Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun] because it [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She knew her limitations better than she knew her worth , and she taught in a private school because it gave her a little more latitude to come and go as she wished — an important point , since she cared for an old mother whom eighty years had made exacting . |
| 2 | It was of course a political problem because it concerned property , land and land values ; its resolution was equally a political matter and has proved on more than one occasion to be a fundamental point of divide between Conservative and Labour attitudes . |
| 3 | Everything seemed to be taken care of and everybody was on a real high because it left you free to do what you wanted to do without worrying about paying this week 's rent or buying a pair of shoes , or whether a valve in the amplifier had gone and you had to replace it . |
| 4 | The United Kingdom opposed sending a peacekeeping force because it represented a long-term commitment but suggested an oil embargo . |
| 5 | This was a great comfort because it guaranteed you a guardian , a communality , and an end . |
| 6 | Was the government-supported Remploy , for instance , a good thing because it provided sheltered employment for disabled people , or a bad thing because it ghettoised them ? |
| 7 | A PWR was economic , displacing old plant ; it was a good thing because it used other fuel than coal , or , rather , it was in line with the |
| 8 | This event was of great significance for the development of landscapes on a continental scale because it led to the establishment of new base levels for continental erosion . |
| 9 | Whatever the uncertainties of the precise dates , events and social connections in Rolle 's life it is clear from external and internal evidence that he felt increasingly compelled towards a solitary life because it facilitated contemplative inner life which was for him the reality to be cultivated above all other . |
| 10 | " I bought a second-hand copy because it had been very usefully annotated , the notes alone will save me hours of work . " |
| 11 | It was the Second Law of Thermodynamics which gave Victorian intellectuals a certain frisson because it seemed to imply that the world was running down . |
| 12 | It was a significant remark because it acted like a kick up the behind to Nick . |
| 13 | Cedars , he told them , was a special school because it had special teachers with special skills and training . |
| 14 | Marconi thus had a special importance because it provided an issue of corruption that could not be turned back by Liberals against the Unionists , and for this the Liberals had only themselves to blame . |
| 15 | Was the government-supported Remploy , for instance , a good thing because it provided sheltered employment for disabled people , or a bad thing because it ghettoised them ? |
| 16 | The essential point was that the medieval Church was a ‘ sex-negative ’ institution — sex was a bad thing because it interfered with the search for spiritual perfection . |