Example sentences of "is [adj] because it [is] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A hobby that demands complete attention is refreshing because it is totally absorbing . |
| 2 | Shatov 's murder , in the world of this novel , is momentous because it is potentially unremarkable . |
| 3 | Is this because it 's just old-fashioned ? |
| 4 | This is fortunate because it is only if the value of the cosmological constant is very small that the universe would be suitable for beings like us . |
| 5 | The progress of beam weapon technology is deceptive because it is comparatively easy-to-build powerful lasers or particle-beam generators . |
| 6 | Our research was designed to ensure that the field-worker was also around a great deal and was stubborn in exploiting the naturally occurring situations of privacy , where natural conversation is inevitable because it is interactionally difficult to abstain from it , such as in the back of vehicles , in the sanger while on guard duty , relaxing in many of the recreational rooms , or off duty . |
| 7 | In a sense , Barrett 's analysis is remarkable because it is so unremarkable . |
| 8 | Like 13-year-old Joey Papineau , who could have told the baffled university dons : ‘ Neighbours is great because it 's not like real life . |
| 9 | The attack is effective because it is so fast — a sort of mugger 's ‘ blitzkrieg ’ — and the dust has usually settled before anyone even realizes what has happened . |
| 10 | This is important because it is directly relevant to understanding the mechanism of a type of eruption not yet observed at first hand by any human being , but one that would make the Mt Pelee eruption pale into insignificance if an example were to occur today . |
| 11 | But it is not just played for easy excitement : this is alarming because it is so near the edge of what is possible , and yet it has just enough in reserve for tremendous final prestissimo . |
| 12 | The user , whether the operator of the system when it is operational or the manager of the department it is aimed to help , can readily check that the DFD is accurate because it is so graphical . |
| 13 | Sometimes a most carefully planned game structure is ineffective because it is not for some reason appropriate either to the material or to the particular class . |
| 14 | This is convenient because it is now recognised that they are such an important aspect of the transaction ; and pension under-funding or , in recent times more likely , over-funding , can involve such large amounts of money that the arrangements will generally be negotiated separately from the rest of the agreement by specialist pension lawyers from the parties ' solicitors and the parties ' respective actuaries . |
| 15 | The adjustment to the rise and fall is difficult because it is always sticky , the wood chips tend to collect on the travel of the sliding table making the action very bumpy , the sliding table is always out of adjustment for one reason or another . |
| 16 | But of course there is some choice erm let me give you a final southern er Africa example of this , Botswana geographically is one of those countries cut off from the sea , it 's a very large country but much of it is uninhabitable because it 's so arid it 's therefore a small country by almost any standards , number of people , the economy of er of Botswana is small and it 's frankly dependent upon South Africa in many ways for its transport , for its economic wellbeing , for the movement of people erm and even some educational resources . |
| 17 | Even a small increase in breast cancer is significant because it is already the most important cause of cancer death in women . |