Example sentences of "[coord] because it [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They do n't want to risk a break-up — perhaps for the sake of the children , or because it suits them to be married for other reasons . |
| 2 | And because it keeps them busy … |
| 3 | Madam , Nearly two million of us belong to the National Trust because we believe in what it stands for , and because it offers us superb value for our annual subscription . |
| 4 | And because it bears our Panda insignia it will help to spread the message about our work when friends and colleagues see you using it . |
| 5 | He loved it because of the colours and because it needed his nimble fingers . |
| 6 | And told the cat Hastings , to whom she talked , because cats liked to be talked to , it comforted them , and because it comforted her , too , helped her marshal her thoughts . |
| 7 | Not so much because of the menace in his voice and manner , but because it caused me to lose what little respect I had for him . |
| 8 | Then Mary had seen the old woman for what she was — a pauper , trapped in her sadness , her madness , now frightened , now lost ; and her story — not only for the tale itself but because it concerned someone she knew , before her , now covering the pipe 's small bowl with protecting beech leaves — wrung her heart . |
| 9 | I only hope that you will never have to read this letter — not because my life is worth anything to me but because it breaks my heart to think of you alone in a world which I have found to be so harsh and unforgiving . |
| 10 | Cooke says : ‘ Egg pasta is certainly preferred by many chefs not only because of its excellent colour and flavour , but because it offers them the possibility of upgrading their pasta menus , thus increasing their profits . ’ |
| 11 | Now I understand that top level sailors welcome the one-design nature of the Grand Prix , not only because it is potentially inexpensive , but because it offers them an even platform from which to display their skills . |
| 12 | I , when , when we go down to playschool I walk but because it takes what fifteen minutes to walk into town I put him in the pushchair |
| 13 | And the reason it likes you is not because of the bucket of wild oats you bring but because it thinks you are a horse too . |
| 14 | A Service department may take the risk of including an important project in its list , not because it believes it has a low priority , but because it knows it would be politically awkward for the party in power to consider cutting it . |