Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] because it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The counterparty to this forward contract , let us say it is a bank , may for its part be willing to transact because it has a wider , more diversified portfolio than the hedger , within which it can to some extent offset the risky prospect . |
| 2 | Although the process is powerful it is by no means easy to use because it requires a very great deal of imagination and conceptual skill . |
| 3 | Humber Manure is not easy to get because it has a strong smell and shopkeepers think it drives their customers away ! |
| 4 | John has always said that prejudice is hard to combat because it means changing people 's inner feelings , ‘ their hearts and minds ’ . |
| 5 | But it 's hard to talk because it makes your jaws so cold ! |
| 6 | I think the stairs were constructed of stone but it 's hard to tell because it 's been deep in rubble ever since I can recall . |
| 7 | McNeill was reluctant to accept because it meant asking the club for 14 tickets . |
| 8 | Those who think that the Labour party has become a safe party — a party that it would be safe to elect because it has learnt all its lessons — should not forget that it is a pretty wild dream to imagine that the Labour party would get a majority in the House . |
| 9 | If somebody keeps on going abo on about how much they love you , if somebody keeps on going on about they care for you and how much they 'd like you to enjoy yourself and er all that kind of thing and you subsequently feel hurt , upset , abused and need to go to casualty , that 's probably a lot more difficult to understand because it does n't fit the script . |
| 10 | This concept of structure is particularly difficult to grasp because it appears not once but twice . |
| 11 | There was culatello , part of the pig 's bottom — this was difficult to produce because it had to be carefully matured , and was correspondingly expensive . |