Example sentences of "because it [was/were] [adv] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The UK conversion to metric standards removed ambiguities from an area of international affairs because it was widely understood and accepted rather than because of any intrinsic merit . |
| 2 | The accession of the new king , William IV , in June 1830 brought some slight relief , mainly because it was widely believed that His Majesty favoured the destruction of machinery and the payment of 2 shillings a day to men of the labouring classes . |
| 3 | The time when scruples about extrapolating from studies on animals to humans would have seemed absurd , because it was widely held that basic behavioural processes were common to all species and that the complexity of behaviour was simply a function of the capacity of the organism to learn , is long since past . |
| 4 | OZ 28 , the Schoolkids ' Issue , took such a name because it was largely written and edited by children , a fact that was largely ignored during the trial . |
| 5 | But for the average home-owner to find good taste cheaply , displayed informally , and feel certain that he or she was not making a mistake because it was already arranged and coordinated , was quite new to Parisians . |
| 6 | It was only because it was repeatedly interrupted that it did not become all-pervasive , and ultimately intolerable . |