Example sentences of "[pers pn] is because [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is because values can be most effectively defined and expressed in words that the study of literature claims a central place in humane studies . |
| 2 | I am undecided as to whether this is because the British are an unadventurous and xenophobic nation , or whether it is because boules is a stupid game . |
| 3 | It is because goods and services are produced by factors of production that income is created in an economy , so another way of calculating the value of total output is to add up all the incomes ( that is , wages , salaries , interest , rent and profits ) of all factors of production , those producing intermediate goods as well as those producing final goods . |
| 4 | It is because motives , intentions and historical events lack the kind of clear robust reality displayed by electrons , fields and quarks that Quine spurns the intentional ; the indeterminacy of translation shows up , not a special character of a distinctive form of discourse , but the extent to which the realm of the intentional fails to meet standards of reality set by physics and physical objects . |
| 5 | It is because persons commonly do not so define their intention , and because the common law recognises that fact , that the common law requires a test . |
| 6 | If Catholics figure disproportionately in the crime statistics , it is because Protestants are more law-abiding . |
| 7 | It is because markets are not perfect in reality that companies have power , though in adopting this perspective it is important to guard against the tendency to view divergences from the model as temporary and aberrant rather than as a standard feature of market systems . |
| 8 | It is because aspects of foreignness itself , of vision focused by contact with other nations and languages , may be a crucial encouragement to the sort of writing they produce . |
| 9 | It is because observers vary in their skill and experience that we have devised two related ‘ observation kits ’ which work at different levels of detail . |