Example sentences of "[is] because [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second reason why the ozone layer is important is because through absorption it controls the amount of ultraviolet ( UV-B ) or erythemal solar radiation reaching the ground . |
| 2 | I think that 's what 's the part of it all is because with maths , there is so many rules , there 's so many |
| 3 | All the reason that we have been against each other is because of economism and we , we |
| 4 | ( It is because of lack of oxygen that growth is poor in water-logged soils ) . |
| 5 | When a parent is very resistant to changing their reactions to their children it is helpful to unearth why they feel so strongly and often this is because of childhood experience . |
| 6 | The gain in precision by taking two biopsy samples compared with one is striking for both methods ; this effect is because of variation between biopsy specimens within subjects . |
| 7 | ‘ What you feel is because of proximity , because I am here . |
| 8 | This work surprisingly shows that leisure time actually diminishes as productive technology advances ; whether this is because of population increases or because of the rise of an exploitative class is not clear . |
| 9 | Usually this is because of tax advantages . |
| 10 | Sometimes this is because of fear of ‘ psychiatric ’ treatment ( Taylor and Stansfield 1984 ) . |
| 11 | This is because in sentence ( 1a ) the referent for the pronoun they is provided within the first clause , whereas it does not become available until the beginning of the second clause in sentence ( 1b ) . |
| 12 | This is because in English the vowel sound in the unstressed syllable almost always sounds the same — like the -er in butter when people talk . |
| 13 | Perhaps it is because in isolation human beings achieve their true status ; they are no longer tied to an economic process which dominates their existence . |
| 14 | Erm , I 'm bound to say to Congress , that under normal circumstances , we do n't take additional supporting speakers on resolutions , er and the reasons for that is very obvious , it 's because of lack of time . |
| 15 | I , I just do n't know what he 's , he 's , he 's , he 's , he 's seeing his future as being and erm maybe cos we have n't got , maybe erm it 's because of the generation gap , maybe it 's because of communication problems either between me and him or the young and old or whatever but , you know , he just does n't seem to have anything to volunteer er other than ah well I 'll try and get a job or ah well I 'll try and get some more qualifications or whatever . |
| 16 | I would n't say that 's because of money today would you ? |
| 17 | ‘ It 's because of money , ’ answered the other simply . |
| 18 | I must admit that we ourselves started out with a strong women 's following , but I think that 's because of society and the way men are brought up not to be so immediately emotional . |
| 19 | It 's because of racism . |
| 20 | I think that section of the world is the largest , and those countries contained within that section of the world have huge differences and that 's because of religion , culture , different economies , different kinds of governments and so on and so forth . |
| 21 | I retain some of these feelings but know it 's because of indoctrination not because it 's necessarily true . |
| 22 | That 's because of injury , though , and Kernaghan observes : |
| 23 | One of these unthinkable night-thoughts thinks itself now : it 's because of Summerchild that I 'm sitting here stroking Timmy 's head . |