Example sentences of "[adj] because it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Hothousing is entirely different because it involves a pushy parent force-feeding their child to be bright — the natural spark is n't necessarily there , ’ says Mr Short . |
| 2 | But applying QALYs to the allocation of resources is quite different because it involves a choice between the welfares of different people . |
| 3 | It 's too early to call it a breakthrough but it is different because it does n't set out to kill tumours , it stops the process which spreads them . |
| 4 | Germany , of course , is different because it has a federal system , so that the central administration is important in policy-making terms and policy is tending to go more and more towards the centre , but the administration of the different states , federal states , what they call the Länder , has a very important executive role , and the central government has a much less important role in actually carrying out policy . |
| 5 | ‘ This case is different because it appears not to involve the usual criminal fraternity . |
| 6 | John has two PhDs but I do n't believe he has This sentence is pragmatically anomalous because it contradicts the standard Quality implicature that one believes what one asserts . |
| 7 | This process is particularly interesting because it involves two types of irreversible physicochemical changes ( problems in a general subject area that has recently seen the award of the Nobel Prize for physics to Pierre-Gilles de Gennes ) . |
| 8 | This material is particularly interesting because it combines the radical with the species to which it is structurally related . |
| 9 | The result is interesting because it bears on the following problem . |
| 10 | To the historian , this makes it more interesting because it presents hostages to fortune , and there is more to interpret . |
| 11 | The case of " you know what I mean " is especially interesting because it does not fall into any of the traditional categories of lexis , grammar or phonology . |
| 12 | While a formal study of the nature and tasks of philosophy , this book is particularly interesting because it projects a theory of knowledge which subsequently provided the foundation for his studies of politics . |
| 13 | This diversity is interesting because it exhibits the creative originality of human beings . |
| 14 | The rise is particularly interesting because it confounded expectations . |
| 15 | The last quality is interesting because it has sometimes been suggested that his music-making lacks humour , one of those generalizing statements that , typically , posits a judgement without bothering to examine the evidence . |
| 16 | The East Sussex region is interesting because it has a very high retired population and it also has quite a long of young people , particularly in the Brighton area , and a relatively small workforce , rather low in industry , certainly in the primary industries , erm service occupations are perhaps almost the mainstay of the local populace — now how would an area such as that rate in your chart as to needs ? |
| 17 | The mention of Cyprus is interesting because it shows that Egypt was not mere opportunism : the decision to attack Persia in strength on Cyprus had already been made . |
| 18 | This evidence is particularly interesting because it shows an effect of right-context information , that is information received after the segment in question . |
| 19 | The MOUTH vowel [ P9 ] is especially interesting because it shows all the possible variants , from the extreme basilectal variant which occurs before /n/ in sound [ ] through the JC/JE variant [ ] and [ ] , something close to RP in down [ ] to the Cockney variant in [ ] twice . |
| 20 | Britain is geologically interesting because it contains many different rock formations containing a large range of metals . |
| 21 | The noticeable familial disruption occurring in other cases is particularly interesting because it reflects social role expectations of women , where the primary role traditionally is that of homemaker , family manager , and housewife ( Oakley , 1981 ) . |
| 22 | A fair proportion of the cells they recorded from gave rhythmic bursts of high-frequency firing , at the rate of some 4–12 per second , more or less irrespective of what the animal was doing ; this rhythmic activity is interesting because it corresponds with the so-called theta rhythm of the EEG , and may be an aspect of the attentional processes necessary for the learning or remembering of particular activities . |
| 23 | I found that interesting because it appears that the Minister does not know how many doctors made a claim that was above the amount of the reimbursement schedule or , if he did know , he was unwilling to tell me , so I must presume that he did not know . |
| 24 | The Times story is interesting because it links the report on the Commission 's activities with the Royal Society , a body which had become embroiled in official political-scientific propaganda exercises before , such as the five-year study of acid rain financed by the Central Electricity Generating Board . |
| 25 | The thing about community life is that even setting aside the actual word arts through the way in which community arts workers work with small groups of people who have come together because they 're doing something interesting because it looks something that they want to do , brings groups of people together . |
| 26 | It is interesting because it gives a tiny glimpse into the mind and intention of the Gospel writers . |
| 27 | Leaving aside the issue of where Mart goes to see his films , the observation is interesting because it directs attention towards one of Hollywood 's generally unnoticed pre-occupations . |
| 28 | This is interesting because it disguises who is making the sympathetic adjustment . |
| 29 | The area is popular because it contains , within a short walking distance of the village centre , the great crag of the Cove , the chasm of Gordale Scar and the glacial lake of the Tarn . |
| 30 | A recent example is Smith ( 1989 ) , who thinks that Labov 's work is not theoretical because it does not address ‘ any linguistic issue ’ . |