Example sentences of "it [modal v] [be] because " in BNC.
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| 1 | We covered this earlier and it may be because the coach feels that you are not capable of performing well under the pressure of an actual competition . |
| 2 | It may be because people are not aware that these benefits exist ; they do not wish to ask for help while they can manage on what they have ; or they may be too proud to claim , thinking that it is like asking for charity . |
| 3 | If that class is sadly numerous today , it may be because of a common belief that ‘ British poetry has chosen to turn inwards , parochial , self-comforting and serviceable ’ . |
| 4 | It may result from inconveniently timed appointments or travel difficulties ; or it may be because the patient lacks clear understanding of what will happen if he does attend . |
| 5 | If there is little or no improvement on the Step 2 diet , then it may be because there is a general yeast sensitivity , due to candidiasis ( see p 184 ) . |
| 6 | However , it may be because of some problem to do with the job itself or the working conditions . |
| 7 | If one or two of your shots are less sharp than they might be , it may be because the conditions did not suit your particular autofocus ( AF ) system . |
| 8 | Alternatively , it may be because particular educational placements have very limited opportunities and few resources for this kind of activity . |
| 9 | If the comb is n't level , it may be because you did n't put it in symmetrically , or that the weights are n't positioned symmetrically , or it 's caught on the ribber , or you tied the end of the yarn to the clamp when you started . |
| 10 | Or it may be because the recogniser has for whatever reason , not suggested the correct letters . |
| 11 | Where this is not the case , it may be because males can not identify the breeding potential of young females or because female choice pre-empts male competition rather than because variation in success is slight among males . |
| 12 | It may be because the juniors act independently with equal quantities of youthful enthusiasm and historical ignorance that they get themselves into situations that the dinosaurs have seen before . |
| 13 | Or , as Alfred Pacquement , director of the Jeu de Paume , observes , it may be because , ‘ the 1980s fostered the illusion that a proliferation of exhibitions and museums , together with the overnight success of certain artists , indicated a reconciliation between the general public and avant-garde art , more than a century after the historic rift ’ . |
| 14 | This may be because by now she is find the spelling test hard and is getting anxious ; or it may be because she can not make an accurate guess at the way new words are pronounced . |
| 15 | It may be because their investigation is primarily concerned with children 's speech , but , in describing the discourse topic as the ‘ question of immediate concern ’ , Keenan & Schieffelin appear to replace the idea of a single correct noun phrase as expressing the topic with the idea of a single correct phrase or sentence . |
| 16 | This association may be by virtue of some formal semantic connection ( good , for example , associates with its opposite bad ; animal with any example of an animal like horse ; violin with orchestra of which it is a part ) , or it may be because words are felt to belong to some more vaguely defined lexical group ( rock star ; world tour ; millionaire ; yacht ) . |
| 17 | It it may be because erm they believe he has access to money or money er I would say here and now that information is wrong but er there would appear to be no other motive for this attack . |
| 18 | If your bills are always sailing through taxation as drawn , it may be that your draftsman is getting it spot on , but equally it may be because the bills are being constantly understated and therefore are found to be unobjectionable . |
| 19 | If you get a correlation between two variables it may be because one causes the other , or directly influences it , or it may be that it 's just cha it 's just a chance fluctuation and the two have occurred together , or it may be a combination of the two . |
| 20 | It may be because they thought he has access to money or stores it there but that information is wrong . |
| 21 | South Tees Health Authority will hear on Thursday it may be because teenagers can not always get condoms easily and they do not have the negotiating skills to insist that condoms are used during sexual intercourse . |
| 22 | I think it 's fair to say , particularly in the case of Wales which is perhaps one of the more surprising erm elements there , Wales as you know has tended to be quite a strong region during the recovery period erm it may be because er certain , I think a lot of although as I say Wales is a weaker region in terms of the expected |
| 23 | If they exercised them , it should be because they had earned them . |
| 24 | 3 But it also makes sense to say that the British constitution is what the authorities say it should be because their views on these matters help to police everyday political practice , pulling it into line with the constitutional theory which they themselves advance as the proper way to conduct politics . |
| 25 | Yes I must say I , I personally sympathy with that I mean I think that erm , women 's er role is er very much despised and disparaged it should be because if you think about it they 're having the children and bringing them up , well this is one of the most worthwhile things to do |
| 26 | Mind you there again it 's cheaper than it should be because we 're paying it on VAT , you know , it , er , they must think we 're fools |
| 27 | ‘ My father , puzzled for an instant as to the meaning of this accident , since Mrs Goodyer was the gentlest and most inoffensive of our Church members , decided that it must be because she had made an idol of her husband … ‘ |
| 28 | If you failed it must be because of complex interactions with your environment . |
| 29 | If this is supposed impossible for the Westerner ( assuming he is not too old ! ) it must be because , and only because , he does not have access to information allowed the Chinese as children . |
| 30 | It must be because it gets me out of the tent in the middle of the night to stand and contemplate the untroubled majesty of The Plough . |