Example sentences of "[is] because they [verb] n't [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maybe it is because they do n't want to fulfil their financial commitments . |
| 2 | Alright , and perhaps the reason why people are migrating when there is very high unemployment is because they do n't realize that there is such high unemployment . |
| 3 | ‘ The only reason they 're kicking up a stink is because they do n't like rave music . ’ |
| 4 | Well , I finally got Miguel to talk to them about it and it turns out the reason there are n't any old folk around is because they do n't live much longer than about 35 . |
| 5 | But Faye and Roberta — well , they are n't middle class , to put it mildly , but surely they — yes , they would have picked up the know-how , the expertise , so if they did n't get things straight , it is because they did n't want to . |
| 6 | The reason that a lot of the older players are going is because they did n't produce the goods when the club needed it most at least the kids were going out battling . |
| 7 | On the whole , DOS spreadsheets perform faster and need less in the way of resources to work properly — but that 's because they do n't do very much with those resources until you start to use the graphics facilities they offer . |
| 8 | It 's not because they ca n't have sex , it 's because they do n't want to . |
| 9 | I mean I du n no whether it 's because they do n't want to lose votes or you know I mean they they were there sort of pontificating about we should all come little children and let's talk . |
| 10 | Lumb says it 's because they do n't have a branch there , but we think it 's solid Labour to look at all the blue posters . |
| 11 | Film stars make terrible mothers , but that 's because they do n't know how to behave . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ It 's because they do n't let them kill people any more , ’ said Constance . |
| 13 | ‘ That 's because they did n't live long enough , ’ he explained . |