Example sentences of "it [modal v] [adv] be because [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If their treasurers have n't yet written to you it may well be because they are busy shopping around for alternative banking services — as indeed I am . |
| 2 | If an animal does not eat a food item at one moment but does later , it may only be because it was not hungry before , not because it has learned to see it . |
| 3 | If they say no , it might not be because they do n't like the sound of it but because their lists are already full and they are unable to take on any more . |
| 4 | ‘ It could n't be because I am , I suppose ? ’ |
| 5 | It could only be because they had something to hide . |
| 6 | Everyone knew how important punctuality was to Laura ; she believed if you arrived late it could only be because you had not started out early enough . |
| 7 | She had been right to say it was people like that who do terrible things , and if Timothy Gedge did do terrible things it would not be because he was different and exotic but because he was possessed of an urge to become so . |
| 8 | It will mainly be because they have been in office a long time , and because of the recession . |
| 9 | No , it wo n't be because they do n't do the , they do n't do an open afternoon if it 's a championship |
| 10 | ‘ But if I take the job , ’ she blurted , goaded by the idea that he found her lack of sophistication amusing , ‘ it wo n't be because I like the house . |
| 11 | But if you do , even though the evidence seems stacked against me , it can only be because you love me too , for that 's the only thing that could overcome a mistrust as deeply rooted as yours . ’ |