Example sentences of "because it is [adj] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They need those decision structures because it is impossible for them to know enough to control activities directly . |
| 2 | Commitment to sport has to be freely given ; it has to be fun ; it can not be foisted on to the poor or the wayward from above because it is good for them . |
| 3 | The daily ritual of meal-times , for example , may often contain a wealth of deliberately and non-deliberately imparted information for the child , in part confirming his status as a child ( children should be seen and not heard , children should finish their cabbage because it is good for them ) , in part defining the stages of growing up ( older children sit on ‘ proper ’ chairs , drink out of ‘ proper ’ cups , and use knives and forks ) , and in part defining and reinforcing certain adult identities ( father carves the joint , mother brings food from the stove ) . |
| 4 | Save the rainforest because it is good for us . |
| 5 | We think that physics is complicated because it is hard for us to understand , and because physics books are full of difficult mathematics . |
| 6 | This is partly because it is difficult for me to write them down but mainly because I do n't have an intuitive feeling for equations . |
| 7 | It would help the hon. Gentleman — because it is unusual for him — to check his facts or to read his Conservative Central Office brief before he speaks , or at least to memorise it . |