Example sentences of "the [noun] it [verb] because " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the star ’ — he tipped his head in the general direction of the galaxies — ‘ is the perfect symbol for the hope it brings because , like a star , it is glimpsed most clearly from the corner of the eye . ’ |
| 2 | It hits his head and you do n't hear the noise it makes because you cry out at the same time , as though it 's you in the bed , you being attacked , you being killed . |
| 3 | He must have liked the sound it made because he gave it another couple for luck ; my courage rising , too , I gave it two more . |
| 4 | Everyone assumes that students know how to make and use their notes , and yet time and time again a piece of work does not receive the grade it deserves because crucial material or ideas have been left out ; often this is information which the lecturer gave out in classes but which the student did not note down . |
| 5 | At its simplest , associationism is the theory that a mental content has the meaning it does because of the things that tend to follow , or precede , it into the mind . |
| 6 | Although the Schlieffen Plan , if faultlessly executed , might just have brought about the fall of France , in the event it failed because Moltke depleted , rather than strengthened , his right flank , and because , at the crucial moment , he lost his nerve . |
| 7 | The progress of life unfolded in the way it did because God had imposed a preordained sequence of developmental stages through which organisms must ascend towards the human form . |