Example sentences of "[adv] because it [was/were] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps because it was conveniently placed on the edge of the Old City closest to the modern , developed parts where the more well-to-do lived , there were surprisingly wealthy people in its congregation . |
| 2 | It was only because it was repeatedly interrupted that it did not become all-pervasive , and ultimately intolerable . |
| 3 | The Taurus project , for instance , collapsed largely because it was repeatedly redesigned to please all the vested interests involved in settlement — many of whom quietly wanted Taurus to fail . |
| 4 | Many a report has been unsuccessful , not because it was badly written , but because the writer visualised one type of reader , whereas , in the end , the report ended up in front of someone entirely different . |
| 5 | STAFF at a bank in Birmingham could n't open their safe yesterday because it was still set to stay shut on August 26 , last year 's Bank Holiday . |
| 6 | Bratton was abandoned because making a living there was proving increasingly difficult ; William Charles and Ben the Outrider left Frome partly because it was fast becoming a town in recession . |
| 7 | The effectiveness of the Labour Spain Committee was impaired both by the fact that it was was associated with the movement in the constituency Labour parties and also because it was effectively advocating a a popular front against fascism , which the Labour Party continued to reject throughout the 1930s ; after the political disasters of 1931 it wanted no treating with its political enemies whether of the left or the right . |
| 8 | The accession of the new king , William IV , in June 1830 brought some slight relief , mainly because it was widely believed that His Majesty favoured the destruction of machinery and the payment of 2 shillings a day to men of the labouring classes . |