Example sentences of "[adv] [be] [vb pp] because it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fundamentalism is a belief system that can not be refuted because it comes from a supreme being . |
| 2 | It must also be said that a plain boiled ham presented on or off the bone is a delight to the jaded palate and should not be ignored because it remains undistinguished by any special cure . |
| 3 | However , the theory developed by Freud can not be dismissed because it assumes an innate mutual hostility among people . |
| 4 | He appears to have maintained in the Court of Session that the provisions of that Act should not be applied because it had been passed without his having had notice as required by Standing Orders … |
| 5 | But Night Trap could not be exempted because it depicted violent actions involving realistic images of human beings rather than straightforward computer graphics . |
| 6 | The SAC 's letter to the organisers says the grant will not be paid because it classes the festival as ‘ a local project ’ and can support only ‘ national and regional organisations and schemes ’ . |