Example sentences of "because it have [vb pp] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second point is that , in the Hedley Byrne case , the bank providing the advice was able to escape liability because it had printed a clear disclaimer on the information excluding legal responsibility for the advice . |
| 2 | The wounded in these hospitals lived in terror of the periodical decoration parades ; because it had become a recognised custom to reward a man about to die with the Croix de Guerre . |
| 3 | The PLO felt able to play what had been for fifteen years its ‘ last card ’ — recognition of Israel — because it had gained a stronger one through the Uprising . |
| 4 | It had survived because it had got a metallic thread running through it . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'll give you your letter back , miss — unread , ’ the police-sergeant told Rosalind , with a grin , ‘ but I 'd like to keep the envelope , please , because it 's got a nice glossy surface and the man your sister saw stealing bulbs has left two lovely big fingerprints on it , which may or may not enable us to find out who he is , but will certainly prove whether the gardener who was sacked as the thief is innocent . |
| 6 | I think you could learn all of those could n't you it 's just that there 's quite a lot of words to learn so they give you some funny ones like ox because it 's got a funny plural and there 's two or three of them you say oxen you do n't say oxes . |
| 7 | Erm it 's a bit off-putting at the start because it 's got the two scales on . |
| 8 | Erm because it 's got the Next label on it and I like that outfit . |
| 9 | " A point has now been reached , " it declared , " where the continued dynamic development of the Community has become an imperative not only because it corresponds to the direct interests of the 12 member states but also because it has become a crucial element in the progress that is being made in establishing a reliable framework for peace and security in Europe . " |
| 10 | Another dealer explained : ‘ There are some punters who will buy a stock just because it has fallen a long way . ’ |
| 11 | Birmingham is less attractive because it has remained the commercial centre of the Midlands . |
| 12 | The centre piece of the act is the onymous toad , unique among the frogs and toads because it has lost the horny pads ( the so-called nuptial pads ) that grow on the male 's hands during the breeding season and because it mates on dry land rather than in water . |
| 13 | Mitchells Plain , home of 500,000 coloured people ( of mixed race ) , many of whom were forcibly removed from Cape Town in the early '70s , was chosen for the launch of the NP drive to recruit members right across the racial spectrum because it has seen a clear swing of support in the past year from the ANC towards the Nationalists . |
| 14 | THE issue of Roman Catholic primary schools in Darlington and the need for more places for Roman Catholic pupils is quite remarkable , not least because it has seen the local MP Mr Michael Fallon who is also the Government 's Schools Minister make a complete turnabout in his approach to the subject . |
| 15 | Now that Mr Major has won his own mandate , it is important to understand that , though the Conservative Party has sometimes been successful because it has stolen the Labour Party 's clothes , this is not the reason for its success on this occasion . |
| 16 | Thus in many cases where a buyer seeks to reject goods supplied under a sale contract , it does so because the transaction has proved uneconomical , for instance because the market has fallen , or because it has found a cheaper source of supply ; it may then sieze on any trivial breach , or any ambiguity in the contract , in order to justify rejection of the goods . |