Example sentences of "[noun pl] because it was [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | No elections were held in the predominantly Tamil Northern and Eastern Provinces because it was judged that the Tamil Tiger terrorists would have set about disrupting them . |
| 2 | Moreover , the report found that single parents were often expected to share a bedroom with a child , where two parents were not , and were seldom offered houses with gardens because it was thought that they could not look after them . |
| 3 | The controversy aroused strong emotions because it was estimated that at least 27,000 Italians sent by Mussolini to fight in Russia had perished from cold , disease and starvation after being taken prisoner . |
| 4 | Until very recently , married women were unable to draw the allowance for the care of invalid relatives because it was assumed that they would do that anyway as they were at home all the time , despite the fact that two-thirds of married women work . |
| 5 | The scope or character of a piece of criticism is naturally related to the magazine or newspaper in which it appears , as we noticed in the case of Dore Ashton 's dismissal from the New York Times because it was asserted that her work could not be understood by the paper 's readers . |
| 6 | Opinion in the NCDAD was generally hostile , among other reasons because it was feared that degrees in art and design would mean raising the entry qualifications . |