Example sentences of "was [adj] because " in BNC.
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| 1 | Darwin 's theory was controversial because it challenged the conventional view that the Creator designed each species , and implied that the human race was just another animal . |
| 2 | His resignation honours list in 1976 , drawn up to reward prominent Labour Party supporters , was controversial because of some of the names on it . |
| 3 | Yes , yes , yes and I would n't pay my rent because er ooh and I can tell you really the exact date when I er was pregnant because I know I quickened at the when it was first opened and er I was a waitress in the Room I think it was . |
| 4 | The occasion was historic because it was a tribute to one of the great furnace-masters of the white heat of the technological revolution of the 1960s . |
| 5 | By Warne 's own admission , the summer of 1989 he spent playing club cricket in Bristol was memorable because ‘ we used to drink , drink and drink and do what boys would do . ’ |
| 6 | th th the building went ahead and people every year or two sometimes twice in a year get flooded and they get sewages the the sewer with the volume of rain water they ca n't otherwise get away , but it brings to light what happens i i i in the ditches and , and the waterways that are spread across the direction of Airport and then out into the river when the tide is low because the switches close when the tide comes in and basically er and this is up to date information the information that I have is that the channels are the responsibility of the er you know responsibilities are either kept cleared or not clogged up and in connection with the , with the incident I , I did hear it said that in , in a place where once said it usually counts that possibly and more than the that the first flood was due because the drains and the ditches could n't take the volume of water after they were cleared and things have been pretty reasonable erm since that time , so it would seem to confirm what , what I have to say about keeping clear erm but it may be that authorities that were n't responsible had the job of cleaning them , I do n't know . |
| 7 | Helens ' overall allocation was low because it did not bid for new places and put any proposals to tackle its serious surplus place problem . |
| 8 | DOS reported that there was an ‘ Error : system serial port ’ problem , which was annoying because the serial port was not being used . |
| 9 | He expected William Temple to back Henson and was grieved to find that his hero was weak because he refused to stand up and fight . |
| 10 | In some areas , the Central Authority 's status , despite its statutory powers , was weak because of its own lack of experience and knowledge . |
| 11 | The contrast between the two periods was weak because of the small amount of data in the earlier period . |
| 12 | The timing was opportune because Ned was able to take a year out from his university course ; Matthew had just finished school ; Val got 6 months ’ leave of absence from her job ; and I had just been given early retirement . |
| 13 | Yet even that was cruel because it left her thoughts an active prisoner . |
| 14 | He was cruel because he wanted to drive me away ; but he wanted to drive me away because he feared that he might love me completely . |
| 15 | When he had sex , he secretly fantasised that he was the woman but even that was confusing because the concept of being with a man repulsed him . |
| 16 | Although Mondello was convicted of lesser charges , including riot , his acquittal on the murder counts was unanticipated because the evidence against him was generally considered to be stronger than that which had led to Fama 's conviction . |
| 17 | Hughes established that 36% of the single thesis which she studied was unpublished because it consisted of raw analytical data . |
| 18 | Sometimes he felt himself wince and it was strange because he could n't tell whether it was the needle or his memory . |
| 19 | It was strange because there were only two of them , and normally it takes a lot more than that to make me feel outnumbered . |
| 20 | ’ We had one month when we were losing thousands of pounds worth of clothes each week , ’ says branch manager Sue Turner ’ It was strange because we never caught anyone . |
| 21 | And that was strange because Mohammed said : ‘ What package is this ? ’ |
| 22 | The little-uns thought he was strange because he did not want to play . |
| 23 | I knew this was right because every Saturday I had the job of taking the insurance book and sixpence along the street to the insurance agent 's house . |
| 24 | It was right because he was rich and confident enough to introduce Mary Rose to his terrible clod of a brother and his wife , and to Mammy , who was old and senile and sat like a statue in a corner by the kitchen fire . |
| 25 | I think he was right because the painting must ultimately speak for itself . |
| 26 | And in this case , the price was right because until March 1st , there was a 325g size Golden Crackles , priced at £1 . |
| 27 | So she said seven days but she was right because she said twenty eight days . |
| 28 | Simon walked down to the stream and across the bridge to his own cottage , waving with his usual cordiality , which was unfailing because it depended on no cordial impulse . |
| 29 | I grew up in Lewisham , South East London , and it was awful because Dad was a bricklayer , and if the weather was bad , he did n't work . |
| 30 | The driver and guard were compelled to dress in smocks and straw hats , but the unusual feature was short-lived because of the damage done to the thatch by the wind and rain . |