Example sentences of "because it is [adv] [adj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This means that the enquirer is generating data and making interpretations of material which is usually repressed and made unconscious because it is emotionally painful to articulate it . |
| 2 | This is presumably because it is seldom possible to heal the breach that is usually created by fighting a legal battle . |
| 3 | Chief vet at the Fromus surgery Michael Hill said : ‘ It is not a common operation because it is often difficult to find a suitable donor dog . |
| 4 | The frequency of coligation events during the cloning procedure is also important because it is much easier to interpret the results of hybridisations on unfragmented clones . |
| 5 | Note that this chart is slightly different from that used for chariots because it is much harder to hit the crew or warhorses on a War Wagon because of the size of the tower . |
| 6 | The Children 's Legal Centre has argued that the practice of what it calls ‘ mass detentions ’ should be prohibited altogether , because it is morally unjustifiable to punish a whole class for the actions of one or two of its members and likely to precipitate resentment among pupils . |
| 7 | This is probably partly because it is always possible to land one on grass ( or any other hard surface ) with remarkably little damage , especially if the ground is wet . |
| 8 | Inevitably , forecasters err on the side of optimism because it is always possible to keep whisky which remains unsold , but impossible to sell stock which was not produced in the first place . |
| 9 | It is also worth mentioning three sets of existing attitudes which have to be overcome because it is always wise to know what you are up against . |
| 10 | Division : You can use a similar method for dividing by 50 because it is always easier to work with the number two . |
| 11 | So many people have credit cards , because it is quite tough to get through daily life today without one . ’ |
| 12 | It may be that this relexicalized version has not been actually attested and , may never occur in the future but it acquires normality because it is relatively easy to conceive of a context for it . |
| 13 | The other problem is that , while the UK coal industry is producing more than UK demand , the surplus it produces can not be sold economically to other buyers because it is too expensive to produce . |
| 14 | In this way , should you be unable to attend at the last moment and he has to sit twiddling his thumbs in his consulting room because it is too late to give the appointment to anyone else , he is recompensed for the wasted time . |
| 15 | Mr de Klerk 's people say the Congress is dragging its feet because it is too disorganised to talk . |
| 16 | Use hardwood if possible because it is less likely to deflect under load , but a softwood bar is usually adequate when dealing with short lengths . |
| 17 | Usually , a two-party system is better for a country than a many-party one , because it is less liable to tie itself up in knots . |
| 18 | The BTU tax also has the advantage of being less unpopular than a petrol tax , partly because it is almost impossible to understand . |
| 19 | This is a very good trick , because it is almost impossible to discover the method . |
| 20 | Her friend added : ‘ She also wants to campaign for paper not plastic bags at supermarkets and is angry that the catering industry uses too much plastic in packaging , because it is almost impossible to break down without causing pollution . |
| 21 | This raises another difficulty for the historian , because it is far harder to estimate the extent to which a village had shrunk or when this occurred than to note when it was finally deserted . |
| 22 | He uses this church as an example because it is very easy to see the faults of the church through the irony of the poem . |
| 23 | I say ‘ perhaps ’ because it is very difficult to put one 's finger on the difference . |
| 24 | Of course we only support a tiny proportion of the proposals put to us , mainly because it is very difficult to create new and revolutionary approaches . |
| 25 | Generalisations about working-class attitudes to sexuality should not be easily drawn , precisely because it is very difficult to enter into the subjective and customary meanings . |
| 26 | Because it is very tempting to do so , it is often best to ask an estate agent or your solicitor to bid for you . |
| 27 | If there is a problem with an employee 's attendance , counselling is the first option because it is more expensive to sack someone , particularly at the professional level , and have to go out and recruit a new employee . ’ |
| 28 | Like Brillat-Savarin 's famous fondue and the fonduta of Piedmont , the fondue of Franche-Comté is really a cream of eggs and cheese ( not , be it noted , scrambled eggs and cheese ) and has been rejected , I fancy , as being unauthentic either because it is more difficult to cook correctly than the Swiss version or because it is the cheese purveyors rather than the egg-marketeers who have been on the job . |
| 29 | We restricted this to vertical movement , because it is more difficult to record horizontal movement accurately . |
| 30 | This is still some disadvantage for the acquirer because it is more difficult to gain agreement to a change made subsequently than to a provision included in the first draft . |