Example sentences of "it because [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is significant , too , that the Crofters Commission , even during the period when the scheme was viable within the curriculum , could only operate it because of a gift from a private individual . |
| 2 | None of the frustration of seeing a great-looking slope from the chairlift and not having the time to ski it because of a lunch date in the next valley ? |
| 3 | The February play was A Thriller of the Year , with an all-female cast our original choice of play was A Death Trap we could n't cast it because of a lack of men auditioning . |
| 4 | Even people with adequate heating may not use it because of the cost . |
| 5 | It does n't have pockets but I liked it because of the red buttons . ’ |
| 6 | He had planned to make this tour in January , but postponed it because of the Gulf war . |
| 7 | Was it because of the commitment of both Stanley Baldwin and Neville Chamberlain to the process of appeasement ? |
| 8 | ‘ We hit the mark , ’ said Conner 's tactician , Tom Whidden , ‘ but we hit it because of the other boat . ’ |
| 9 | He explained that ‘ As far as laboratory chemists are concerned there are just a few specific uses [ for tetra ] — they have tended to avoid it because of the toxicity ’ . |
| 10 | They still have the money , reckons Ray , but are sitting on it because of the recession . |
| 11 | The crag contains a great selection of classic climbs ; it would be a pity to lose access to it because of the thoughtless actions of a few loud-mouthed oafs . |
| 12 | Adam could afford it because of the money he got from the sale of Wyvis Hall and later from the sale of the London house he bought with the money from the sale of Wyvis Hall . |
| 13 | If it is difficult to change habits like smoking or drinking , despite the best of intentions , then the switch to nut steaks and vegetable lasagne might be just as painful , and for those forced to it because of the unavailability of meat it would also be deeply resented . |
| 14 | And I also know that certain shops in Northern Ireland refused to display it because of the tricolour so that accusation is quite legitimate . |
| 15 | I 'd tried it once or twice before , a coupla times when I was younger , but I was n't over keen on it because of the , y'know , just 'cos of the name it 'd got really , y'know , having to inject it and that . |
| 16 | I quite like doing it because of the funny taste on my fingers . |
| 17 | Is it because of the interference with one country to another then ? |
| 18 | He loved it because of the colours and because it needed his nimble fingers . |
| 19 | Manpower told us that its staff are attracted to it and stay with it because of the level of such fringe benefits and the level of pay it offers and not because they are given contracts which confirm them as having dependent employee Status . |
| 20 | without measuring , cos it because of the way you constructed it . |
| 21 | But she had not thought much about it because of the hint — reading between the lines — that soon they would be together always . |
| 22 | Auntie said she had never been interested in horse-racing , and disapproved of it because of the betting . |
| 23 | He also successfully defended the island against an attempt by the sultan of Kedah in 1791 to reclaim it because of the failure by the East India Company to observe the defensive clause in the treaty of cession . |
| 24 | In that year , also , L'Estrange 's ineptitude cost him control of the official news-books and Muddiman regained it because of the regard he had won from both secretaries of state . |
| 25 | Within a few days , however , anxiety had set in and he was confiding in Rohde his fear that a book that crossed so many conventional demarcation lines might deter all his prospective specialist readers : " the philologists wo n't read it because of the music and the philology … " ; and regarding the classical readership in particular , Rohde would know " how offended the philologists are bound to be at anything not published by Teubner and without the paraphernalia of critical notes " . |
| 26 | No war is really a wanted war , and Vietnam was no exception , it was an unwanted war , but the US felt obliged to enter into it because of the fear it had of Communism . |
| 27 | On the Government 's own figures , over 30% of those who would have received legal aid next year will lose it because of the proposed eligibility cuts . |
| 28 | The National Council for Voluntary Organisations said that while much of the SORP was appropriate to the needs of larger charities , it feared those with incomes of less than £100,000 a year may ignore it because of the extra administration , cost and complexity it involved . |
| 29 | Mm , I suppose they have to do it because of the computing erm , departments , has some equipment they want . |
| 30 | I arranged Ron Davies 's talk on the Indian sub-continent some time ago and we postponed it because of the African theme . |