Example sentences of "because they [be] [adv] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | We shall also look at the Cinderellas of settlement studies — hamlets and farmsteads , which have received little attention but are of immense importance because they are widespread and because they are clearly related to both the origins and the decline of villages . |
| 2 | Such discussions not only take an inordinate amount of time ( a subtle form of disobedience ) , but they are subversive because they are so rewarding to the child . |
| 3 | Bernie believes some parts , mainly the rivets , had corroded and so protected the hull because they were tightly bound to the 11 mm steel . |
| 4 | By degrees the British came to dominate this trade , partly because they were so committed to sugar that they were bound to make large purchases of slaves on their own account , partly because their increasingly dominant position at sea meant that they could take the place of the Dutch as general suppliers of slaves for planters in other European colonies who wanted to buy them . |
| 5 | They could n't be allowed to do this , because they were still attached to the creance and might get themselves caught up round the perch . |