It's not a question of "awkward." It's a question of cohesion.
Is the "because" clause old information (i.e., given information, known to the
reader) or is it new, the purpose of the sentence?
Quite often
the "because" information is the purpose of the sentence, so it belongs in the
predicate--i.e., at sentence end. However, if it's the connection to what
has gone before (given information), then it should not have the prominence
that sentence-end provides.
Martha Kolln
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