Example sentences of "[vb -s] because it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It matters because it means that a trust can be construed even from words which look rather unpromising . |
| 2 | It counts because it counts to them . |
| 3 | This generally , occurs because it has been decided to reduce the provisions sought in an estimate , or because it is necessary to take account of the consequences of transferring the functions of one department to another . |
| 4 | However , I would denounce the kind of RE she describes because it imposes beliefs rather than explores them . |
| 5 | Ecstasy kills because it affects the respiratory system and causes lung failure and hence death . |
| 6 | well Lindsey , mind she smoking when she was twelve and drinking and she did n't like it she says because it made her head go all funny and she did n't know what was going on , what was happening . |
| 7 | To say that a dog eats because it wants to is as uninformative as to say that dinosaurs got larger because they had an inner drive to do so . |
| 8 | To conclude that the universe exists because it permits us to exist is an act of faith , not reason . |
| 9 | The late medieval story of a small place such as Thaxted , with its mass of late medieval timber buildings , survives because it failed to develop after its early period of prosperity as a wool town . |
| 10 | Meribeth often recommends standing up to make important telephone calls because it puts more energy into the voice . |
| 11 | ‘ I think I see something deeper , more infinite , more eternal than the ocean in the expression in the eyes of a little baby when it wakes in the morning , and coos and laughs because it sees the sun shining in its cradle . ’ |
| 12 | Limitations are imposed by the fact that you have to wait two months for the educational psychologist , you have to close the biology lab when it rains because it leaks and they have n't sent anyone to repair it yet , you have to apply for a short in-service course rather than the full-time MA that you really wanted to do because there are n't any secondments any more . |
| 13 | The centre piece of the act is the onymous toad , unique among the frogs and toads because it has lost the horny pads ( the so-called nuptial pads ) that grow on the male 's hands during the breeding season and because it mates on dry land rather than in water . |
| 14 | Certainly this order on financial services , helps because it makes absolutely clear that if an auditor sees malpractice and potential fraud he has an obligation and a duty to report it straight away to the regul regulator , but that will help the process . |
| 15 | Many organisations use press releases because it provides them with publicity at little or no cost . |
| 16 | Rego 's work threatens because it challenges the cosy myths of childhood , Christopher Steven 's ‘ Giant ’ ( 1988 ) exemplifies the ways in which the threat of ‘ The boy is the father of the man ’ emerges . |
| 17 | ( The answer is , yes , it does because it helps the receiver to move up a scale in their involvement level . ) |
| 18 | If we do not give fear our energy , our imagination , our life blood , it dies because it has no hold over us . |
| 19 | Section 13(4) removes ‘ conspiracy to injure ’ from the field of trade disputes because it involves an action which would not be actionable in tort if done without agreement or combination . |