Example sentences of "[verb] that it is [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some say that it is because the church has neglected , in almost every generation , to create a true fellowship in Christ that we are faced with modern freemasonry or , more recently , acid house or the New Age groups . |
| 2 | The hon. Lady persists — I do not think that it is because she does not understand — in making the bogus comparison between in-patient and out-patient waits now and in 1979 . |
| 3 | If the husbands ask why there should be such a penalty , then I can only answer that it is because Parliament has enacted as it did . ’ |
| 4 | I mean that it is if size of Geoff and he 's , he hears a little noise |
| 5 | The Church of Scotland audio-visual team filmed an interview with me about our methods , and too late I realised they were making a film about ‘ groups ’ , whereas I maintain that it is because we are not a group that we succeed . |
| 6 | If they suggest that the legal sanctions against the abuse of power by company controllers are not wholly adequate , it must be remembered that it is but rarely that power is abused . |
| 7 | Now I understand that it is because we were n't part of the system . |
| 8 | He feels that it is because he has a high ethical and moral standard in his approach to sacred sites that he has earned their trust over the years . |
| 9 | However , assuming that it is and that Winchester became for the purposes of the Act of 1986 a member of Lautro , then the assumption does not lead to any relevant conclusion . |
| 10 | Chilcote and Edelstein argue that it is because of the type of industrialisation that has taken place . |
| 11 | Thus to the question ‘ Why do you feel affection for your children ? ’ or ‘ Why are you inclined to assist animals ( or fellow citizens ) in pain ? ’ , it would sound lame and otiose to reply that it is because your children are kind and decent , or that you assist others in the hope that they will assist you , or that you do both to contribute to the greatest happiness of the greatest number of creatures . |