Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] be [conj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Antonia added : ‘ I think the reason he has resigned is because of the particular allegations which have just occurred . ’ |
| 2 | But if the the reason this has occurred is because of a poverty amongst rich countries rich people which is causing poverty amongst poor people which is material . |
| 3 | What has happened is that on conversion they have had a host of non-Christian friends . |
| 4 | The question which has arisen is whether in these circumstances the beneficial joint tenancy was severed before Mrs. Dennis ' death . |
| 5 | The only fact upon which dieticians seem agreed is that in general we eat too much meat and too few vegetables , which distorts the balance of fat in our bodies . |
| 6 | Will my hon. Friend confirm that one of the representations that he must have received was that from the Liberal Democrats advocating their policy of imposing an extra 50p a gallon on petrol ? |
| 7 | All that would have happened is that for some reason the Earth 's magnetic field would have reversed itself . |
| 8 | She 's asked was that in school or did she go to your house ? |
| 9 | Mrs Whitehouse , in her account of the campaign , argued that the real reason why they did not wish to become involved was because of the topic of the poem — homosexuality — rather than its blasphemy . |
| 10 | The background to the situation which I have described is that in December 1990 and January 1991 there had been an uprising in Somalia in the course of which the President , Siad Barre , had been overthrown . |