Example sentences of "[adj] because it [vb past] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The publication of A Force for Change was crucial because it represented an important internal victory for the reformers , and established glasnost as the principle by which the Met was to be put right . |
| 2 | The Community Charge was unpopular because it meant an increase in tax for many families , especially those with a number of adults living in one household . |
| 3 | I think the show was good because it covered a lot of ground and put a general feeling in context . |
| 4 | Reduction of the fares was also invalid because it involved a breach of the fiduciary duty owed by the G.L.C. to the ratepayers . |
| 5 | The Procurator-General , however , on Jan. 10 declared this agreement null and void because it contravened an October 1989 ruling of the federal court in BrasÃlia [ see p. 37292 ] . |
| 6 | According to the Chilean Human Rights Commission the distinction was unacceptable because it made a prior judgment of guilt . |
| 7 | They bought a tumbledown Victorian terraced house near the Elephant and Castle , cheap because it had an old man as a sitting tenant on the top floor . |
| 8 | While there was , at least for Monnet and Schuman , an altruistic motive behind the scheme , it is clear that France found the idea attractive because it offered a better way than the International Ruhr Authority of binding the new West Germany to external control while it was still relatively weak . |
| 9 | It is significant because it affected a wide proportion of the inhabitants of Spain and because the preconditions of its strength persisted until very late . |
| 10 | However , in relation to the theme of this chapter , this development was significant because it created an urgent need to justify the massive input of resources . |