Example sentences of "[is] because [pron] be [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 In most cases it is because someone is withholding information to increase their power .
2 Maybe one of the reasons Microsoft Corp 's NT is n't pegged to go on Sparc is because it 's little endian and Sparc is big endian : we 've heard that it would mean a major rewrite , something Bill Gates had n't figured on .
3 This is because it is second nature for them to pose their questions at the level of the individual organism .
4 If this explanation is simplistic , it is because there is little point in saying more about Minamata now that the classic written account of the tragedy is available in English .
5 The reason it is almost unbeatable is because there is one thing missing : a ‘ centrefold ’ poster , of the person shown on your front cover .
6 That the view of the judge 's role as declaratory is inadequate can be seen if one considers that the reason many cases come to court ( which are only a minority of the cases that are actually started ) is because there is genuine doubt as to what the law is .
7 In part , this is because there is extra pleasure to be derived from what is , at times , forbidden .
8 This is because there is considerable evidence that it is normal in English to put more animate nouns and thematic information in sentence-initial position .
9 One of the reasons why er Kenneth has a respectable crippling this country , is because there is more flexibility over there to this country .
10 This is because there is less scattering of blue light as the atmospheric path length and consequently the degree of scattering of the incoming radiation is reduced .
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