Example sentences of "[v-ing] because it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The debate was revealing because it exposed the core of racism and bigotry beneath the liberal rhetoric of Canada 's much vaunted multiculturalism . |
| 2 | The main thing to prevent is a solid sheet of ice forming because it acts like a lid and prevents the escape of poisonous gases , given off by deteriorating pond vegetation . |
| 3 | Astrology can not be allowed as a serious contribution to living because it fails empirically in relation to the natural world , and could be foolish , or dangerous , in political and economic affairs . |
| 4 | The importance of context in establishing the boundaries of given and new elements is worth noting because it suggests that analysing written language in terms of given and new is feasible . |
| 5 | Multi-strand , flexible , steel cable is particularly suited to winching because it does not kink so easily . |
| 6 | The simplicity , though , is deceiving because it tells you little about the developmental performance leading to the strongly and reliably determined patterns of differentiation and spatial organisation of the animal . |
| 7 | I think it 's deceiving because it 's got such high ceilings |
| 8 | But the Nikkei Industrial Daily sounds a note of warning for NEC : there are two pitfalls for the company with the current order , it says : the sheer difficulty of running a development project to create the mainframe software that makes up the ‘ Fourth Online System ’ — people involved with the development of Third Online Systems predicted the end of such enormous projects ; and the danger of overlooking the trend towards downsizing because it devotes too much time and too many resources on the project . |
| 9 | Ben gave the right answer literally speaking because it said it on the sheet of paper . |
| 10 | However , it is worth considering because it does offer , at least in theory , an alternative . |
| 11 | To stop it from sucking because it dissolves too well It 's like you in there drinking drinking er coke out of a straw if you you suck enough It 'll all end up in your mouth . |
| 12 | Michael , 45 , who quit boozing because it threatened to wreck his life , has given up another ‘ vice ’ — being too generous . |
| 13 | But it welcomed FRED4 , saying because it contains more detailed proposals its provisions should be used to override FRED3 and , indeed , there should be a requirement for all transactions to be interpreted in the light of the draft off balance sheet standard . |
| 14 | I ca n't make any sense of what he 's saying because it seems to me that erm our common and everyday and perhaps very deficient notion of individuation is , what makes me different from the rest of you ? |
| 15 | From Philips ' point of view , DVI looks threatening because it enables full frame full motion video to be accessed from a standard CD-ROM . |
| 16 | When conditions are hot , horses can lose a lot of sweat without you even knowing because it evaporates so quickly . |
| 17 | An amino acid is a chemical sub-unit of a protein , and ultimately everything that happens in a cell it produces some kind of protein , so you can see that erm the triplet or produces erm which is one of the , one of the er amino acids and so on and there are also punctuation marks U A A or U A G means stop , as does U G A , so when , when a R N A template running through a gets to a sequence which reads , where was it now , U A A it stops reading because it knows it 's got to the end of the gene . |
| 18 | Regarding differences as to the factual consequences of insider dealing , X may want to prohibit insider dealing because it harms Y ; or , because he believes that it is an inefficient means of allocating scarce resources . |
| 19 | Equally — perhaps more seriously — the relative value of the basic pension has been falling because it has been related to prices , not incomes , so that unless steps are taken , by the year 2025 the value of the basic pension as a proportion of gross earnings could have fallen by half . |
| 20 | ‘ It 's a working breakfast which I have no intention of cancelling because it does n't fit in with your selfish plans . ’ |
| 21 | Critics of the decision by the Bush administration said yesterday that continuing US production was destabilising because it encouraged countries capable of producing chemical weapons to begin developing new production lines immediately . |
| 22 | The first stage is the premoral stage and the child starts off obeying to avoid punishment , and then moves onto obeying because it understands why it should . |
| 23 | Though some feminists have criticised Gilligan 's work on both theoretical and methodological grounds , and its point should therefore not be taken as unquestionably proven , it is worth discussing because it has had enormous influence . |
| 24 | Smoking is a very ancient art that has been used for hundreds of years to preserve fish and meat , preferred to salting because it does not destroy the natural flavour of the food to the same extent . |
| 25 | This is a shot worth practising because it takes confidence to know you can hit this shot quite hard and the ball still might not pass the flag . |
| 26 | Well sir , they 're , we support dipping because it 's already been stated to note that we make most of the money for Shropshire from farming , and sheep is one of the big things which we sell all over the country , but unless we can guarantee our sheep are clear of er , disease people are n't going to come here and buy meat and stuff are they ? |
| 27 | For all the gadgetry , everything stopped when the photocopier was working because it soaked up all the power . |
| 28 | Russia has welcomed the Korean contribution of experts , equipment and funds to finance the survey , expected to cost US$400,000 , but has said it will have to continue dumping because it lacks the facilities or funds to process the waste on shore . |