Example sentences of "was because a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Dalby was held to have been decided in the way that it was because a direction was needed whether or not there was an intervening act , i.e. the words in Dalby did not mean what they said .
2 This was because a degree was part of the training of a gentleman , and not a technical qualification ; the scientist was as well-educated , though in a different line , as the classicist .
3 This was because a slogan — which he himself coined — had been set to music and became a hit tune of the period : ‘ I-Scream , you scream .
4 Dooling argued that this was because a context can affect sentence comprehension in two different ways .
5 He wondered if it was because a woman 's mind worked in a different way to a man 's or whether Blanche simply thought too much .
6 According to , chief investment manager at Scottish Equitable : ‘ One of the reasons Taurus failed was because a lot of banks make money not just as custodians but as registrars .
7 ’ I think the reason why The Lost Boys was so successful was because a lot of people can relate to someone like David .
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