . ’ |
| 4 | It is significant because it affected a wide proportion of the inhabitants of Spain and because the preconditions of its strength persisted until very late . |
| 5 | For example , when Rome 's first sundial was brought to the city from Sicily in 263 BC , during the first Punic war , and was erected in the Forum it was inaccurate because it indicated the time appropriate to the place whence it came which was more than four degrees to the south . |
| 6 | It was dangerous because it left her at his mercy and as far as she knew he had none . |
| 7 | Even for somebody who spoke French it was a mouthful , and it was tedious because it had to be repeated each time one spoke to a Corporal or Sergeant . |
| 8 | It was funny because it did n't go runny like mud . |
| 9 | It was bold because it conflicted with theories generally accepted at the time , theories that included the assumption that electromagnetic systems ( magnets , charged bodies , current-carrying conductors , etc. ) act upon each other instantaneously across empty space and that electromagnetic effects can be propagated at a finite velocity only through material substances . |
| 10 | In the bad old days of low-carbohydrate diets , many people did , indeed , imagine that those saintly ‘ protein foods ’ were calorie-free — I have even known poor souls pouring down vastly fattening cream under the mistaken impression that it was calorie-free because it lacked carbohydrate ! |
| 11 | But he was pleased because it showed she intended taking seriously the duties of a rector 's wife . |
| 12 | His wife came in and banged the door and he was furious because it made the china rattle ; he said she just did n't understand . ’ |