Example sentences of "because it is [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I doubt it , because it is inconceivable , just as you can not imagine what it would be like to be blind from birth and then gifted with sight ( but of course I can ) . |
| 2 | That is not surprising , because it is inconceivable that we would have used a nuclear weapon in those circumstances , not least because of the negative security assurances which positively precluded their use in such circumstances . |
| 3 | Now of course you may not be able to do anything to change the basic situation — you ca n't very well turn the children out onto the street or walk out on a job just because it is tedious . |
| 4 | Ashton looks back to Petipa 's more formal style because it is suitable for Mendelssohn 's music . |
| 5 | On the contrary , standards require that the information system is consulted at all times , not only because it is impossible to memorise everything but also because it is likely that facts have changed since they were last consulted . |
| 6 | However , as the operator traces a line extra errors arise because it is impossible to follow the centre of the line exactly and some displacement of the cursor on either side of the line is inevitable . |
| 7 | Once you begin lying , it is hard not to go on because it is impossible to explain why you lied in the first place . |
| 8 | Because it is impossible to use a shield while swinging a halberd this trooper wears a substantial suit of armour to protect him . |
| 9 | Perhaps the most important of these is the difficulty of long-term planning , because it is impossible to predict what events will be brought before the courts , and how the courts will decide upon them . |
| 10 | First , it may be necessary because it is impossible or inappropriate to rely on specimens of breath for one of the reasons specified in section 7(3) . |
| 11 | screening investment proposals , because it is impossible to conduct an extensive analysis on all possible projects and alternative versions of projects |
| 12 | They need those decision structures because it is impossible for them to know enough to control activities directly . |
| 13 | To some extent , the conveyancer takes a risk in providing a fixed quotation , because it is impossible to predict how much work will be necessary in order to complete the transaction . |
| 14 | Therefore , if a tile , because it is defective , breaks and falls on to a passer-by , the manufacturer of the tile will be liable under the Act . |
| 15 | Thomas the Tank Engine has been banned from schools and libraries because it is sexist . |
| 16 | because it is immoral in a secular way , perhaps as a socially destabilising activity or a crude self-surrender to animal lust ? , |
| 17 | Random sampling is expensive because it is time-consuming continually to contact the chosen names . |
| 18 | If the futures prices for both commodities fall by 10% , the first strategy will result in Lois losing [ 10 × ( 50 000 × 0.10 - 10 000 × 0.10 ) ] = £40 000 , while the latter strategy will produce zero profit because it is unaffected by changes in the general level of prices , ( 10 × 50 000 × 0.10 - ( 50 × 10 000 × 0.10 ) = 0 ) . |
| 19 | Because it is blunt Geordie 's our David 's speech . |
| 20 | This fish is not suitable for the brackish aquarium because it is amphibious . |
| 21 | A comprehensive account of the function and characteristic features of traditional barns follows , because it is apparent from even a brief tour of any rural district that the treatment meted out to many old barns in the course of their conversion into houses has been insensitive , or even atrocious , and even these enormities have occurred despite their owners ' clearly expressed intentions to preserve , rather than erase , the ‘ barn-like ’ qualities of the buildings . |
| 22 | In Coke , Littleton 212b. , Lord Coke says : ‘ where the condition is for payment of £20 , the obligor or feoffor can not at the time appointed pay a lesser sum in satisfaction of the whole , because it is apparent that a lesser sum of money can not be a satisfaction of a greater … |
| 23 | But because it is deictic it is context-sensitive , and there are a number of ways of using the utterance The sun shines brightly and a number of contexts in which it might occur . |
| 24 | Our campaign has focused on the infantry because it is that part of the army which is most stretched . |
| 25 | However , there has been a move away from copy-protection because it is troublesome to customers who , not unreasonably , wish to take back-up copies of important programs . |
| 26 | Because it is pathological it must not be allowed to appear in public in its own form . |
| 27 | We are certainly not going to damn a feature such as the Smooth Tube for being gimmicky just because it is non-traditional . |
| 28 | It recalls a famous saying of the third-century Christian Tertullian : Credo quia absurdum est ( I believe because it is absurd ) . |
| 29 | It must however , be carefully controlled because it is essential that a cover of perennial rather than annual grasses is maintained as the latter are more susceptible to drought . |
| 30 | Phosphorus , usually in the form of superphosphate of lime , directly encourages root development and , because it is essential for respiration and photosynthesis , indirectly promotes an earlier véraison or ripening of the grapes . |