Example sentences of "be because [pron] [vb past] [conj] [art] " in BNC.

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1 The reason why that was founded was because we thought that the women 's movement in this country and its channels of communication and its publications and so on , including Spare Rib at the time , just did not reflect the struggles of either Black women in this country or any other movements within other countries , especially within Third World countries .
2 If he ended up with a taste for feudalism and aristocracy it was because he believed that the old paternalism was better than the inhuman gulf between ‘ classes ’ — ‘ One would wish to see the rich mingle with the poor as much as may be upon a footing of fraternal equality . ’
3 It was because you belched and the house did n't like you .
4 ‘ That was because I assumed that the business would go to Francis and then I would have had no say in it . ’
5 This was because I thought that the universe had to return to a smooth and ordered state when it became small again .
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