Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] because it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is important for the writer because it lays out a line of attack along which the essay will proceed . |
| 2 | In sharing the Reds ' upset win in that national trial he proved a bit of success as a distributor and made two scorching breaks which hinted at a swashbuckling touch to his nature : ‘ I was very keen to make a good impression in the trial because it took place a week after my ‘ B ’ debut against Ireland and I wanted to make up for two particular errors in that game . |
| 3 | Being part of C&P has softened the blow because it has enabled many employees to switch to other growth areas of the chemicals business . |
| 4 | The answer is no , but the high-backed boot has certainly helped everyone ski the powder because it provides that little tweak of leverage that helps pull the tips of your skis up . |
| 5 | Sally Lyle , who lives next door to the Stewarts ' luxury historic townhouse , said : ‘ No one ever spoke about the case because it upset Glenn so much . |
| 6 | They 've asked him to look at the case because it makes a mockery of justice . |
| 7 | This form of markup provides the flexibility to select different display styles for the text because it does not anticipate the typography of the New OED . |
| 8 | The permission of the Chief Constable was also a disadvantage in the field because it raised doubts among respondents about the purpose of the researcher 's questions over and above those that naturally arise from the political situation in Northern Ireland . |
| 9 | There was an attempt to push the balance back in favour of the consumer , but privatisation has achieved the opposite because it has resulted in a major shift of power away from the consumer to the producer . |
| 10 | ‘ Inmates want to work in the kitchen because it means they can be out of their cells for most of the day and can have a bit of extra food , ’ he says . |
| 11 | In the US , car makers fear the Index because it exposes some models as unreliable and poorly built . |
| 12 | C C T to some extend preceded the recession because it brought on members down to conditions that other people are now suffering . |
| 13 | The shooting itself caused three days of riots ; and although a racially mixed jury found Mr Lozano guilty of manslaughter shortly afterwards , an appeals court threw out the verdict because it thought the jury had been intimidated by the unrest . |
| 14 | The only animal that can afford to relax is the cockroach because it knows it will survive the Nuclear War , and there will be plenty of space after that . |
| 15 | This was a very important speech in developing the plot of the play because it tells you much more about the slightly muddled character of Brutus and his reason for killing Caesar ( to help the public ) . |
| 16 | They wanted me for the part because it seemed they wanted someone younger . |
| 17 | Even though he had been expecting it — hoping for it , really — he resented the interruption because it broke his chain of concentration . |
| 18 | I think that 's very important , it is specifically aimed at students , I mean I , this , this is no way a leaflet for the general public and , and one of the reasons is the explicitness because it 's aimed at students and that we did a lot of research with students , students were involved in the writing . |
| 19 | A curious mixture of shade , energy and colour , it transcended most of the other material on the album because it contained one of the group 's main strengths — a great chorus . |
| 20 | And then the mediant is called the mediant , the mediant because it lies halfway between the tonic and the dominant . |
| 21 | The husband does not like the car because it does not reflect his status . |
| 22 | It 's got a nice little swimming pool although evidently it looks really nice on the photograph because it looks like a big rectangular one . |
| 23 | stop the tape because it does n't want me on it . |
| 24 | Therapy has rocked the boat because it 's made me much more vulnerable . |
| 25 | Nor from the point of view of the speaker , is there any hard and fast boundary between these and a non-restrictive adjective used in order to make explicit some property , when it is suspected that the hearer is unaware that it is implied by the use of the noun , as with poisonous in : ( 10 ) she threw Maisie 's lunch-box out of the window because it had a poisonous red-back spider in it Note that ( 10 ) further exemplifies the fact that whether an adjective is taken as restrictive or not depends on the rest of the entity-identifying phrase rather than just on the head noun . |
| 26 | The idea that a player was bound to a company for the rest of his life , and could be bought and sold like a chattel with no real say in the matter , went out of the window because it offended against the principles of individuality . |
| 27 | RISC watcher Andrew Allison remembered FRISC as a merchant chip attempt and says he laughed at Micron months ago when it announced the subsidiary because it did n't have the resources or market presence to pull off a new proprietary architecture . |
| 28 | A CASTLEREAGH councillor believes the Fair Employment Commission pursued a case against the council because it had disputed figures . |
| 29 | If a vehicle fails the test because it does not have a vehicle identification number , MoT testers will advise motorists to get in touch with the local Vehicle Registration Office , which can allocate a new number . |
| 30 | Maria , 12 , who lives at Highfield Road South , Rock Ferry , Birkenhead , said : ‘ I nominated the museum because it has a lot of exhibits which visitors can handle which makes it more interesting . ’ |