Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [subord] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Where would he be when those hours came round again ?
2 Yeah and I was watching it on This Morning and what it is it 's because most things you 've got in your kitchen like myself are all tested on animals and they do n't label it
3 It is because such equalities are therefore not worth investigation ( they are all false ! ) that a totally different interpretation is usually attached to the statement
4 It is because such interfaces are believed to be dangerous that men act as they do in ritual situations .
5 This does not seem to be because the UK has more crime , or more serious crime , than comparable countries ; rather it is because more offenders are sent to custody , and for longer periods , in the UK than elsewhere .
6 It is because those Governments have been arguing for coal utilisation while our Government have sat on their hands wanting to take a swipe at miners and their communities .
7 Where the status of older people is low , it is because these attitudes determine that it will be low , not because it is a natural consequence of the ageing process .
8 It is because these qualities are so abundantly visible in photography today that the medium has some claim on our attention : photography still has much to tell us about the way the world looks and the experience of living in it .
9 It is because these principles have been lost that much modern architecture is criticized : there is no link with or respect for Nature .
10 The question before me is whether these assignments did have their intended effect for compensation purposes .
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