Example sentences of "is [vb pp] because it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 4 ) A change in the " content " or " subject " of the learning experience is justified because it enriches the learning experience or makes these experiences more meaningful and thus more developmental ; i.e. we change content as instrumental in making the processes more effective . |
| 2 | It is not good enough to say that an authoritative measure is justified because it serves the public interest . |
| 3 | I believe , however , that the emphasis is justified because it has received so little systematic attention in the British literature . |
| 4 | The creature is attracted because it has the pleasure of satisfied desire , in this case its own particular form of hunger . |
| 5 | O. imprudens is included because it has not been figured satisfactorily and as bathyal species its distribution may extend to 1000 m . |
| 6 | The work of Melanie Klein is omitted because it relates to the technicalities of psychoanalytic therapy , which is not of central concern here , where it does not impinge on sociology . |
| 7 | The rear foot is used because it has the forward thrust of the body behind it . |
| 8 | Hale 's black velvet dress is cursed because it represents the values of the ‘ Gringolandia ’ so hated by Kahlo . |
| 9 | Thus ministerial responsibility is the main principle moulding the structure and outlook of the senior civil service and it is retained because it does much to reinforce the special position and powers both of ministers and of civil servants . |
| 10 | But most of the time such punishment is wasted because it does not produce repentance or reform . |
| 11 | From Kuhn 's particular point of view , this is mistaken because it ignores the role played by paradigms in guiding observation and experiment . |
| 12 | This is mistaken because it allows errors to be repeated . |
| 13 | In that case the simplification is warranted because it encapsulates a truth about what is going on . |
| 14 | One proposal is to take a 2-kg piece of tellurium and leave this for a year ; tellurium is chosen because it transmutes into xenon , which is unreactive and relatively easy to detect . |