Example sentences of "[adj] [coord] because [prep] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Crack is a dangerous drug because it is initially very addictive and because of its enormous financial cost .
2 Universe is neither predictable nor logical but because of its very nature of chaos , anything is possible within it , even the logic and order . ’
3 Within a short time , however , most of Reagan 's proposed changes had foundered either because they were inherently unworkable or because of his failure to consult with those who would have to approve the necessary changes in the law , i.e. members of the state legislature .
4 So addicted were they to this practice , which relieved their frugal existence by exporting their products to the more populous dales , that they earned a reputation as ‘ the terrible knitters of Dent ’ : terrible not because their handiwork was slipshod but because of their complete dedication to the craft .
5 This was the route that the Compostela pilgrims took out of Saint-Jean , not because it was the easiest but because of its heroic Christian associations — though the present road , created in the 1880s , climbs a little to the west of the paths traditionally followed before then .
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