Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [subord] [noun] [verb] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Knowing who we are as humans has been one of the great vexed questions , searched after and written about down the centuries . |
| 2 | He says drivers should be aware if they get one of these tickets it 's because people have been inconvenienced . |
| 3 | Instead it is because success has been dependent on the ability to win the argument on each individual placement with each head teacher that this investment , as part of the in-service programme , is worthwhile . |
| 4 | It is because trust has been eroded by the long running conflict between central Government and the teaching unions that as a nation we are far from realising the ideal of having our schools staffed by the true professionals that children deserve . |
| 5 | Perhaps , she thought it was because Mark had been there at the planning stage — Mark Bristow , the dynamic young advertising executive she had met and fallen in love with when she had been chasing jobs in the heart of Somerset ; Mark who , in spite of being English , had lived long enough in the States to absorb — and give off — some of the typically American blend of enthusiasm and energy . |