Example sentences of "be because [pers pn] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THis is because they contain special matting agents , which cause the varnishes to dry with an irregular surface , so that light is reflected at random angles . |
| 2 | It is because they substitute half-baked faith for genuine effort and hold out promises of intervention in the world 's affairs on payment . |
| 3 | One might surmise that this is because they represent elemental features from which all other structures are compounded and so constitute basic units of mental processing from which all learning proceeds . |
| 4 | This is because they generate excessive amounts of data and information that must be interpreted by specialists . |
| 5 | This is because they select inappropriate bait , mainly twigs and leaves . |
| 6 | So perhaps it is because they have angular gyri that chimpanzees have been able to sign successfully . |
| 7 | To say that human beings from time to time have sexual intercourse , and that this is because they have sexual instincts , is as circular as the argument about hunger . |
| 8 | The argument for feminist education , free from male control , is not as a remedial exercise , it is because we have important work to do together , from which we can not afford to be distracted by the interference and destruction we know happens when men remain in control . |
| 9 | This is because he rejects social class differences and class-based theories such as anomie as explanations of crime — partly because of their ‘ strain ’ assumption , and partly because his data ( which use sources other than ‘ official ’ ones ) fail to support the existence of a class differential . |
| 10 | It is because I accept democratic change . |
| 11 | It is not a question of being frightened of the dark ( although it can be pretty spooky on an out-of-the-way water ) , it is because I enjoy good company and a long night becomes more enjoyable with someone there to chat with ; to share the pleasure of catching big fish , or the lesser pleasure of blanking . |
| 12 | Now people are n't as open , but that 's because they got taken advantage of . ’ |
| 13 | These writers criticized the industry for being a second-rate imitation of Hollywood , but that was because they despised American cinema and the ‘ box-office bogey ’ , not because they appreciated the economic gap between the two industries . |
| 14 | Nelson argues that the failure of other reviewers to come to the same conclusion was because they used vague definitions of depression and failed to take into account the severity of the disorder . |
| 15 | Perhaps it was because she liked Brown Owl so much that she wanted her to marry someone rather special and wonderful . |
| 16 | Whether it was because he had other fish to fry is unrecorded , but Hartlepool 's chippies had made the law courts before . |
| 17 | But it was because I needed other women , and I needed to be truthful about it . |