Example sentences of "because it [is] [vb pp] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It differs from ordinary hammer drills ( which operate on a ratchet/percussion mechanism ) because it is operated by an electro-pneumatic mechanism . |
| 2 | The grid scheme of city layout with streets crossing one another at right angles and with a uniformity of street width and building design , which became the pattern for the classical world of Greece and Rome and was later adopted in Europe and modern America , was developed in Ionian Greece from the seventh century B.C. ; this street pattern is often referred to as Milesian because it is named after the city of Miletos on the coast of Asia Minor . |
| 3 | ‘ The box , because it is situated on the seafront , takes a fair battering from the weather and special paints , developed for the North Sea oil industry , have to be used to paint the box every year . ’ |
| 4 | The study is tentative , because it is based on a handful of subjects . |
| 5 | Foucault is critical of such a theory not just because it is based on a science/non-science distinction which for him is simply the product of a particular discursive formation which claims access to the real , rather than involving any epistemological questions of truth or objectivity , but also because it produces the notion of ideology as a secondary mediation ( as in Althusser 's interpellation ) in an inside/outside structure between the determinants of power and the individual subject . |
| 6 | This has also been criticized by Ronald Fletcher , in a thorough analysis , because it is based on a false view of the human nervous system . |
| 7 | Foucault is most explicit on this , arguing that what he terms the ‘ repressive hypothesis ’ regarding Victorian sexuality is misleading : because it points to too narrow an interpretation of the family ; because it avoids class differentiation ; and because it is based on a negative rather than positive concept of power . |
| 8 | What I can not comply with , is the regular imposition of a psychometric system of evaluation , which has already decided who will fail and in what proportions , because it is based on a deficit model of learners , and a culturally and politically determined view of intelligence and ability . |
| 9 | However , the idealist production of knowledge leads to mistaken knowledge because it is based on an incorrect account of the determinate relation between reality ( or social being ) and ideas . |
| 10 | In my view it is just as vital not to ignore Marxist work because it contains one inadequate generalization , as it is not to ignore pluralist work because it is based on an idealized view of liberal democracy in Japan . |
| 11 | … in-service training is often much less effective than it could be because it is based on an ‘ educational model ’ i.e. is focussed largely on the individual . |
| 12 | It is , however , easy to recognise that the choreography for The Three-Cornered Hat has greater authenticity because it is based on the folk and flamenco dance Massine had studied in Spain . |
| 13 | Mr Ibrahim al-Beshari , Foreign Minister , said Libya would continue to fight UN Security Council Resolution 748 ‘ because it is based on the logic of force , not of law ’ . |
| 14 | An alternative explanation though , would say that the US model is not appropriate for Japan because it is based on the ideal of atomistic competition between a large number of small firms . |
| 15 | Their whole scheme is flawed , because it is based on the assumption that a Labour Government will have to raise £6.3 billion . |
| 16 | In respect of motion one five eight , the C E C is opposed because it is based upon a misunderstanding of the purposes of sectionalization . |
| 17 | I shall deal with the second recommendation first , because it is based upon a complete misunderstanding . |
| 18 | Experience suggests , however , that attempting to tackle such problems sympathetically may be more likely to lead to an embittered and protracted dispute ( perhaps because it is seen as an admission that there may be doubt as to whether expulsion is really justified ) than acting decisively and impersonally , refusing to be drawn into arguments with the partner whose expulsion is sought . |
| 19 | One can ask : does he mean that the horizontal moon , perhaps owing to some magnifying effect of the earth 's atmosphere , actually presents a larger appearance than the meridian moon , or does he mean merely that it looks bigger , perhaps because it is seen in a context of trees and houses ? |
| 20 | It may then resort to thieving , or whining every time you eat , because it is disturbed with the uncertainty of its own feeding arrangements . |
| 21 | This is vandalism , all the more wounding because it is authorised by the Secretary of State who is supposed to protect Scotland 's interests . |
| 22 | Albinos of any animal ( even humans ) have poor vision in strong light , so perhaps the Kigoi relies on the hand that feeds it because it is beaten to the foraging by normally-pigmented pondmates . |
| 23 | According to age-old local legends , the meaning of the word Carno comes from a hill in the centre of the Parish called ‘ clorin ’ because it is shaped like the back of a horse ; the Welsh farmers ’ word for the tail of a foal is ‘ torir clorin ’ . |
| 24 | The nail is an indirect object because it is related to the verb through the preposition — on . |
| 25 | Any prescription of the content or outcomes of teacher development is likely to be controversial because it is formulated from a value-position , but is a specification of process any less contentious ? |
| 26 | Some of the people who complain most bitterly about the community charge are those who discover after their homes have been repossessed that they must pay the charge not only on their new property — because it is imposed on the individual — but on the property which they lost , and which they thought was now the responsibility of the building society . |
| 27 | Because it is conducted at a particular point in the year , the spring , the LFS can not be used to investigate seasonal variations in the size or structure of the temporary workforce . |
| 28 | Koraloona is 130 miles west of Sanders Island and is dangerous to shipping because it is encircled by a coral reef at times fifty miles long , marked on all Admiralty charts . |
| 29 | An action does not become good simply because it is motivated by a good will , or by the right kind of ‘ thinking ’ , at least not in international relations . |
| 30 | The foregoing account confirms the idea implicit in the theoretical scheme which I sketched earlier : namely , that nationalism is an immensely powerful force , first , because it is sustained by a deep-rooted sense of belonging to a territorial and cultural community , and secondly , because this sense of belonging has become firmly attached to the nation state in a process of political development which is now several centuries old , and has taken on the character of a more or less sacrosanct and unalterable principle of political organization . |