Example sentences of "[adv] because it is [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 ? |
| 3 | In 1985 however , the Law Commission did recommend that a marriage entered into by a man or woman domiciled in England and Wales should not be invalid merely because it is entered into under a law which permits polygamy , provided that neither party is already married . |
| 4 | 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 ) . |
| 5 | All discourse is more or less reciprocal , if only because it is based upon assumptions about receivers . |
| 6 | Like the donkey it is despised by its enemies and mistreated by its friends , but only because it is bound to be treated unfairly when it is seen unrealistically . |
| 7 | Physics was chosen as a representative subject , not only because it is studied by so few women , and is therefore a typically masculine discipline , but also because it tends to be regarded as the most objective , rigorous and , indeed , successful of the pure sciences . |
| 8 | Agency working has aroused interest in Britain not only because it is concentrated in particular local and occupational labour markets but also because of the special status that agency workers have in employment law . |
| 9 | Does he agree that gas is better not only because it is transported through its own pipelines and therefore takes transport off the road , but because it is green-clean and thermally more efficient ? |
| 10 | But our language is constantly changing and what is correct is only so because it is accepted as such . |
| 11 | 2. it will do so because it is undertaken with such a belief ; |
| 12 | Foucault is critical of such a theory not just because it is based on a science/non-science distinction which for him is simply the product of a particular discursive formation which claims access to the real , rather than involving any epistemological questions of truth or objectivity , but also because it produces the notion of ideology as a secondary mediation ( as in Althusser 's interpellation ) in an inside/outside structure between the determinants of power and the individual subject . |
| 13 | Who is to say that the poorer countries of Europe are to be happy with a dominant Germany just because it is said to be good for ‘ Europe ’ ? |
| 14 | The criminal justice system projects itself above social conflicts and expects to be recognized as fair and just because it is guided by universal principles that transcend sectional interests . |
| 15 | Then people will do the environmentally ‘ correct' thing , not because it is thought to be the moral , but rather the practical , thing to do . ’ |
| 16 | We identify a stretch of language as a text partly because it is presented to us as a text , and we therefore do our utmost to make sense of it as a unit , and partly because we perceive connections within and among its sentences . |
| 17 | Withdrawal now tends to be discouraged , partly because it is thought to be another form of segregation within the ordinary school , and therefore in danger of isolating and stigmatising children , and partly because it deprives children of access to lessons and activities available to other children . |
| 18 | The United States is particularly vulnerable in this respect , both because it is lacking in some valuable resources , and because its vast productive machine uses so much of everything . |
| 19 | The new permissive society differs from its Victorian predecessor not only by virtue of its sexual and moral freedom , but also because it is characterised by lack of agreement over questions of morality , and over the role of the state in the enforcement of morals . |
| 20 | Is a living creature rhythmic wholly because it is driven by a rhythmic environment and life-style ? |
| 21 | In the station in which the unit is based ( not Easton ) , the attitude of the policemen towards it is not positive , partly as a result of their ambivalent attitudes toward sex crimes , but mostly because it is policed by women , who therefore are said to spend their time in Boots and Marks and Spencer , making it an easy duty ( FN 30/11/87 , p. 18 ) . |
| 22 | Publications in English do not in any sense reflect the strength of this critical approach , mainly because it is associated with Marxism , and in a US-dominated publishing market for Japanese studies this is hardly surprising . |
| 23 | An action does not become good simply because it is motivated by a good will , or by the right kind of ‘ thinking ’ , at least not in international relations . |
| 24 | ‘ The service exceeds by a wide margin the standards we expect from UK broadcasters and I see no reason why material of this sort should be available in the UK simply because it is broadcast from overseas . ’ |
| 25 | Subsequently , the Galactic Centre has been shown to be astonishingly bright at many wavelengths , although it can not be seen optically because it is obscured by intervening dust . |
| 26 | We have included it here because it is required by the context ( i.e. a disciplinary report ) . |
| 27 | Certainly in broadsheet media like the Daily Telegraph , a 35cm × 4 col space is likely to be every bit as good as the far more expensive full page , not least because it is set into news matter , rather than merely facing it . |
| 28 | It is precisely because it is thought to be binding that it can serve as an expression of identification . |
| 29 | West Indian cricket has been strong for so long principally because it is looked upon almost as a religion in the Caribbean . |
| 30 | 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 . |