Example sentences of "[noun sg] because it is " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It has trounced the opposition because it is truly portable , with a long battery life , and will fit into your pocket . |
| 2 | No such assurances have been given by the Opposition because it is not possible for them to do so . |
| 3 | In the first instance the picture of God is at fault because it is all wrong , and in the second because it is too small . |
| 4 | A spokesman for EPA says industry supports the chemical because it is cheaper than other methods such as shooting , trapping and electric fencing . |
| 5 | Its 7-cm picture , which appears on a twisted nematic liquid-crystal display , is visible only in the dark because it is backed by an electroluminescent material which produces its own light . |
| 6 | But this ‘ perfect pop ’ is regressive rock because it is a rock idea of pop , a fantasy dreamed up within music paper discourse . |
| 7 | I can assure the hon. Member that there is no question of selling out any section of British industry because it is greatly to the advantage of British industry and the British economy that there should be a satisfactory outcome to the present Uruguay round . |
| 8 | It is attractive to the power industry because it is cheap , but has been attacked by scientists and environmentalists as harmful to the environment because of its high sulphur content [ see ED 53/54 ] . |
| 9 | ‘ We care greatly about the tourist industry because it is such a conspicuous jewel in our crown . |
| 10 | In fog there is an atmosphere first of temper and then of inertia , followed by improvization and a peculiarly relieved conviviality , like the illogical sense of reprieve that lies in having to eat a carefully planned picnic lunch inside a car because it is pouring with rain outside . |
| 11 | The wife likes the car because it is easy to drive and to park . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | At the same time one can have sympathy with those who devised the term because it is the tangential force per unit charge integrated over a closed path . |
| 14 | They used cleansing products often with cotton wool because it is " the only natural thing to use " . |
| 15 | c ) Life-style : respondents in the single girl upper socioeconomic categories indicated that they achieved facial cleanliness with lotions and cotton wool because it is the only natural thing to use . |
| 16 | This is an important result because it is to these industries that regional policy has been primarily applied . |
| 17 | Creating your own designs on the screen does not actually involve any drawing because it is done by plotting a series of points or co-ordinates , which the computer automatically joins up to form a two dimensional shape it is a bit like joining the dots in a dot to dot picture , except that you have to decide where the dots will go and the computer does the joining up ! |
| 18 | ‘ It 's a matter of policy for the Law Society to oppose savings on legal aid because it is so vital , ’ said Mr Adair at the society 's offices in Edinburgh . |
| 19 | Possible complications and side-effects are ignored or minimised in a target-oriented programme because it is more important to add to the numbers of acceptors than to help women make an informed choice about contraception . |
| 20 | Underlying the analysis is a belief that particular forms of strategy arise out of a recognition by working-class members of a need to reduce the material insecurity immanent in the forced commodification of labour — ‘ people engage in various forms of action because it is in their interests to do so ’ ( ibid. p 7 ) . |
| 21 | If we have to criticize the Gesell studies because they were too unscientific , we will have to criticize the monumental National Child Development Study because it is too scientific . |
| 22 | The 25 per cent rule Because it is a continuing requirement for a listing that at least 25 per cent of the company 's shares must be in the hands of the public , a listed company must ensure that this percentage will continue in public hands following each market purchase . |
| 23 | Although the using up of old stock may be one reason for this practice , watchcase-makers were probably also reluctant to use Britannia silver because it is a softer alloy than sterling . |
| 24 | International law does not control force because it is not law . |
| 25 | It is rather unfortunate to call it a force because it is n't one . |
| 26 | Once the gales have blown themselves out and the depressions have ‘ filled ’ or moved away , we usually get a spell of settled weather when things return to normal.The few days of settled weather allow me to spend some hours fishing offshore for ling and tusk which , as well as providing me with relaxation and sport , is satisfyingly justified in my own mind because it is providing food for the family during the winter to come . |
| 27 | The agreement is something of a coup for the Belgian because it is the first instance of a Japanese computer company marketing Sequelink directly . |
| 28 | The last reason is a powerful one and could be a solution to the problem of trainees rejecting examples of teaching practice because it is too remote from their own situation . |
| 29 | Flying low value goods to isolated communities — without the aid of government subsidy — is still the domain of the propliner because it is cheap to run . |
| 30 | Such archived information is frequently used in research because it is more or less free ; but , to avoid fallacious conclusions arising from what is usually called secondary analysis , we must be prepared to think critically about the source , reliability and consistency of the data involved . |