Example sentences of "because it be the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The policy of " no net loss " is being applied to a greatly shrunken wetlands base and a portion of the base that is easiest to protect because it is the wettest . " |
| 2 | People choose to keep their yachts on the Hamble , probably because it is the pre-eminent yachting river in the country and we wish to keep it that way . |
| 3 | Runaways from these plantations have always tried to reach Saigon because it is the nearest big city . |
| 4 | All is extended , manifested , rolled out by the universal energy from the seeds of his idea deep in his existence ; but the spirit even though it takes up and enjoys her workings in this body of ours , is not affected by its mortality because it is eternal beyond birth and death , is not linked by the personalities which it assumes because it is the supreme self of all these personalities … ’ |
| 5 | The first visible signs of the disease are a slight increase in the red tinges and colour of shoots and young leaves , and of course that is very easily missed because it is the normal colouring of many varieties . |
| 6 | As my honourable friend said from the front bench , the Labour party is absolutely firmly committed now both by the voices of the leadership and the votes and the resolutions at our party conference that we are in favour of a proportional representation system for the European parliament and I hope that when the elections come Mr Deputy Speaker , and people will be arguing about why they 're voting for Europe on June the ninth in one boundary as opposed to another and why they 've got erm erm different rules for this election of course as indeed for the last European election because the registration will be different , allowing all kinds of erm how can I put it foreigners in inverted commas , to vote in our elections in this country because it is the European elections that we will actually put the point across that er for the future there will be different arrangements made indeed . |
| 7 | A hypothetical imperative tells me that , as a rational being , I must do such and such if I desire to obtain a certain upshot , because it is the essential means to that upshot , and he who wills the end must will the means . |
| 8 | Women 's rights are closely linked to the rights of the poor … because it is the poor women who especially bear the overwhelming burdens of providing for the survival of the family … |
| 9 | London , to take the most obvious example , is dominant within the UK economy , not only because it is the biggest agglomeration of physical development , nor because it is the largest concentration of employment , nor even because on average and in spite of the poverty within it , it is rich . |
| 10 | ‘ We are unilateralist because it is the only sane , only moral and only effective thing to be . |
| 11 | The Fed must remain independent because it is the only US institution which provides the discipline of the long-term view and corresponding policy decisions . |
| 12 | It is also of relevance however because it is the only one of the experimental areas that deals principally with a town centre and thus with functions that are as much commercial and retail as they are residential . |
| 13 | Sep 8 1984 Stark Dadaist design classic , included here because it is the only cover story EVER to carry not a single picture , inside or out . |
| 14 | Many people take their careers extremely seriously because it is the only way for them to establish who and what they are . |
| 15 | THE second law of thermodynamics always arouses interest because it is the only widely applicable law of physics that is not symmetric under time reversal , and so singles out a particular direction of time . |
| 16 | The elderly , unemployed , the less skilled , single-parent families , larger families are all concentrated in council tenure because it is the only form of tenure to which they may have easy access . |
| 17 | There are , basically , two philosophies about competitors ' media selection : to compete in the same media , because ‘ we must be seen to compete ’ or because it is the only really possible medium or ( even ) because ‘ they must know something ’ ; or to try to avoid the competition and to ‘ dominate ’ a reasonable alternative medium . |
| 18 | It would not be whimsical to suggest that I still go to Arsenal now because of what Swindon did to me then : like a gambler who keeps playing because it is the only way to win back what he has lost , I still feel , somewhere in me , that I am owed for what Ian Ure and Jon Sammels and Bobby Gould put me through that afternoon . |
| 19 | Even now , disabled people find themselves in hospital because it is the only place that will look after them and for that reason alone . |
| 20 | While this is sometimes taught in a language spoken by their students e.g. Bengali , French often in chosen because it is the only language that most English people will have learnt at school . |
| 21 | c ) Life-style : respondents in the single girl upper socioeconomic categories indicated that they achieved facial cleanliness with lotions and cotton wool because it is the only natural thing to use . |
| 22 | Price is important because it is the only element of the mix which produces revenue ; the others all represent costs . |
| 23 | One is no longer at home anywhere , so in the end one longs to be back where one can somehow be at home because it is the only place where one would wish to be at home : and that is the world of Greece ! " |
| 24 | Only facility IN answer to the letter from F. Kid ( May 26 ) regarding the closure of the William Roberts Centre , Norris Green , the people of this area are intent on fighting for the William Roberts because it is the only recreational facility that the area has . |
| 25 | This is the highest honour any beer in Scotland can receive , because it is the only one decided by a ballot of regular drinkers , based on their experiences in a range of pubs over 12 months . |
| 26 | It is often said that the tonic syllable can be identified because it is the only syllable in the tone-unit that carries a movement in pitch ; this is in fact not always true . |
| 27 | The wintry weather can take its toll on the face because it is the only part of the body exposed to the elements all the time . |
| 28 | The certified cause of death is of considerable importance because it is the usual end-point for epidemiological studies of ischaemic heart disease , and epidemiologists often assume that what is recorded on the death certificate is the cause of death . |
| 29 | Ron says : ‘ It 's wonderful that people will do so much to try and help someone in trouble , just because it is the right thing to do . ’ |
| 30 | The agreement is something of a coup for the Belgian because it is the first instance of a Japanese computer company marketing Sequelink directly . |