Example sentences of "[adv] because it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Try using fine sea salt as a scrub — this will help dry out blemishes naturally because it 's slightly antiseptic . |
| 2 | Yet , perhaps because it was not televised , it produced mighty little stir . |
| 3 | ‘ God knows why , perhaps because it rains there all the time . ’ |
| 4 | He still retains an affection for the place , perhaps because it was there that he first encountered the inspiring sight of human beings at odds with , and frequently overcoming , an unpromising environment . |
| 5 | First , it seems that preliminary exposure to the training context can enhance the magnitude of the latent inhibition effect , perhaps because it retards the development of context-specificity ( Hall and Channell 1985 c ) ; second , giving animals extensive exposure to the training context alone after they have experienced presentations of the target stimulus in that context does nothing to diminish the size of the latent inhibition effect ( e.g. Hall and Minor 1984 ) . |
| 6 | If access to the toilet is difficult , perhaps because it has steps , or the room is too small for a wheelchair and the carer to manoeuvre in , he may have to be provided with a commode . |
| 7 | Do you always give way , perhaps because it 's the easiest thing to do ? |
| 8 | But the links were not consistent or sustained , in part perhaps because it was unclear what the general discussions could be expected to deliver for particular firms and structure plans , in particular , soon gained a reputation for being of little relevance for actual processes of development . |
| 9 | A lot of very senior RAF flying officers went on this particular raid , perhaps because it was too important and vital to allow young and inexperienced crews to take part . |
| 10 | Specialist skills , apart from technology/computerization , did not figure very highly or very uniformly in responses , perhaps because it is felt that these are widely catered for already . |
| 11 | Indirect Rule had far more ideological content than the Punjab creed : it was found necessary ceaselessly to draw attention — perhaps because it was a principle coming to be so explicitly disputed by those to whom it was applied — to the long and careful weaning required for the native to shed his primitive mode of thinking and adopt successfully the ways of the modern world . |
| 12 | The apartment was indeed attractive , perhaps because it had nothing whatever of McIllvanney about it . |
| 13 | Helen had been hurt by Jochen [ Rindt 's ] death but somehow , perhaps because it was near the end of the racing year , we both seemed to mend before the next season got underway . |
| 14 | He did not however assemble the parts — perhaps because it would have involved , to be consistent , a complete revision of all his earlier work . |
| 15 | He had been looking forward to ‘ getting away ’ as he put it , perhaps because it sounded more therapeutic than ‘ going on holiday ’ . |
| 16 | The one of the Dallachy Strike Wing ( FP November , p29 ) has been less publicised than its counterpart at Banff to the south , perhaps because it operated the Beaufighter rather than the more glamorous Mosquito . |
| 17 | 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 ? |
| 18 | Dysfunction is a term currently enjoying great vogue , perhaps because it so aptly describes so much of what we laughingly refer to as modern living . |
| 19 | 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 ’ . |
| 20 | The army itself seems unsure of this proposition , perhaps because it is waiting to see who is most likely to meet its wage bill : many soldiers have not been paid for months . |
| 21 | But it no longer did , perhaps because it was Christmas morning , and time for something miraculous to appear and change the world . |
| 22 | High concentrations of the protein kinase inhibitor staurosporine will induce many cell types in culture to undergo apoptosis , perhaps because it blocks the intracellular signalling pathways activated by the extracellular survival factors that many cells require to live . |
| 23 | Evidence that long tails impose viability costs is very limited , yet without this it remains possible that tail elongation has sometimes been driven by natural selection , perhaps because it improves aerodynamic efficiency , manoeuvrability or stability . |
| 24 | Perhaps because it seems so obvious , the theorists did not bother to try to find out whether delinquents did in fact hold delinquent values , but concentrated more on explaining how these values came about . |
| 25 | ( N.B. Buying more of the same stock seemed less like spending money , perhaps because it does n't require the grasping of an entirely new situation . ) |
| 26 | Although the writer 's job is one of the most sought after , there are very few organisations offering training , perhaps because it is difficult to create a really good writer this way . |
| 27 | In principle , most people are in favour of more teamwork and better co-ordination , but in practise it often proves difficult , perhaps because it is at odds with the image of the autonomous professional who has a private relationship with his or her client . |
| 28 | But Gudrun 's admiration for Breadalby is grudging , perhaps because it is still in private hands : ‘ she spoke with some resentment in her voice , as if she were captivated unwillingly , as if she must admire against her will ’ . |
| 29 | Relatively few rural residents appear to rely solely on public transport , perhaps because it is not regarded nowadays as a worthwhile alternative — Moseley et al . |
| 30 | Perhaps because it has been so popular it has many common names , such as hag taper , Aaron 's rod , Adam 's flannel and torches . |