Example sentences of "[adv] because it be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps because it is situated not far from the Belgian border where stone is more readily available , it is a richly decorated late Gothic cathedral , definably Dutch in treatment but Belgian or French in design . |
| 2 | One can ask : does he mean that the horizontal moon , perhaps owing to some magnifying effect of the earth 's atmosphere , actually presents a larger appearance than the meridian moon , or does he mean merely that it looks bigger , perhaps because it is seen in a context of trees and houses ? |
| 3 | Experience suggests , however , that attempting to tackle such problems sympathetically may be more likely to lead to an embittered and protracted dispute ( perhaps because it is seen as an admission that there may be doubt as to whether expulsion is really justified ) than acting decisively and impersonally , refusing to be drawn into arguments with the partner whose expulsion is sought . |
| 4 | Specialist skills , apart from technology/computerization , did not figure very highly or very uniformly in responses , perhaps because it is felt that these are widely catered for already . |
| 5 | There is a tendency to make sentences unnecessarily complex , perhaps because it is thought that a convoluted structure makes them seem more formal . |
| 6 | It will be a whole lot clearer to you then , but it 's there basically because it was asked for , it 's inadequate because that was all they could do on the day , having been instructed to provide it . |
| 7 | In 1985 however , the Law Commission did recommend that a marriage entered into by a man or woman domiciled in England and Wales should not be invalid merely because it is entered into under a law which permits polygamy , provided that neither party is already married . |
| 8 | Only because it is assumed that if people understood the system in which they were involved they would not put up with it , and it would not go on . |
| 9 | All discourse is more or less reciprocal , if only because it is based upon assumptions about receivers . |
| 10 | However , by focusing exclusively on girls , researchers have ignored the important premise that gender has any cultural meaning only because it is based on difference ( Hollway 1982 ) . |
| 11 | Like the donkey it is despised by its enemies and mistreated by its friends , but only because it is bound to be treated unfairly when it is seen unrealistically . |
| 12 | Physics was chosen as a representative subject , not only because it is studied by so few women , and is therefore a typically masculine discipline , but also because it tends to be regarded as the most objective , rigorous and , indeed , successful of the pure sciences . |
| 13 | To understand the world one is in is to understand where it came from , and how it came ; and it is only because it is understood , or thought to be , that one can aspire to change it . |
| 14 | Agency working has aroused interest in Britain not only because it is concentrated in particular local and occupational labour markets but also because of the special status that agency workers have in employment law . |
| 15 | Backed by a combination of sticks and carrots , the advice often gains credibility only because it is taken . |
| 16 | What these contradictions add up to is the paradoxical point that the ‘ frozen moment of loveliness is more dynamic than the fluid world of reality only because it is frozen ’ , that art is more vivid than life only because it is not alive . |
| 17 | Does he agree that gas is better not only because it is transported through its own pipelines and therefore takes transport off the road , but because it is green-clean and thermally more efficient ? |
| 18 | But it was only because it was done in er er I think . |
| 19 | But if you are the slightest bit interested in this symphony you simply must hear it , and not only because it was recorded only months after première performances conducted by Mravinsky himself . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Nevertheless , in the wake of the retreat of American power and the demise of SEATO neutralisation remained the regional strategic stance of Southeast Asia , if only because it was considered by the region to be the only plausible defence against becoming a Chinese sphere of influence . |
| 22 | Top public sector earners such as judges , senior officials and forces top brass will get a 2.9 per cent rise but only because it was negotiated last year as part of a phased increase for 1992 . |
| 23 | We would n't turn it down because it 's made from new materials Indeed we welcome the use of such material in the countryside |
| 24 | It closed a few years ago , they could n't knock it down because it was meant to be a prime example of nineteen thirties architecture . |
| 25 | Admittedly , this is a powerful nation , but not necessarily because it was founded on strong principles . |
| 26 | But our language is constantly changing and what is correct is only so because it is accepted as such . |
| 27 | 2. it will do so because it is undertaken with such a belief ; |
| 28 | His father told him he had never come closer to disobeying an order in his life , but he was finally persuaded to do so because it was pointed out to him that if the British Army did not send back the Cossacks , the Soviets would not send back British POWs . |
| 29 | Efforts to promote group production have been limited , perhaps largely because it was believed to conflict with the strong sense of individualism held by farmers . |
| 30 | Similar proposals put forward at the end of World War I , to provide financial support via NHI to women after childbirth , were rejected largely because it was felt that they would offer an inducement to married women to work . |