Example sentences of "[noun prp] ['s] [noun] because it [be] " in BNC.

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1 The Mirror had last night reportedly dropped Mr Foot 's article because it was critical of the company 's management , said a spokesman for the National Union of Journalists .
2 Mr Nicholas Winterton ( C. Macclesfield ) announced that he would not be supporting the bill in Monday 's vote because it was ‘ severely flawed ’ .
3 He could n't see Ruane 's face because it was bent below the rim of the desk , as he put his shoes back on .
4 He had supported Pennethorne 's design because it was the cheapest and did not encroach on the park , but if they abandoned that design they were bound to take the first prize design , ‘ but as there was some difficulty about that ’ , it should go to the second prize-winners .
5 The document which Bishop Tikhon will read puts Raskolnikov in Svidrigailov 's shoes because it is a record of the excesses a mortally jaded palate has got up to .
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