Example sentences of "[adj] 's [adv] because " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's partly because we 're one of Britain 's biggest building societies . |
| 2 | That 's partly because 30 years of pop culture have soaked the working classes with cool and partly because the present generation of art students , thanks to the cuts and the anti-Marxist/'60s/experimental backlash , are wankers . |
| 3 | ‘ That 's partly because , being unaccustomed to serious illness , they ca n't believe something like that can happen to them , partly because they do n't want to believe it . |
| 4 | That 's partly because DOS is easier for programmers to use , partly because of accumulated knowledge , and also , software developers have got pretty clever about squeezing the most out of DOS systems . |
| 5 | That 's partly because Windows encourages developers to do their best , also , Windows represents the growing market ; the one in which an ambitious software writer can make the most impact ( and most money ) . |
| 6 | Comment was made this morning , er earlier on by Mr Timothy about the fact that the new settlement would be likely to generate a higher usage of transport than is the norm for Greater York , if I understood him correctly , erm , knowing the public transport system in Greater York , erm , I fail to see how he could possibly come to that conclusion , because bus services in the rural part of Greater York are very poor , clearly that 's partly because of the distribution of the rural population , and I fail to see that a settlement of the size being suggested would actually generate a level of usage of public transport any higher than that which ex already exists in the York in flat , and certainly no higher than exists within the exis existing urban area . |
| 7 | That 's partly because the company is much healthier and more robust now . |
| 8 | Now I 'd not seen his work before , that 's partly because I 'm in Brighton and not in London and do n't get up that often perhaps , but he has hardly shown in England , whereas he 's very well known in Europe , using Europe for the Continent . |
| 9 | Newsome is growing in stature with each game though still looks a little shaky ( that 's partially because we know him so well already ) . |
| 10 | That 's doubtless because originators Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick are writing about themselves and their friends : like Michael Steadman , who is at the centre of this universe , they are Jews in their mid-thirties married to non-Jews and with young children . |
| 11 | That 's simply because we 're , production is dependent upon physical factors rather than machinery okay . |
| 12 | Yeah , yeah that 's right , due to s lack of infrastructure in the rural areas , it 's much more lively but erm the disaster of one form or another , of one form or , or another will have a much more important effect , well that 's simply because there 's a flood then you either swim or you sink , you know , there 's no , there 's no help a at hand . |
| 13 | That 's mostly because of a reaction with the washer in your tap . |
| 14 | ‘ That 's probably because you never say anything amusing , Katherine , darling , ’ Diana replied . |
| 15 | That 's probably because , like smells , sounds are difficult to put into words . |
| 16 | I think its very significant , here we are and lots of people have admitted to being a victim of crime but statistics show that twenty five per cent of women will be assaulted within a relationship and yet no women here has said that and that 's probably because the women who have been so assaulted feels somehow it is their own fault , its somehow shameful . |
| 17 | But that 's probably because the firm was in a hell of a mess when he took over . |
| 18 | Oh that 's probably because they want you to look for yourself . |
| 19 | We get one or two people who perhaps get er psychosis or paranoia from using it very regularly , but most people seem to be able to use it without too many difficulties , er amphetamines are probably the next most common drug , and that 's probably because it 's manufactured quite locally , er it 's quite easy to make , it 's quite cheap , and it 's very popular , particularly among the younger age group . |
| 20 | That 's probably because I 'm being stared at by some bloody bla ginger haired git in the back row ! |
| 21 | ‘ That 's just because you 're stupid , ’ Alex , her brother , announced , immediately receiving a punch in the ribs from Richard . |
| 22 | Ah ha , you say — that 's just because she lives in the country now . |
| 23 | But that 's just because they wear black and the bass player glides in synch with the disaster area that is the guitar player . |
| 24 | But that 's just because of the way she knows Nigerian boys are brought up at home . |
| 25 | It also seems to provide a rather better description of how to create and modify patterns that the original Illustrator 88 manual — or perhaps that 's just because the subject is being tackled in context rather than as an academic exercise . |
| 26 | That 's just because she 's married to an older man basically er she 's I know it 's a sweeping generalisation but it is it is a fact that and and she 's more your type |
| 27 | And that 's also because the channels have inactivated . |
| 28 | For example , in fifteen fifty seven/eight , when Queen Mary lost Calais to the French , the income of the town corporation doubled in that year from three hundred pounds to six hundred , and that 's entirely because they pulled in awful lot of French boats and then charged them all a lot of ransom money before they sent them back to France . |
| 29 | For example , in fifteen fifty-seven , eight , when Queen Mary lost Calais to the French , the income of the town corporation doubled in that year from three hundreds pounds to six hundred and that 's entirely because they pulled in an awful lot of French boats and then charged them all a lot of ransom money before they sent them back to France . |
| 30 | Well , for a pound you have a much better chance of a big win on the football pools than on horses , but that 's purely because of the odds offered . |