Example sentences of "[pers pn] is because [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is because certain groups are held to exemplify the working of these laws that their structural positions or social attributes are held to possess a special explanatory power , or to equip them with a special ‘ totalizing ’ consciousness . |
| 2 | It is because carbon-based molecules are necessary for the kind of life that we find on Earth , and because those molecules are of necessity complex , that life itself is fragile . |
| 3 | It is because primary schools are difficult to classify in any but the most general terms that the phrase ‘ mixed methods ’ is used to describe the practices found in the great majority of them . |
| 4 | 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 |
| 5 | It is because such interfaces are believed to be dangerous that men act as they do in ritual situations . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | It is because these principles have been lost that much modern architecture is criticized : there is no link with or respect for Nature . |
| 11 | It is because evil spirits do not fit — have no logical place or space — into the modern scientific world-view . |
| 12 | It is because organisational members see their authority as legitimate that they are prepared to obey . |
| 13 | If one seeks to understand the way in which politics is gradually dragged into the gutter , it is because hon. Members come out with such a simplistic approach . |
| 14 | ( It is because Christian feminists see such an incongruity that they want to adapt or reinterpret the myth . ) |
| 15 | It is because human societies pursue values that their study falls within the province of history rather than biology . |