Example sentences of "because [noun] gave " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some workers deliberately took less well-paid work because employers gave it out in the particular quantity they desired . |
| 2 | The mass popularity of the movies did not come about because showmen gave no thought to individuating their audiences but rather resulted from an appreciation that the most important thing about the public as a whole was that every section and every group would respond to the appeal of the movies if it could be given access to the right kind of cinema . |
| 3 | While he deliberated , Murray continued : ‘ I had the letter because Richard gave it me to post , sir . |
| 4 | He knew he had performed well and he was able to present himself in the best possible aura , that of self-satisfaction , because Hopper gave him carte blanche to edit his own part on film . |
| 5 | Cromer dominated Egypt , not because England gave him force , or because Egypt loved us , but because he was so good a man . ’ |
| 6 | The Emperor Napoleon got a good deal because France would have had to give it up sooner or later anyway , and I got a good deal because Louisiana gave me a lovely companion for life with all the legendary charms of your people . " |
| 7 | America lavished $1 billion on Liberia in the 1980s , partly because it provided the freed slaves who settled the country last century , mainly because Liberia gave a home to a Voice of America transmitter , a navigation beacon , a relay station for diplomatic communications , and a huge airfield where arms could be discreetly trans-shipped . |
| 8 | Some of that hurt must have crept into her voice , because Mandy gave her a look loaded with sympathy . |
| 9 | There are intricate philosophical and logical disputes of the Hellenistic schools which we now understand only because Origen gave a clear account of the points at issue . |