Example sentences of "[vb mod] be because [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This might be because building societies have developed some new product which personal savers prefer to National Savings certificates or it may simply be that interest rate differentials have changed in favour of the societies . |
| 2 | suggested that this might be because actinomycin had induced a change in local polynucleotide structure which in some manner slowed the dissociation of further drug molecules . |
| 3 | Firstly Chen [ 18 ] has shown that binding to GGCC in CATGGCCATG is slower than to TATGGCCATA and suggested that this might be because actinomycin molecules , stacking at the ends of the former duplex , can alter the DNA structure so as to facilitate further drug binding . |
| 4 | This could be because exposure to the hazardous substance or substances did not occur in those populations or that being monitored for exposure to external radiation was not a marker of the relevant exposure . |
| 5 | This could be because asthma is now better controlled during pregnancy than previously . |
| 6 | ‘ This may be because nutrition not outside stimulation is the major environmental determinant of intelligence , ’ he concludes . |
| 7 | The use of calendar rather than trading time may be because interest accrues in calendar time , and information arrives during non-trading periods ( although possibly at a slower rate than in trading time ) . |
| 8 | This may be because interest must be met whereas dividends or equity can be passed or reduced . |