Example sentences of "it [vb past] because it " in BNC.
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| 1 | It failed because it precipitated a managerial revolution in Courtaulds , which in turn led to the defeat of the bid and the rapid recovery of the company . |
| 2 | First , it failed because it did not benefit the poor as much as it did the middle classes . |
| 3 | I mean how far extra it moved because it was accelerating . ’ |
| 4 | and I just , I threw buckets of water on it to rinse it , and it dried because it was really warm and it came up like new |
| 5 | It worked because it offered the combination of style and leisure which more refined sensibilities found coarsened in Brighton . |
| 6 | It was better to let it rot out on the field then go to the trouble to carry it wet because it would only rot or become mouldy and absolutely useless . |
| 7 | But MI5 deliberately ignored them as and when it suited because it believed no prime minister or Home Secretary would interfere nor would any member of the service break ranks and tell the truth about what really went on inside MI5 . |
| 8 | Indeed , recombination probably emerged very early indeed in the history of life , and it spread because it was a way of repairing damaged nucleic acids . |