Example sentences of "[noun sg] because it [verb] " in BNC.

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1 However , it is a distinction we are going to maintain in this chapter because it has the effect of separately identifying the discount market .
2 He chose a child as his lover because it fed that ego ; he lost her because he never cottoned on to the fact that children are children , no matter how grown-up they might appear .
3 But really you should celebrate such uncertainty because it helps undermine myths of scientific omniscience .
4 The EC gets irritated at the mention of fraud because it fears that it weakens the Commission 's hand in GATT talks .
5 And the central government 's socialism , it 's restriction of socialist rights to Libyan nationals , set the seal on the discrimination between foreign and national labour because it encouraged Libyan employers to employ foreigners .
6 The state attracts seasonal labour because it has an intensive agricultural economy that complements the Mexican growing season : two-thirds of all state produce is harvested from June to September , when Mexico is not harvesting .
7 But Christianity was a high religion because it implies a clear-cut discontinuity between ethically conscious human beings , who have souls , and irrational beasts , who do not .
8 Therapy has rocked the boat because it 's made me much more vulnerable .
9 This demonstration shows how even very small amounts of extra rudder in a turn cause a bad wing drop , whereas using too little is a safer fault because it inhibits the stalling characteristics .
10 A couple of lousy articles a month , stuff I make up and toss off and get no feeling from doing , just a feeling of disgust because it seems to be all I 'm fit for ! "
11 I think that 's very important , it is specifically aimed at students , I mean I , this , this is no way a leaflet for the general public and , and one of the reasons is the explicitness because it 's aimed at students and that we did a lot of research with students , students were involved in the writing .
12 And then the mediant is called the mediant , the mediant because it lies halfway between the tonic and the dominant .
13 Dark because it had once been the attic of the house and its only natural light came from a tiny oblong of glass set in the sloping roof .
14 To the north of this island is a pinnacle-shaped stack known as Sail Rock because it looks somewhat like a ship under sail .
15 Thus it is clear that ( a ) affirms the footballer ; ( b ) also affirms the footballer because the speaker has made it clear that it is a personal reaction of liking or disliking which has nothing to do with appreciation of football 's being a good game ; ( c ) is affirming also because although criticism of the game is stated , its positive value comes first , and in any case the keen footballer is likely to be the first to agree that the level of enjoyment varies according to different games of football ; ( d ) however veers towards dismissal of football and therefore dismissal of what is meaningful to the footballer , because although it acknowledges that sometimes it is a good game the emphasis is on the negative side ; ( e ) is not affirming because even though the hurt to the footballer is cushioned by making it clear that this is a personal opinion , a very negative judgement is in fact articulated ; ( f ) has the straight effect of dismissing the footballer as well as football because it implies that anyone who spends time on football is stupid .
16 The authors argue that newborn screening for Duchenne muscular dystrophy decreases emotional distress because it avoids delays in diagnosing the disease , and without newborn screening two or more boys could be born with Duchenne muscular dystrophy before parents realised that they were at risk of having an affected child .
17 It is a neuter because it has the diminutive ending -chen , though in modern German it has replaced the non-diminutive ( feminine ) form die Magd .
18 We are extremely critical of the strategy outlined in draft guidance because it seeks to meet a projected near doubling in aggregates consumption over the 20 year period 1991 to 2011 .
19 We are extremely critical of the strategy outlined in draft guidance because it seeks to meet a projected near doubling in aggregates consumption over the 20 year period 1991 to 2011 .
20 Volatile solvent extraction is employed a great deal in the perfume industry because it produces superb fragrances which are truer to the aroma found in the living plant .
21 There 's a site to which this Society objected on Wetherby Road in Harrogate which we thought did n't need developing at all , but in practice the District Council decided they wanted it for industry because it considered the need for industry to be so great and we have along this frontage of Wetherby Road a row of three car showrooms and a token spot of industry behind it .
22 The barley which is grown in the Borders is particularly useful to the whisky industry because it has a high starch and low nitrogen content .
23 The reflector glass can be positioned directly in front of the speaker but I prefer to use wing glasses on either side because it lessens the barrier with the audience and leaves more room for photography .
24 I 'm particularly interested in the shipping side because it seems to provide most of the group 's cash flow at the moment . "
25 Salesman : ‘ sorry , guv , you 'll have to take a black Datsun because it does the same job , and is cheaper ! ’
26 The husband does not like the car because it does not reflect his status .
27 The man who kicks his car because it refuses to start ( and he has not checked the petrol gauge ) is not unlike the toddler who kicks the table for walking into him .
28 *John wound up the toy car because it went .
29 There had once been a row at Goodwood when the scrutineers rejected Colin 's car because it did n't have a fireproof bulkhead .
30 Given that an investment in a financial asset is expected to yield a stream of cash flows into the future , the term structure of interest rates enters the APT equation because it describes the relationship between the cost of money and the period in which cash flows are expected .
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