Example sentences of "of [adj] [noun] because it [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That was just about the only redeeming feature of that winter because it formed a kind of bridge which made walking up to the road a lot easier . |
| 2 | Under the old system , the Leader of the PLP would be seen to enjoy the confidence of that body because it had elected him through an exhaustive ballot . |
| 3 | ‘ Either at the request of some lady because it disturbed their bouncing on the royal bed . |
| 4 | Elizabeth 's reign is now seen to be of crucial importance because it saw the completion of the Protestantization of the English people and witnessed the creation of a uniquely English style of Protestant church which was later to be labelled Anglicanism . |
| 5 | The switch of tactics on the part of the war-tax resistance movement which can be dated back to 1977 is potentially of great significance because it provided the conditions in which a broad-based political campaign may be mounted , calling for a statutory right of tax diversion and relying on litigation as an auxiliary and subordinate weapon , instead of depending exclusively on litigation to try to bring about a change in the law directly . |
| 6 | The next antibiotic to be discovered , streptomycin , was of great value because it attacked microbes which were insensitive to penicillin , especially those which caused tuberculosis . |
| 7 | On the other hand though , it must be noted that this was an important phase of feminist film-making because it established a foothold in Britain for avant-garde work , extending an already existing interest in ( and audience for ) the films of continental women directors such as Agnes Varda and Marguerite Duras . |
| 8 | The great extension of astronomical observations that began early in the 1960s brought about a revival of interest in the classical theory of general relativity because it seemed that many of the new phenomena that were being discovered , such as quasars , pulsars , and compact X-ray sources , indicated the existence of very strong gravitational fields — fields that could be described only by general relativity . |
| 9 | To men of the Middle Ages astronomy was of particular interest because it seemed to offer the best means of understanding , and possibly controlling , terrestrial events . |
| 10 | Many other desiderata of the socialist revolution came into the same category , but women 's education was of particular interest because it ran counter to widespread expectations shared by most men and probably most women . |
| 11 | Administration officials argue that Mr Bush 's speech at the United Nations was in fact a turning point in the US efforts to ban the prodictoion of chemical weapons because it created an atmosphere in which the Geneva negotiations are likley to be accelerated . |
| 12 | ‘ I was shocked when Scot Gemmill was brought in for me at the start of last season because it came out of the blue . |
| 13 | He attacked the dominance of formal logic because it reflected a misplaced confidence in the powers of human reason . |