Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [adv] because [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More likely the net was carried away because the ground was bone dry and hard and I had n't been able to push the stakes deep enough into the soil . |
| 2 | However , it is also understood the announcement was to be made in the New Year and was brought forward because the Prime Minister and the Queen decided to pre-empt publicity after being advised of a leak . |
| 3 | It is all too clear from many published accounts of ventures in educational innovation that they have frequently been less successful than was hoped simply because the necessary consequences in terms of processes and support had not ( or could not have ) been foreseen . |
| 4 | The building was in use for its original purpose until the early 1960s , but by the time it was acquired for conversion into dwellings in 1977 , it had lain empty for more than ten years and was decaying rapidly because the upper floors and roof covering of the mill had been destroyed in a fire . |
| 5 | In the case of the franc-dollar and lira-dollar the speculative efficiency hypothesis was rejected both because the estimate of β was different from unity and because the errors showed signs of serial correlation ( in the case of the lira-dollar ) . |
| 6 | It was achieved only because the senior ranks were there and able to provide the infrastructure and necessary training . |
| 7 | The illusion of success was maintained only because the group 's high share price enabled it to buy companies on the cheap and so keep pushing up total profits and earnings per share . |
| 8 | ‘ I was sent home because the girl next to me was smoking , ’ said Amy . |