Example sentences of "[coord] this [be] [adv] [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are not as accomplished as the best German orchestras , and this is not because we are bad string players , but simply because we 're a kind of pot pourri , we have all kinds of different string styles in England . |
| 2 | And this is just after I 've murdered my husband ! |
| 3 | As you have read the above paragraphs , many of you will already be forming your own opinions — and this is just as it should be . |
| 4 | And this is why as I ca n't remember if we mentioned it now , maybe did , maybe or someone else did , that the ego carries out repression very often at the demand of the superego , so the superego has its standards , its barriers , its sense of conscience , its threat of guilt , and the ego , to satisfy those demands , to avoid guilt , carries out repression at its , at its command , or at its insistence . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Sailing in waves produces an excitement that is difficult to beat and this is partly because it can be slightly dangerous if you are not careful . |
| 7 | For us the customers , it will mean higher fares and fewer services as unprofitable and social services are cut and this is only if we are left a train service at all . |
| 8 | It just started from there and Michael said he liked the way I played and that he would help me along in the industry , and this was just before his career hit . |
| 9 | But this is not because she has suddenly decided to espouse the hereditary principle . |
| 10 | Majorese can sometimes be almost equally hard to follow ; but this is not because it is deceptive . |
| 11 | He allows that , despite his claiming to have no consciousness of them , a court may punish a man for his drunken actions , but this is only because it can not be sure of distinguishing in the defendant 's plea ‘ what is real , what counterfeit ’ . |
| 12 | A small proportion of people develop a headache after lumbar puncture but this is usually because they have been too active too soon after the test . |
| 13 | A few people take elocution or voice projection and control lessons , but this is usually because they are interested in a career on the stage , rather than because they want to improve their communication skills . |
| 14 | It is true that Dicey , the LPDL , and later the BCA , allied themselves with the Conservative party , but this was not because they considered themselves Conservatives . |
| 15 | The state was of course sometimes perceived as an alien entity by peasants living in remote rural areas , but this was not because it was Western . |
| 16 | But this was not because I received no proposals . |
| 17 | Buildings , also , seldom appear in his paintings but this was not because he lacked the ability as his etchings show . |
| 18 | I may also have dwelt too long on the years between 1690 and 1730 , but this was simply because it seems to be most people 's favourite period . |