Example sentences of "because it was the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She packed a selection of outfits and drove south because it was the quickest way out . |
| 2 | He knew of the spot because it was the habit of patrolling officers to stop ‘ and have a glass of wine or a chat ’ . |
| 3 | Michael went with her to meetings and joined her when she worked for the Liberal cause because it was the next best thing to Labour . |
| 4 | ‘ In those early days , ’ says Gatfield , ‘ the A&R person is everything to a new act — they hold the purse strings and there is a very special relationship because it was the A&R person who offered them the way into a record company , which is very , very special . ’ |
| 5 | So here was a company run by designers , as people might like to criticise us , putting in the most forward-thinking advanced systems for controlling stock , because it was the logical thing to do — the common-sense thing to do . |
| 6 | Running the film group for ICI gave Haslam particular pleasure because it was the first time he had ever been fully in charge of a business , which he found very challenging . |
| 7 | Charles had chosen to stay in Scotland because it was the perfect time of year for all the activities he enjoyed there . |
| 8 | How many times have you bought something that has let you down ( and not complained ) or worn a garment for just one season simply because it was the latest gimmick ? |
| 9 | I told David that he had to get off and at least stand on the platform because it was the city where the Czar was murdered . |
| 10 | Certainly I did not regard it as my job to defend the departmental budget just because it was the departmental budget . |
| 11 | What was a Roman proconsul to do with a Christian who explained that he paid his taxes not in the least because the emperor 's laws and edicts required that , but because it was the command of the Lord ? |
| 12 | Even Shirley Christian 's relatively cosy interview with North for the New York Times on December 1st — an interview that gained in suspiciousness and oddity because it was the last North gave for two years — plunged suddenly into an action-man world . |
| 13 | The road was unmade , but because it was the only route to the peat bog it was worn smooth by peasants , bicycle tyres and barrow wheels . |
| 14 | The aluminium sulphate was added to the ‘ contact tank ’ , a bad place because it was the last stage in the treatment process before the water left for the town . |
| 15 | Mrs Thatcher 's dramatic and unexpected exit was even more remarkable because it was the first instance since Neville Chamberlain 's resignation in 1940 of a Prime Minister in good health and eager to continue being forced out of office other than after electoral defeat . |
| 16 | She had chosen the book because it was the kind of volume she liked being seen around with , thick , classic and Russian . |
| 17 | Sometimes I think I grew interested in it because it was the only common ground we had . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ We recorded it because it was the first song we 'd written , ’ says Mike , founder member of the band . |
| 19 | On the strength of that idea , Brenda 's mummy took her into Stowbridge on the day before her birthday — because it was the day the Stowbridge Brownies held their Pack Meeting — to see the Brownie Guider about her joining the Pack . |
| 20 | The north-east was the cradle of the UK chemical industry because it was the source of the alkali industry , which then developed and spread throughout the UK . |
| 21 | But adjustment went on all the same because it was the only way of making yourself tolerate a condition which you loathed . |
| 22 | He had supported Pennethorne 's design because it was the cheapest and did not encroach on the park , but if they abandoned that design they were bound to take the first prize design , ‘ but as there was some difficulty about that ’ , it should go to the second prize-winners . |
| 23 | When I was a boy Milford Street always seemed very busy , maybe because it was the nearest main thoroughfare to my Culver Street home . |
| 24 | Angela had always preferred old oak and mellow English fruitwoods to mahogany , and was attracted to country furniture because it was the sort of simple , practical furniture that ordinary people would have had in their farmhouses or cottages . |
| 25 | In legend , it lost its tail because it was the last animal to board the ark . |
| 26 | I was so proud that day because it was the first time I wore a rather special red coat with matching red hat . |
| 27 | Then he remembered a woman he 'd met once on a train , she was singing hymns to the window , he 'd been embarrassed at first , half her fringe was missing as if someone had taken a bite out of it , only he knew she 'd done it because she caught him staring and laughed and said , ‘ I always cut it when I 'm loaded , ’ and he remembered something about a house , and because there was nothing left to cling to , because it was the only piece of wreckage left afloat , he remembered how to get there too , it was either remember or die . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | One was to be gold , since no-one had made a gold guitar before and such an instrument would be a perfect attention-grabber , and the other was to be black , black because it looked smart and also because it was the best colour for showing off the hands of the guitarist — provided the guitarist were Caucasian , of course . |
| 30 | The film was a significant Oscar-winner because it was the first X-rated film to do so . |