Example sentences of "because it [is] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The United States is particularly vulnerable in this respect , both because it is lacking in some valuable resources , and because its vast productive machine uses so much of everything . |
| 2 | Any resistance or reluctance by the scion to take everything , perhaps because it is getting some of what it needs from its own roots , and the stock has to start looking for ways to get rid of the unused energy , and that means making its own top growth , which takes the form of suckers or ‘ briars ’ . |
| 3 | A horse may steal your jumper and then become panic-stricken because it is chasing him ! |
| 4 | Does he agree that steps must be taken to persuade the Turkish authorities to give such compensation , because it is causing great hardship ? |
| 5 | The Bulgarian government has decided to suspend production at the country 's biggest lead plant for several months because it is causing severe pollution to nearby agricultural land . |
| 6 | Sony 's position is less dangerous because it is building on the foundations of an already established physical format . |
| 7 | On the face of it , this is offering a commander view because it is reporting on the command of the authority as a whole . |
| 8 | And that 's what 's threatening to people , because it is looking for a direct response ; it 's looking to form a dialogue . |
| 9 | Any set of conditions that leads to an increase in the activity of an area does so because it is tapping its functions . |
| 10 | Precisely because it is seeking to bring some awareness of spirituality to those mostly brought up in a spiritual desert , great care is needed to avoid conveying misleading impressions . |
| 11 | Once the gales have blown themselves out and the depressions have ‘ filled ’ or moved away , we usually get a spell of settled weather when things return to normal.The few days of settled weather allow me to spend some hours fishing offshore for ling and tusk which , as well as providing me with relaxation and sport , is satisfyingly justified in my own mind because it is providing food for the family during the winter to come . |
| 12 | ‘ We would like to see the council address the issue seriously because it is affecting quite a lot of pensioners . ’ |
| 13 | The selection factors are presumably the same , crabs will always take wide-mouthed shells first and elongated shells must always be more vulnerable to wave action : selection produces different results because it is operating on genetically different populations . |
| 14 | YOUNG Group , the Durham-based opencast coal miner , is losing its stock market quotation because it is pushing through changes to its share capital which benefit majority holders and are in breach of the Stock Exchange 's investor protection rules . |
| 15 | Boyz N The Hood has more of a connection because it is dealing with kids of the same age group , although Juice deals with an entirely different set of issues . ’ |
| 16 | He said : ’ It is designed mostly for London and turns reality on its head because it is dealing with late trains . |
| 17 | My Warwick is currently being serviced by a luthier in Holbury who tells me that the truss rod needs replacing because it is beginning to shear . |
| 18 | I just think that will have to change , because it is creating utter havoc and misery in the community . ’ |
| 19 | The council has been involved in a separate row over Bellarmine because it is insisting that staff must apply for jobs at the school to which their pupils would transfer . |
| 20 | The growing indebtedness of the USA is regarded as unacceptable because it is draining savings away from other , less prosperous economies . |
| 21 | St Helens Borough Council has been forced to close the centre because it is facing a cash crisis . |
| 22 | I would therefore advise against taking any kind of drugs , not just because it is unsporting , or because of the threat of severe penalties on discovery , but also because of the adverse effects any drug regime has on the mind and body . |
| 23 | Many of us still incorrectly believe that a well-balanced diet should include only small amounts of bread because it is fattening . |
| 24 | A report by the Social Security Research Consortium calls for the discretionary Social Fund to be abandoned because it is failing to help those who most need it . |
| 25 | According to the Post , the government watchdog took the step because it is battling with the two companies over discount and marketing data , which it reckons it needs in order to determine whether it is paying fair prices for computer products . |
| 26 | The form of father changes because it is occupying a different element . |
| 27 | ‘ I am in favour of televising because it is going down well with my constituents … the world is paying attention ’ , said Mr David Nicholson , MP for Taunton . |
| 28 | Kant thinks , for example , that one who breaks a promise , because it is going to land him in personal difficulties to keep it , can not will that everyone would break their promises in these circumstances , for the situation in which no one kept promises which it turned out in the least difficult or vexatious to keep is an impossibility . |
| 29 | It is going to have a great deal of influence on the future of Unix because it is going to influence , for example , how we spend our money on research and development . ’ |
| 30 | This means that , despite the constraints , CD-ROM is increasingly regarded as a viable multimedia platform , particularly attractive because it is going to fast become a standard , built-in feature of mass market microcomputers . |