Example sentences of "because it is more [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This will be awkward to achieve ergonomically because it is more easy for a person to hammer nails straight in . |
| 2 | However , the reformulation in [ b ] is not more accurate because it is more specific . |
| 3 | If this move is sound , our second sceptical argument attacks the notion of justified belief at least as much as the first argument does ; in fact even more , because it is more global . |
| 4 | It needs this cooling device because it is more exposed to the direct heat of the sun . |
| 5 | Some are lightly padded simply because it is more flattering to most women , and also gives a better line to the garment . |
| 6 | Some are lightly padded simply because it is more flattering to most women , and also gives a better line to the garment . |
| 7 | Even if it had , the selfhood would be in the replicas of the gene scattered over different bodies ; that the gene , analogous though it is to species rather than to individual , has to be taken as the unit , is precisely because it is more useful for explanation to speak of the selfish gene than of the altruistic replica . |
| 8 | If there is a problem with an employee 's attendance , counselling is the first option because it is more expensive to sack someone , particularly at the professional level , and have to go out and recruit a new employee . ’ |
| 9 | A green object is perceived as green because it is more reflective in the green region of the visible spectrum than in the blue or red regions . |
| 10 | The latter methods are used by every modern choreographer working with classical dance because it is more flexible and expressive and many dancers trained in its technique are capable of acting out the deepest emotions of the characters played , as Ashton and MacMillan have continually shown . |
| 11 | The other main type of sleep — slow wave sleep — is also called ‘ deep sleep ’ because it is more difficult to raise us from . |
| 12 | We restricted this to vertical movement , because it is more difficult to record horizontal movement accurately . |
| 13 | Like Brillat-Savarin 's famous fondue and the fonduta of Piedmont , the fondue of Franche-Comté is really a cream of eggs and cheese ( not , be it noted , scrambled eggs and cheese ) and has been rejected , I fancy , as being unauthentic either because it is more difficult to cook correctly than the Swiss version or because it is the cheese purveyors rather than the egg-marketeers who have been on the job . |
| 14 | This is still some disadvantage for the acquirer because it is more difficult to gain agreement to a change made subsequently than to a provision included in the first draft . |
| 15 | On a less arrogant interpretation , he seems to be making the reasonable point that the appreciative stance is less likely to overlook both positive and negative aspects of deviance simply because it is more open to the acceptance of both possibilities . |
| 16 | The pluralist perspective will not help us deal with these problems because it is more interested in political behaviour than in the role of ideas in society . |
| 17 | I would prefer an analogue contents display because it is more eye-catching and less likely to be misread . |
| 18 | Possible complications and side-effects are ignored or minimised in a target-oriented programme because it is more important to add to the numbers of acceptors than to help women make an informed choice about contraception . |
| 19 | Even if the old monopolies such as Uralmash do modernise their designs , ‘ its customers with access to hard currency — in the oil industry , for example — would still rather buy foreign equipment , because it is more reliable and easier to operate . ’ |