Sentence examples for because precious from inspiring English sources

Indeed, agents are cautiously optimistic about sales, partly because "Precious" has been a box office success.

Here's a little-known fact, possibly because precious few fools have tried to light up at this altitude: cigarettes don't work at 16,000 feet.

This is not because the art is spotty or the artists unworthy of attention, but rather because precious space here is devoted in most weeks to larger, generally more popular museum exhibitions.

At times the world is reminiscent of the designer's pervious work but not because they necessarily look or feel similar so much as because precious few games build their worlds with such cohesive character, history and detail as Antonov.

The second interesting feature of the film, meanwhile, is its status as the "surprise" box office hit of 2000 thus far: a surprise because precious few movies become America's biggest draw with as little media hubbub as Next Friday.

The shack is too tiny for indoor seating, so diners eat at picnic tables out back or stand on the street — a less attractive option not only because of traffic, but because precious bits of lobster might tumble to the ground.

But not because they are precious, because they are a testament of the past.

But the guys in front can't because of their precious sovereignty.

That's partly because the precious needles of information we seek are buried under a haystack that grows by some 60 terabytes every day.

Or (it hurts to say this) because that precious weekend time can be used to make the weekly trip to Hollister or Jack Wills.

The hidden message: Hold onto your oil company shares because their precious asset could in time become more and more valuable.