Example sentences of "because it [is] [verb] " in BNC.

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31 An alternative explanation though , would say that the US model is not appropriate for Japan because it is based on the ideal of atomistic competition between a large number of small firms .
32 In my view it is just as vital not to ignore Marxist work because it contains one inadequate generalization , as it is not to ignore pluralist work because it is based on an idealized view of liberal democracy in Japan .
33 Reflecting on the same contrast , Carol McMillan refers to Hegel 's view of the family as an inferior organisation to the state because it is based on love .
34 This has also been criticized by Ronald Fletcher , in a thorough analysis , because it is based on a false view of the human nervous system .
35 Foucault is most explicit on this , arguing that what he terms the ‘ repressive hypothesis ’ regarding Victorian sexuality is misleading : because it points to too narrow an interpretation of the family ; because it avoids class differentiation ; and because it is based on a negative rather than positive concept of power .
36 All discourse is more or less reciprocal , if only because it is based upon assumptions about receivers .
37 However , by focusing exclusively on girls , researchers have ignored the important premise that gender has any cultural meaning only because it is based on difference ( Hollway 1982 ) .
38 … in-service training is often much less effective than it could be because it is based on an ‘ educational model ’ i.e. is focussed largely on the individual .
39 I have called it inductivist because it is based on inductive reasoning , as will be explained shortly .
40 Most deaf people are still educated within a system which has at its base a language that is , at best , not fully accessible because it is based on hearing ; at worst , it is a language which is completely alien and does not adequately describe deaf experience .
41 The evaluation presented in this section is an interim one because it is based upon viewing the matrix from a rational economic perspective .
42 In respect of motion one five eight , the C E C is opposed because it is based upon a misunderstanding of the purposes of sectionalization .
43 What I can not comply with , is the regular imposition of a psychometric system of evaluation , which has already decided who will fail and in what proportions , because it is based on a deficit model of learners , and a culturally and politically determined view of intelligence and ability .
44 Their whole scheme is flawed , because it is based on the assumption that a Labour Government will have to raise £6.3 billion .
45 I shall deal with the second recommendation first , because it is based upon a complete misunderstanding .
46 The law on the issue of consent continues to change because it is based on public policy .
47 Any resistance or reluctance by the scion to take everything , perhaps because it is getting some of what it needs from its own roots , and the stock has to start looking for ways to get rid of the unused energy , and that means making its own top growth , which takes the form of suckers or ‘ briars ’ .
48 Creating your own designs on the screen does not actually involve any drawing because it is done by plotting a series of points or co-ordinates , which the computer automatically joins up to form a two dimensional shape it is a bit like joining the dots in a dot to dot picture , except that you have to decide where the dots will go and the computer does the joining up !
49 ‘ I 'm not thinking of it any more because it is done . ’
50 Briefly , then , for we shall be returning to this same point later in the book , it can be said that the performance mode itself can be protective , either because it is seen to be mainly a technical or intellectual task , or because the dramatic form is powerful enough to enhance whatever the participants ' contribution might be .
51 One can ask : does he mean that the horizontal moon , perhaps owing to some magnifying effect of the earth 's atmosphere , actually presents a larger appearance than the meridian moon , or does he mean merely that it looks bigger , perhaps because it is seen in a context of trees and houses ?
52 Because it is seen to be of little direct help to teaching , that knowledge and vocabulary is abandoned and left at the college gates as soon as the BEd exams are over .
53 They have to do this because it is seen as impossible to have both low inflation and a high level of employment since the former requires a low level of demand whereas the latter requires a high level of demand to keep people in jobs making things for sale .
54 Experience suggests , however , that attempting to tackle such problems sympathetically may be more likely to lead to an embittered and protracted dispute ( perhaps because it is seen as an admission that there may be doubt as to whether expulsion is really justified ) than acting decisively and impersonally , refusing to be drawn into arguments with the partner whose expulsion is sought .
55 If this is so , then these facilities are urgently needed , because it is intended to produce the revised OED in serial form , which means that forward cross-references could be rendered incorrect by revisions undertaken after the fascicles in which the cross-references appear had been published .
56 The criterion-referencing of assessments is not an essential feature of graded tests , but it is an approach which has been strongly recommended because it is intended to make clearer the targets which pupils need to aim for and to provide information on achievements for parents , teachers and employers .
57 Notice that the lower oval is smaller than the top one because it is intended to fit inside .
58 Although qualitative data , which are far more subjective , are usually preferred by teachers , there is still a very strong abhorrence of any attempt at output measurement because it is perceived as inaccurate or misleading .
59 A person may falsely believe that the horizontal moon , because it is perceived as being larger , must be presenting a larger appearance .
60 The Monument to the People 's Heroes , the stone obelisk in the middle of the square where student leaders had their ‘ command centre ’ , has been declared a forbidden zone because it is felt to have been contaminated by the students ' presence .
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