Example sentences of "[adj] [is] [adv] [conj] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 This is normally because they have some fear , conscious or otherwise , about what they will unearth during the course of the treatment .
2 This is presumably because it allows you to explore the knowledge contained therein .
3 This is partly because we think they should be more widely recognized but also because they can also be wonderfully informative and entertaining .
4 This is partly because we need to understand and classify the vast amounts of pottery recovered from excavations at archaeological sites , and partly because of the high success rate of such analytical projects .
5 This is partly because they fear women in such positions simply get incorporated into the structures as they exist , and merely reproduce the same decisions as the dominant male group .
6 This is partly because he became known much sooner .
7 This is partly because he has become the man most likely to win medals in the top competitions abroad — including the World Championships in Belgrade which start on Tuesday — notwithstanding his curiously fragile physique .
8 This is partly because it began trying to sell to government schools only a year ago , and partly because it would prefer not to give its machines away .
9 Stopping only to emphasize that this is not because we belong to different disciplines and that several other final positions are open to anyone from either discipline , we then leave readers to make up their own minds , or else to decide that there is no monopoly of wisdom to be had .
10 This is not because they wish to act in the public interest as exemplified in the values of their political masters , but rather because they wish to succeed in their careers and the way to do so is to appear efficient .
11 This is not because they lack interest , or are unrepresented in Britain : neither of these is true .
12 This is not because they do n't enjoy the subject but because of the way the courses are structured .
13 This is not because they want to preserve General de Gaulle 's regime .
14 This is not because I take them for granted — On the contrary I marvel every year at the miracle of that never-empty basket in The Undercroft and the crowds round the stalls .
15 This is not because I share his criticisms — quite the opposite — but because , like him , I anticipate and relish the prospect of my hon. Friend the Minister replying to the debate , when I hope that he will give a robust rebuttal of the hon. Gentleman 's criticisms .
16 THIS IS NOT because I climbed them as a child .
17 Although she fancies Belville from the start and repulses his sexual advances , this is not because she feels that marriage must be the outcome of such a strategy .
18 But this is not because she has suddenly decided to espouse the hereditary principle .
19 But , explained John Gapper , the secretary of the Labour and Industrial Correspondents Group : ‘ His office says this is not because he does not like us ’ .
20 The justification for this is probably that it provides the chargee with an additional incentive to ensure that his charge is registered .
21 This is probably because I have a romantic disposition .
22 This is largely because there has always been so much more speculation than information about the personal stability of Perry Farrell .
23 And this is just after I 've murdered my husband !
24 This is just while I remember to tell you .
25 oh this is just when she felt she had to talk
26 This is just as he wants it .
27 This is n't because it 's set to , but normally it 's on cords which go up to there up to that pulley wheel round and there 's a big heavy weight inside which carries the window .
28 This is why although he dares to pose his overwhelming question , he can never be in a position to answer it with more than an assertion and the promise of more totalizations .
29 Alright , in something like horti horticulture , right , the main , the main cost is going to be harvesting costs , the labour , the labour costs , right , and this is why if you go into the er , into somewhere like Somerset when there 's been a bumper harvest , and just see the fruit rotting on the trees .
30 This is why when you tack it is important to weight the leeward edge as you turn .
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