Example sentences of "[be] because [pers pn] have a " in BNC.

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1 That can not just be because they have a lot of flotations and rights issues to work on .
2 Yes , and that is because we have an approved structure plan which indicates the general extent of the greenbelt , and we 're not talking here about an inner boundary or an outer boundary , we 're concerned with a pre-standing settlement .
3 Why I asked him is because he had a wedding invitation for Rob and Jen
4 He feels that it is because he has a high ethical and moral standard in his approach to sacred sites that he has earned their trust over the years .
5 The most likely reason that waste pipes have frozen is because you have a dripping tap .
6 This is because you have a different role .
7 He 's a sharp operator , adept at playing the angles , continually bouncing gags off the course of a meandering conversation which takes in flotation tanks ( ’ They told me they wanted to recreate the conditions of the womb , but that 's all I need : some jerk in a white coat stabbing me with an ice-pick for half an hour ’ ) : Panama ( ’ Most American casualties over there were self-inflicted , but that 's because we have a lot of Hispanics in the armed services and some guys get confused ; some Hispanics in the armed services and some guys get confused ; some Hispanics shot themselves , they 're that loyal ’ ) ; even , somehow , the British motorway system ( ’ Driving up the M1 !
8 Maybe it 's because we have a major problem with superfluous hair .
9 and that 's a bargain , and se you know these reps would come round selling this that and the other and if , you could only see samples after , would n't touch it with a barge pole like you know , yeah I 'll have that , that 's all but that 's because he had a good grounding
10 That was because we had a sensible framework of industrial relations laws .
11 Well , the legislation in Britain , the first law which is the law from which our present wages councils for people like hairdressers came from erm was passed in nineteen oh nine , and it was because we had a reforming Liberal Government at the time .
12 Chrissie knew who he was because she had a real background in screaming teeny bop stuff .
13 The only reason she had decided to put herself through all this with him was because she had a point to prove — a professional point .
14 Why she always sounded hoarse was because she had a masculine voice and to cover it up she pretended to have a cold .
15 ‘ He said the reason the person was going was because he had a big mouth .
16 I was indignant when one of her friends told me my mother had believed my Methodist conviction was because I had a crush on the minister .
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