Example sentences of "just because it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From the top , the views south are awesome , proving the nonsense of ignoring a mountain just because it falls a few feet short of Munro status . |
| 2 | Among the issues raised by this case were how the court was to go about deciding exactly what powers Parliament had intended to give to the GLC in relation to London Transport ; whether the GLC owed a duty to its ratepayers not to spend the rates on large subsidies for travellers ; whether the GLC was entitled to implement its cheap fares policy just because it had been a major issue in the recent GLC elections ; the extent to which central government ought to control local authority spending ; whether and to what extent public transport ought to be treated as a public service or , on the other hand , as a business which has to break even or make a profit . |
| 3 | It was moving all right , and just because it had started off slowly did n't mean there was n't something huge and unstoppable about it . |
| 4 | You might take an unexpected turning just because it feels right , and discover a lovely place to eat . |
| 5 | It is sad in several ways , not just because it springs from genuine human grief but because poor Uncle Ted , no matter how theologically illiterate he may have been , deserves better . |
| 6 | The film itself should not be written off just because it uses unsophisticated material . |
| 7 | But what if your last job was as a cleaner or temporary postman , just because it fitted your circumstances — say to work within school hours ? |
| 8 | However it would be unwise to conclude that , just because it has no enforcement mechanism , the Universal Declaration is as harmless as it is futile . |
| 9 | A horse that has been continually galloped by one owner , is not going to change its expectations of being ridden just because it has been bought by someone who wants to travel at a more sedate speed ! |
| 10 | Another dealer explained : ‘ There are some punters who will buy a stock just because it has fallen a long way . ’ |
| 11 | FUNNYMAN Steve Martin is fed up with people saying there 's something strange about his Hollywood house just because it has no windows at the front . |
| 12 | Laggan Locks , just along from the hostel , was very much the heart of the area for all our doings — and not just because it has a tearoom ! |
| 13 | Mr Wallace expects to get support for his view that the Scottish Constitutional Convention should go into cold storage , not just because it has little relevance but also to expose Labour as uninterested in cross-party co-operation . |
| 14 | No just because it has n't got the length for tucking in . |
| 15 | There is in fact a sceptical tendency in foundationalism of this sort , just because it leads us to see as problematic everything other than our knowledge of our own sensory states ; it acknowledges the danger that we might be unable to construct the superstructure which the foundations are intended to carry . |
| 16 | ‘ Anyway , for some reason Heather wanted to know all about the last time Clare had been here , which , as it happened , I remembered very well , not just because it turned out to be the last I ever saw of her , but on account of something odd that had occurred . |
| 17 | A good scientific law or theory is falsifiable just because it makes definite claims about the world . |
| 18 | But I do n't see the point in having romantic illusions about myself- or about anyone else for that matter — just because it makes me feel nice and cosy . ’ |
| 19 | The reason why absenteeism was non-existent on Thursdays was not just because it happened to be pay day . |
| 20 | Today I tried to get a whole tin every day , it 's just because it happened . |
| 21 | Information Technology ( IT ) is a strategic resource not just because it provides sophisticated operational systems and day-to-day information for management control but also because associated Information Systems ( IS ) provide top level market information . |
| 22 | And just because it looks like a wild boar with the striped marking or ‘ agouti ’ ( long snout , straight tail and small pointy ears ) , can it be accepted as such without a genetic test ? |
| 23 | And just because it looks easy to use a mouse and icons to develop new database applications , it does n't mean that you can forget all about the coding side . |
| 24 | So er just because it looks like seduction does n't mean it 's not abuse , I suppose that 's what I 'm saying in the in the in a nutshell . |
| 25 | Do n't become despondent just because it seems that your employer is keen to drive a hard bargain . |
| 26 | We also use the word because it has the connotation that the information that we are concerned with is being transferred from environment to enterprise , actually to be used ( good heavens ! ) — by specific users in specific contexts for specific tasks , and is not being transferred just because it seems a nice thing to do . |
| 27 | The researcher who collects data on everything under the sun , just because it seems so easy at the time to ask a few more questions about this and that , usually rues the day when the analysis of all the answers has to be carried out . |
| 28 | It is dangerous , however , to argue that there is no reason for the large antlers just because it seems unnecessary to give a reason . |
| 29 | Not just because it enhances and enriches a relationship , but because there are positive medical advantages too . |
| 30 | Not just because it enhances and enriches a relationship , but because there are positive medical advantages too . |