Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [adv] because [pron] is " in BNC.
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| 1 | This research has been criticized partly because it is American evidence and partly because the American rates were slashed by 23% over three years with the top personal rate being reduced from 70 to 50% whilst the UK moved from 60 to 40% in just one year . |
| 2 | In practice this is just hopeful because many " no " decisions are made simply because there is need to make a decision ( regarding investment for example ) and insufficient information on which to base a " yes " decision . |
| 3 | Endometriosis should therefore not be treated simply because it is there . |
| 4 | Subsequently , the Galactic Centre has been shown to be astonishingly bright at many wavelengths , although it can not be seen optically because it is obscured by intervening dust . |
| 5 | All this will be done privately because there is nothing to be gained by castigating him in public . |
| 6 | To some extent , this will be done simply because it is felt that it is more efficient , or at least administratively convenient , to handle matters in this way — the matters delegated may be ephemeral , needing constant change ; or technical , requiring expertise . |
| 7 | The formation of the potent aggregating substance thromboxane A 2 in diabetic platelets has to be assessed indirectly because it is very labile with a half-life of approximately 30 seconds in aqueous solution ( Hamberg et al , 1975 ) . |
| 8 | Some requesting States may only accept evidence taken in a particular way and the Convention tries to ensure that a request for a special procedure ( for example , for verbatim transcripts or , on the other hand , for a summary of the evidence in deposition form ; or for video-taped evidence ) will not be refused merely because it is inconvenient to the requested State . |
| 9 | At the present stage of scientific development , it is surely sad that a healthy human fetus should be destroyed merely because it is not of the sex the mother prefers . |
| 10 | The polio patient 's equal right to self-determination should not be denied merely because he is helpless . |
| 11 | This needs to be stated clearly because there is a current media cliché that Greenpeace is turning its back on such tactics and is becoming a more bureaucratic , softer version of its earlier radical self . |
| 12 | Expatriates may be sent overseas because there is a specific demand for their skills , because they are needed to train local employees in particular procedures or because the expatriates themselves are to receive training so that they can return to their home countries to pass on their newly acquired skills . |
| 13 | Characters have to be created pictorially because there is no space to do so verbally in the text . |
| 14 | This is the ( non-forward-looking ) notion that punishment is justified simply because it is the expression of society 's abhorrence of crime . |
| 15 | Almost every square inch of land on the cliffsides is cultivated simply because there is no flat agricultural terrain . |
| 16 | The historical view is noted here because it is particularly relevant to the current administration . |
| 17 | When countries lose their competitive edge , manufacturing is hit hardest because it is the part of the economy most vulnerable to international competition ( it is hard to import haircuts or dry-cleaners ) . |
| 18 | It is rejected simply because it is a programme , because it denies the initiative , imagination and inventiveness of the teacher in contact with the child . |
| 19 | Er , I went on to say throughout the ages the government has repealed legislation , there 's nothing new about repealing legislation it is repealed either because it is proved unworkable or because it 's simply outlived its shelf life . |
| 20 | Hunter says Caterdata was chosen largely because it is ‘ user-friendly , simple to use in terms of the number of keystrokes people need to make , and quick to learn ’ . |