Example sentences of "the [noun sg] because it [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may be argued that although the settlor was resident in the United Kingdom within s663(5) he would not be chargeable to tax on the income because it was not remitted to the United Kingdom ( see s663(5) ) . |
| 2 | That provision was placed in the contingency because it was un felt it was unclear at the time , what the effect on costs would be , of the sale of link waste . |
| 3 | You 've said before that you were put off trumpet , and that you were drawn to the guitar because it was the instrument that your parents most feared . |
| 4 | Luckily , this was not damaged by the hurricane because it was kept at the EAA Museum in Oshkosh . |
| 5 | Erm certainly I think all of our quarry , the quarry , I think we were overwhelmed with the support because it was really in our place that the dispute started and a lot of other people who I 'd spoken to you know they they were amazed at the support we received and , seemed to be the shyer the people you know the , some of the lads they never spoke much at lodge meetings , but after a while they 'd be getting up and saying their pieces and , you know I think it 's just because you knew you had backing , and people helping and urging you on , advising you , and the union helping and you know they leant over backwards in various fields to help us . |
| 6 | The league won the award because it was judged to be the association doing the most for its member bands . |
| 7 | They claimed that the ruling nullified the government 's argument that it had no liability for the death of the Palestinian because it was an act of war , and that it effectively restored the government 's response to the intifada to the status of a police operation . |
| 8 | Of course it would be possible for Trible to maintain that she is re-reading the text because it is an important western text and she wants to understand more accurately what its authors meant . |
| 9 | The Western book would be a magnificent present for anyone who likes the genre because it is not only a comprehensive guide to the films and film-makers , but also to the cultural background . |
| 10 | A builder will therefore not be liable under the Act for damage caused by a defect in the building because it was badly built , e.g. because the foundations were inadequate , though he might be liable under some other legal provision ( e.g. negligence or the Defective Premises Act 1972 ) . |
| 11 | This is still some disadvantage for the acquirer because it is more difficult to gain agreement to a change made subsequently than to a provision included in the first draft . |
| 12 | The council says it did n't renovate the cottage because it was n't an emergency situation . |
| 13 | This particular airfield had been chosen for the test-flight because it was surrounded by open country , and there in front of me were fields from which I could choose . |
| 14 | That 's right , and , and the first act of the play is a rehearsal and it keeps stopping and the director keeps sort of straightening them out and they 're dealing with little problems , and when you 're actually rehearsing it you find yourself sort of repeating the play because it 's so ac Michael Frayn who wrote it has so accurately observed what happens er when you 're directing a play that er you find yourself re-enacting the play and , and suddenly find a discussion you 've just been having has part sounds as if it 's come out of the script . |
| 15 | ‘ If you did n't die yourself , that only added to the spice because it was so heightened , it was so endlessly dramatic and exciting . |
| 16 | At the same time one can have sympathy with those who devised the term because it is the tangential force per unit charge integrated over a closed path . |
| 17 | Er , we had a breeders ' meeting in October which was I enjoy them very much , I enjoy the the talk because it 's the first chance I get during the year when I can sit down and listen and I do n't have to worry about them generally , in another club , I do n't have to worry about minutes or anything , I just sit and listen and it 's great it , I really enjoy that . |
| 18 | ‘ I lead a relatively quiet life , though I have a few friends in the industry because it 's important to have a grape-vine . |
| 19 | Then composers began to lose interest in the instrument because it was useless in an orchestra , being just too quiet . |
| 20 | For the bear because it was his thing , for the little girl because of the shouting — " |
| 21 | At first they had taken to the Underground because it was warm , later for other reasons . |
| 22 | Flying low value goods to isolated communities — without the aid of government subsidy — is still the domain of the propliner because it is cheap to run . |
| 23 | A spokesman for EPA says industry supports the chemical because it is cheaper than other methods such as shooting , trapping and electric fencing . |
| 24 | Its 7-cm picture , which appears on a twisted nematic liquid-crystal display , is visible only in the dark because it is backed by an electroluminescent material which produces its own light . |
| 25 | The wife likes the car because it is easy to drive and to park . |
| 26 | It was held that Maidstone market was a market overt because it was established by charter in 1747 and that the innocent purchaser obtained a good title to the car because it was customary at Maidstone market for goods to be sold by private treaty after the auction . |
| 27 | ‘ I fired at the car because it was going into the rest of my team , endangering their lives . ’ |
| 28 | Mr Ashton provoked laughter when he said he had watched the programme because it was set in his constituency , and he had been to school with the father of Sean Bean , one of the stars . |
| 29 | Nothing new in it , but an interesting departure for the professor because it was commissioned — at enormous cost — by Ermenegildo Zegna . |
| 30 | But Intel insists that DEC was still showing interest in marketing the follow-on Paragon machine and that it pulled the plug on the deal because it was not satisfied with DEC 's level of commitment . |