Example sentences of "[adj] because it has [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The spearhead is dangerous because it has been dipped into the poison of communal rivalry between the 80%-plus of India that is Hindu and the 11% that is Muslim . |
| 2 | We pray for those who are sad because it has been the first Christmas without a loved one , and who grieve with their memories . |
| 3 | Inside Newark 's award-winning display hangar , Prentice T.1 VR249 is receiving a repaint , the silver finish achieved being all the more remarkable because it has been rollered on , not sprayed . |
| 4 | Physically it is costly because it has been proven to cause ulcers , arthritis and all sorts of other conditions . |
| 5 | Every surface really does look fresher and brighter because it has been thoroughly cleaned . |
| 6 | Fascinating because it has been brought together by one of Britain 's leading painters ( although Hodgkin denies that the bright colours and strong forms employed by the Mughal period artists have influenced his art ) it is also an important entity in its own right . |
| 7 | BT can afford to take a smaller profit , of course , but it is only doing that because it has been shamed into doing so by its customers . |
| 8 | Northanger Abbey is only tolerable because it has been modernized ; like Sir John Soane , Jane Austen clearly feels that survivals of medieval ecclesiastical architecture are ‘ little calculated for the common habits of life ’ . |
| 9 | It is a counterfeit of the spirit that goes on daily , you see , made worse because it has been joined by the visual counterfeit possible in television . |
| 10 | Most commonly , a given element is an element which is recoverable because it has been mentioned before . |
| 11 | A particular fish either ends up on its own because it has been badly injured , or has lost its mate , or may have been bought on impulse , the reasons are many and varied . |