Example sentences of "[vb past] [adj] because [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The power to negotiate , which is central to compliance systems , is one which exists by implication only but one made possible because the law is not made concrete or specific . |
| 2 | Keir Hardie joined Labour because the Liberals would not make him , a miner , a parliamentary candidate . |
| 3 | The business people , who constituted more than half the audience , also felt cheated because the young scientists they had come to hear and proposition failed to materialise . |
| 4 | I said I thought Surkov felt resentful because the novels had n't made more money . |
| 5 | The corruption went unchecked because the system could not afford to acknowledge the extent of its own inefficiencies and failures . |
| 6 | Blake felt comfortable because the lamb offered to return them home . |
| 7 | I felt bad because the bloke was with him and er she sort of glaring at him , and I said but Matt had |
| 8 | Is the Prime Minister aware of the survey published yesterday by the housing charity , Shelter , which revealed that on every working day in Scotland last year 84 children became homeless because the Government had failed to invest enough in decent , affordable rented housing ? |
| 9 | Ultimately the gig lacked magic because the crowd wanted to hear him play some Eric Clapton numbers . |
| 10 | The selective embargo , however , proved ineffective because the companies transhipped oil from one destination to another , spreading the cutbacks equally . |
| 11 | It proved unworkable because the smaller number of enquiries in rural districts meant that experience was never gained and the lack of anonymity within small communities meant that the enquiry rate was unlikely to increase . |
| 12 | Most of them proved disappointing because no activity could be demonstrated , but one Indian medicine proved to be important . |
| 13 | infection inevitably delays wound healing because the pathogenic microorganisms destroy tissue |
| 14 | One day the fire remained unlit because every member of the Hauxwell family was stricken with flu and unable to move . |
| 15 | In addition to showing that the number of defective modern items issued is perhaps greater than might have been expected , the findings of the Survey also suggest that a number of items may be consulted with considerable frequency , for 94 requests remained unsatisfied because the desired item was already in use , and a further 59 items were supplied only after transfer from a previous reader 's reserve shelf . |
| 16 | This ideology remained unchanged because the institution of the family remained substantially unchanged and the ideology was necessary for its legitimation and maintenance in that form . |
| 17 | The pony was rolling its eyes but stood motionless because a young boy relentlessly twisted its ear . |
| 18 | The new assembly consisted of 141 constituency seats ( in 45 of which a candidate was returned unopposed , but five of which remained vacant because the candidates were disqualified before the poll ) , and a number of additional members appointed by the President , of whom 10 were named on June 30 . |
| 19 | The other reason was that the relationship remained disguised because the Jewish scriptures underwent a change/distortion at the hands of the Massoretic scribes . |
| 20 | A great many obscure languages were spoken and some children remained silent because no one else spoke their language . |