Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [conj] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reason why it 's before you is because of the local plan |
| 2 | Or to reverse it , could it be that in the deepening turbulence of our generation God is not only judging a culture which has abandoned him but also , as it were , shaking up the bag and testing the foundations to see if we Christians are as ready as we think for the critical years ahead ? |
| 3 | It 's because of the inhumane way that this Government treats people who experience financial problems of any kind and those other problems associated with those matters . |
| 4 | On the one hand we have Prince Charles and Lady Di encouraging us to do voluntary work , telling us how noble it is and on the other hand we are told it might actually go against us because it takes up our valuable time when we should be looking for work . |
| 5 | Similarly , it is because of the prevailing values of our society that it is so difficult to implement what at least to economists appear to be technically feasible solutions to our problems . |
| 6 | If his novels are in any way romantic , it is because of the melodramatic plots , whether ( as in Poor Jack or Jacob Faithful ) they have a rags-to-riches theme or whether they turn on the discovery that the humble hero ( like Percival Keene or Willy Seymour ) is really of noble birth . |
| 7 | If Rassendyll escapes being a sentimental hero it is because of the spare , simple plots and the headlong speed of the narrative which carry his idealistic musings along . |
| 8 | This is not because of their magnificence — Grex Castle in Yorkshire , built in the reign of James I , although very wild and very uncomfortable , is compared favourably by the Duke of Omnium himself with Gatherum — it is because of the social traditions that they represent . |
| 9 | It is because of the inherited beliefs and practices of the Hindu way of life that he is able to claim to be bound indissolubly to Truth . |
| 10 | I thought it was because of the long journey , and the children . |
| 11 | It was because of the overpowering force of this favouritism that he had chosen to move elsewhere , making the demands of his job the pretext . |
| 12 | HP vice president Wim Roelandts said flatly that it was because of the bad feelings built up when Vittorio Cassoni was running Unix that Unix is n't the dominant operating system today . |
| 13 | However , it was because of the dismissive attitude to Gaelic displayed in an earlier letter by Dave Reckord that I decided to do a little leg-pulling . |
| 14 | And I think it was cos of the wobbly front tooth when you bent it back when you fell over my foot . |