Example sentences of "is it because " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is it because the right hand side is going so badly ? |
| 2 | Is it because one does not turn to art for comfort ? |
| 3 | Is it because I am at a loss as to how to go on ? |
| 4 | Instead of striking my face and grieving aloud because my hymen was no longer intact , I wondered , ‘ Is it because he 's an Englishman that he does n't feel proud he 's taken my virginity , or is he frightened that now I 'll try to force him to marry me ? ’ |
| 5 | Anyway what is wrong with that land of sunshine Australia , that you want to leave it , is it because you have to work for your living there ? ( quoted from Tatchell , Battle , 72 ) |
| 6 | However , if one shift performs better ( and ‘ better ’ might refer to the quality or quantity — or both — of product that is made ) is it because it consists of more conscientious workers ; their conditions of working are better , or they have less distraction ; they are supervised more closely and the conveyor belt moves faster ; or their body clock enables them to work better at some times of the day than others ? |
| 7 | ‘ Is it because there are no graves in Egypt that you have taken us away to die in the wilderness ? |
| 8 | When you stop a diet is it because you plan to , or do you go suddenly into a binge ? |
| 9 | Is it because — has your period started ? ’ |
| 10 | Is it because they take in a smaller quantity of vapour or tablet dust ? and how far does the vial have to be from the nose before the dose is inactive ? |
| 11 | Or is it because in a way I share their disapproval ? |
| 12 | Why has n't Gildas been here lately , is it because he disapproves ? ’ |
| 13 | Is it because you believe it wrong to do so , or because you are afraid of being caught and of the consequences if you are ? |
| 14 | Is it because we have not been speaking out when we should have at injustice , not proclaiming the truth , not listening to our watchmen , not praying , not doing , not sending and not CARING ? |
| 15 | Is it because of : |
| 16 | Is it to stop the rain spoiling their designer hairstyles or is it because they may get damp and catch the sniffles ? |
| 17 | Is it because such a meeting would bring bad luck or is there another reason ? |
| 18 | And is it because of them that you 're worried about the future — do you get depressed as a grandparent ? |
| 19 | Is it because he speaks French ’ ? |
| 20 | Is it because it 's a Tuesday , your mother 's gone shopping and there 's only one banana yoghurt left in the fridge , or is it because Channel 4 's new breakfast show is so bad ! ? |
| 21 | Is it because it 's a Tuesday , your mother 's gone shopping and there 's only one banana yoghurt left in the fridge , or is it because Channel 4 's new breakfast show is so bad ! ? |
| 22 | Is it because I am consumed with envy when I pass the Woodborough bookshop , and there is Eleanor 's newest novel in a special display , and with resentment because I have n't heard from Mary for over a year because she is so busy now , commuting to Brussels being a Euro-lawyer ? |
| 23 | Is it because I am forty-two ? |
| 24 | Or is it because I am worn out by passivity , by having to accept and bear and endure , and because I am quite clever and resourceful , I have just turned , like the proverbial worm ? |
| 25 | Is it because of ‘ administrative rationality ’ or for more noble and more cynical reasons ? |
| 26 | Is their failure to remember dreams on waking up in the morning because they " really " do n't dream , or is it because they fail to remember them ? |
| 27 | Is it because the I sounds like |
| 28 | But is it because they left it too late or something then ? |
| 29 | Is it because of the interference with one country to another then ? |
| 30 | Is it because Hubbard and Lewontin are insiders in the scientific enterprise , protected by their credentials and free to debunk their colleagues ? |