Example sentences of "[conj] it be because [pers pn] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ I imagine , Professor Summerfield , ’ his voice floated back to them , ‘ that it 's because we are under surveillance , and in any case we can only go in one direction — oh . ’ |
| 2 | I suppose I should say that it 's because it would be best for her but of course it is n't , it 's because it would be best for me . |
| 3 | No no , there are natural , we always have a strong preference for something but we can actually develop them , just like management style we have a strong preference for , for one style but it is something that we can learn can get more and try and rationale sort of like theoretical we can try and rationalize what 's perhaps happening is that in situations when we 're not gaining a lot and it could be that it 's because it 's had a lot of activity and we can actually gain more from it we can rationalize it and analyze it . |
| 4 | But now I begin to see that it 's because I do n't know what love is . |
| 5 | Now I understand that it is because we were n't part of the system . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | He asked them why elephants did n't ride bicycles and explained that it was because they had n't any thumbs to ring the bell with . |
| 10 | I did not ask him why , but I sensed that it was because he knew the culprit . |
| 11 | It may be that it was because he was so secure in East Anglia that Offa was subsequently able to involve himself so much more forcefully in the south-east . |
| 12 | Indeed , quite early on , I tried to work out in my mind what it was that made his personality ( though he did not like the word ) so compelling ; and I came to the conclusion that it was because he did not let me down in my own estimation of him . |
| 13 | If , nevertheless , it is accurate , and Eadric was known as someone unwilling to oppose the Scandinavians , one can speculate that it was because he profited from the raising of tribute by acquiring the lands of defaulters . |
| 14 | On being asked what constituted such vulgarity , it was explained that it was because it had ‘ neither vest nor pants to cover his lower limbs ! ’ |
| 15 | ‘ When I got back and found your note I did n't think for a minute that it was because you thought I was the father of the child . |
| 16 | I did n't have a boyfriend , and I was convinced that it was because I was too fat . |
| 17 | I used to tell myself that it was because I wanted so much to believe it that I felt that way . |
| 18 | Gazzer realized that it was because she was pleased with herself . |
| 19 | If Alina was looking cynical , Angelica could only suppose that it was because she 'd earned the right to be . |
| 20 | And this is where the illnesses come from , and it 's because we ca n't cope , our self-esteem goes . |
| 21 | I think perhaps the council will now see why I 'm getting so frustrated and it 's because we 've been talking about this for over twelve months . |
| 22 | That 's right , I mean why di why have we got the structure of agriculture as we have , you know why why do we still have an atomistical industry right , it 's not just a , a freak of nature , there are economic laws , erm , and opinion that s , that structure the industry and it 's because you just do n't get economies of scale staying in agriculture . |
| 23 | what I 'm trying to help you practise , cos we 're not , we 're very good at asking closed questions in conversations but do n't very often recognize , but you know , we , we we we , we 'll zip backwards and forwards , and that 's okay , but I want you to do consciously is know what type of questions you 're asking because you can sometimes be hitting a brick wall and thinking I 'm getting anywhere here and it 's because you 're asking too many closed questions . |
| 24 | Too may newly unemployed people say to themselves , in effect : ‘ I 've lost my job and it 's because I 'm useless . |
| 25 | Okay as prices are cheaper , but you do have things like Coca Cola getting to those kind of things and everything else which you know where they might not to opera and it 's because it 's more popular and they know what they 're doing . |
| 26 | And it is because we have obligations that we can claim to have rights . |
| 27 | Erm , and it turns out they 're all from T G I and it is because we got Richard as manager . |
| 28 | Because , you know , it , it 's cheaper to run your vehicles on low sulphur diesel , and it is because you do n't get the deterioration in it , and it 's better for the , it 's better for the atmosphere . |
| 29 | That is not the case — and it is because it is not the case that we are making progress in the way that we are . |
| 30 | Well , the legislation in Britain , the first law which is the law from which our present wages councils for people like hairdressers came from erm was passed in nineteen oh nine , and it was because we had a reforming Liberal Government at the time . |