Example sentences of "[vb pp] because it is " in BNC.
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| 1 | Incineration , for example , can effectively reduce the volume of rubbish but still leaves the problem of non-combustible material ; covering with rocks is not an ideal solution because the rubbish may be uncovered by scavenging yaks , herders and climbers ; incarceration in glacier crevasses is not recommended because it is likely that the rubbish will ultimately reappear . |
| 2 | The criterion-referencing of assessments is not an essential feature of graded tests , but it is an approach which has been strongly recommended because it is intended to make clearer the targets which pupils need to aim for and to provide information on achievements for parents , teachers and employers . |
| 3 | It is not just that dealing with Old Age Pensioners who have reported missing budgies falls outside the definition of what counts as ‘ real ’ police work , the work is also disliked because it is problematic , for policemen need to display competence in the way they convey sympathy while admitting that nothing will be done . |
| 4 | It is disliked because it is physically an exhausting activity ; more than any of the other tasks it consists of actions which have to be repeated time and time again with little variation . |
| 5 | The unpleasantness is stressed because it is usually preceded by an enjoyable activity — eating a meal . |
| 6 | This should be stressed because it is another important fact of change in the elderly population over time . |
| 7 | Barley malt is added because it is rich in amylase , an enzyme that enables starch to be converted to sugar . |
| 8 | Certainly , voluntary anonymised seroprevalence studies are discouraged because it is felt that even a 5% refusal rate may invalidate the results . |
| 9 | If a point is missed because it is too deeply embedded in its cultural setting in one place , it stands out prominently and unequivocally in another . |
| 10 | The first visible signs of the disease are a slight increase in the red tinges and colour of shoots and young leaves , and of course that is very easily missed because it is the normal colouring of many varieties . |
| 11 | The Secretary of State 's authority on this matter has been accepted , not out of docility or in the belief that the Secretary of State for Scotland is infallible in curriculum matters : it has been accepted because it is very obviously based on a clear national consensus . |
| 12 | Inverness ( 30 000 people ) has grown because it is a suitable route centre for administration and for tourists . |
| 13 | part of the slum area of St Giles 's , west London , between Bloomsbury and Covent Garden , so named because it is the point of convergence of seven streets . |
| 14 | Easton was not randomly chosen for the location of this research , but purposely selected because it is an area of Belfast where routine policing is possible as a result of the virtual absence of political violence in the locale , whether Catholic or Protestant in origin ( and , as later chapters will show , it is a mistake to see the RUC 's relationship with Catholics only as problematic ) . |
| 15 | Mercuric chloride was selected because it is a growth inhibitor , and Boyd found that homoeopathically prepared potencies of mercuric chloride enhanced the speed at which the diastase converted the starch when compared with controls which did not contain the mercuric chloride potency . |
| 16 | They were selected because it is clear that , judged by current psychiatric criteria , they all did suffer from episodes of psychosis — to introduce a technical term to be defined more precisely as we proceed through this and the following chapter , but which for the moment can be taken as synonymous with the layperson 's conception of mental illness as it occurs in its most disintegrative form and which especially refers to serious disorders , like schizophrenia . |
| 17 | The hospital was selected because it is remote from a transplant centre and its geographical location dictates that virtually all medical emergencies and outpatient referrals are sent there . |
| 18 | The client may not hear what is being said because it is something hard to accept . |
| 19 | A clause that is otherwise unreasonable will not necessarily be saved because it is a clause of long standing in a widely-used standard form . |
| 20 | This has been done because it is believed that the State has an interest in seeking to prevent those actions and to punish those who so act . |
| 21 | This operator is infrequently used because it is indiscriminate in the way it joins tuples together . |
| 22 | Despite that it has to be commended because it is not possible to sympathise with the railway 's present economic situation if unnecessary sums are spent on throw away publicity material . |
| 23 | The distinction between sheep of hardy and other breeds should be abolished because it is only very loosely related to degree of handicap . |
| 24 | However , an outline is offered because it is important for all teachers to be aware of the legal framework of special education , and not just those working with the disabled in special schools . |
| 25 | To officials and apparatchiks obsessed with this legacy of backwardness , the West is advanced because it is the West , not because it is capitalist . |
| 26 | The double-flowered form is the one generally cultivated because it is preferred for medical use , and is grown from division of runners , taken and planted in early spring ; seedlings produce a large number of single-flowered forms . |
| 27 | Addressing the GPC on March 2 , Kadhafi repeated his suggestion that Libyans generally should be free to organize all import and export trade by themselves , adding that " any organization which takes care of this should be disbanded because it is officially a burden on the state " . |
| 28 | But the total flux should not be affected because it is still related to the applied voltage by eqn ( 4.66 ) . |
| 29 | Independent scaffolding : So called because it is self supporting and not tied in to a structure except as temporary restraint . |
| 30 | A space blanket , so called because it is a product of space research , is more efficient than an ordinary blanket . |