Example sentences of "be [vb pp] because it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You do n't want to be healed because it means you do n't have to justify running away . ’ |
| 2 | Fundamentalism is a belief system that can not be refuted because it comes from a supreme being . |
| 3 | However , the naturalistic account should not be rejected on the grounds that it is inadequate , as though it could be polished up a bit and made more acceptable : rather , it should be dismissed because it presents an entirely distorted picture of social reality . |
| 4 | However , the theory developed by Freud can not be dismissed because it assumes an innate mutual hostility among people . |
| 5 | However , in Ronbar Enterprises Ltd v Green Jenkins LJ , having reviewed some earlier business sale cases in which severance had taken place viz Goldsoll v Goldman [ 1914 ] 2 Ch 603 and British Reinforced Concrete Engineering Co Ltd v Schelff [ 1921 ] 2 Ch 563 , said that Attwood v Lamont could be distinguished because it concerned an employment contract . |
| 6 | The standard method of recovery must be taught because it has been proven to be effective during testing . |
| 7 | ( 2 ) Wash embryos by repeated passage through drops of M2 + BSA ( phenol red must be omitted because it fluoresces ) . |
| 8 | He appears to have maintained in the Court of Session that the provisions of that Act should not be applied because it had been passed without his having had notice as required by Standing Orders … |
| 9 | This is the initial action , the first step , and , for the writer , it can determine the whole nature of the response that will be made because it imposes , almost unconsciously , a straightjacket on the thought , development and structure that will thereafter be pursued . " |
| 10 | There is a road along the glen to its head and , although the sight and sound of motor cars in places of quiet beauty is always a disturbing distraction , the road in Glen Nevis must be accepted because it gives an opportunity to inactive or disabled visitors to see the natural wonders and splendours of this spectacular defile between high mountain ranges . |
| 11 | I , I 'm always reluctant to put down specific methods of writing new procedures , or who 's responsible for it , or where it 's got to be done because it depends entirely on what it 's about . |
| 12 | It has to be crossed because it offers the second-greatest prize in nomination delegates , but it is almost impossible to clear the field without some casualties . |
| 13 | There is no need for such work to be abandoned because it does not feature explicitly in our programmes of study and , indeed , it would be the opposite of our intention if this were to happen . |
| 14 | But Night Trap could not be exempted because it depicted violent actions involving realistic images of human beings rather than straightforward computer graphics . |
| 15 | In London , the British Board of Film Censors insisted that the rape scene should be cut because it contained elements of ‘ kinky sex associated with black magic ’ . |
| 16 | This balance , which celebrates the survival of Black communities in situations of great hardship , whilst not losing sight of the economic circumstances in which urban poverty is generated , needs to be emphasised because it undermines the pernicious popularity of cultural stereotypes . |
| 17 | The appeal for tolerance by gesturing to lists of Famously Artistic Homosexuals is one of the classic tropes of gay self-justification — it goes ‘ Sappho , Michaelangelo , Shakespeare … and me ’ — and it needs always to be resisted because it seeks to extend contemporary definitions of sexuality back to incorporate historical periods when categorizations of the sexual were quite different . |
| 18 | The speeches of ministers have reiterated the themes that it is not the job of government to solve as many problems as previously , that ministers should be more attentive to the interests of taxpayers when spending public money , that ‘ real ’ jobs will be created and sustained not by government subsidy but by workers making goods which people will buy , that the criterion of ‘ value for money ’ be applied to public-sector activities , and that the private sector should be encouraged because it creates the wealth which the public sector requires . |
| 19 | Reformers knew that the peasant commune stood in the way of economic diversification in the countryside , but felt that it had to be retained because it served to protect the interests of peasants against those of outsiders . |
| 20 | There is a partial line on the map which I think this Council agreed before my time but that is not a line which could be implemented because it starts from nowhere and goes to nowhere and we are still I believe in , in , in limbo so far as the exact route which might be proposed either the northern or the southern end . |
| 21 | It must also be said that a plain boiled ham presented on or off the bone is a delight to the jaded palate and should not be ignored because it remains undistinguished by any special cure . |
| 22 | Aristotle believed that strict determinism must be rejected because it destroys the natural basis for distinguishing between voluntary and involuntary actions . |
| 23 | The SAC 's letter to the organisers says the grant will not be paid because it classes the festival as ‘ a local project ’ and can support only ‘ national and regional organisations and schemes ’ . |
| 24 | However , she leaves more cheerfully after a few choice words from one of the boys suggesting that her photograph should be changed because it does n't do her justice . |
| 25 | Outward investment may be banned because it weakens the balance of payments and allows the life-blood capital to leak out of the system , whilst inflows of currency may be repulsed because they cause the exchange rate to rise to unacceptable levels or add to the domestic supply of money and thus threaten inflation . |