Example sentences of "because it was [verb] that [det] " in BNC.

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1	Before the 1970s , one reason why wife battering was not perceived as a social problem was because it was argued that those who suffered it could leave and those who stayed could not be suffering .
2	This section has paused long on the views held by some librarians on the nature of their role , and that of their collections , in the educational process because it was felt that such views were not as widely known among educators as perhaps they should be .
3	Priority was to be given to walking , not only because it was felt that this would give disproportionate environmental benefits and would aid access to public transport , but it would recognise the dominance of local movement by foot transport .
4	Basically , the local authority suspended improvement grants which had previously been available because it was considered that these areas might be cleared in order to meet ‘ the necessity for new housing development being provided to the south of Saville Street to contribute to the success of the proposed new shopping centre ’ ( Town Improvement Committee , 8 March 1971 ) .
5	Because it was implied that these girls had been sexually available to a wide number of men , the hero could n't live with them after the fade-out .
6	I should add here that even as a junior at Halton I was in the senior cross-country team — which only people in their very last year were normally eligible to join and at this stage I was in my first year of three , I was allowed to go out on any occasion , in running gear , to train as I was a bona fide member of the team and so on one of these occasions when I was out training — I always wore a sort of towel around my neck which looked very professional at the time and quite unnecessary — I managed to conceal the altimeter , which had become very very hot property by this time because it was known that several instruments were missing and we could have a visit from the gendarme .

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