Example sentences of "[subord] it [be] because of " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the reason is geological , that is incompetence of the highest order , but if it is because of the prospect of privatisation , it is a scandal . |
| 2 | When Dot began to cry she was n't sure if it was because of thinking about poor Mr Brown 's two missing fingers or because she could n't remember what her father 's face looked like , or merely because of the alarming new orders about train departures cackling from the loudspeakers . |
| 3 | You would expect i i if it was because of an improvement in their standard of living , however slight , you would actually of expected the population from eighteen fifty to nineteen fifty to have increased even more would n't you ? |
| 4 | And charitably she added : ‘ To this day , I do n't know if it was because of what he looked like or because of what I looked like . ’ |
| 5 | So it 's a very great honour and privilege for me to address you today because at the end it may be difficult for you to understand but when I return to South Africa , and forgive me for speaking personally I also realize the full meaning of the support of British trade unions and the labour movement and the churches because it was because of your political material and particularly in the case of the G M B , financial and material support that it gave us the means to do what some of us wanted to do about our country and our situation , and bring about change if we could peacefully . |
| 6 | Well an any meetings really because I think if I can er show my face at these meetings it might er I mean I think whether or not it 's because of the increase in burglaries or whether it 's because of the publicity via David we seem to have had er a hell of a lot of er enquiries about the schemes . |
| 7 | But whether it was because of the conversation or the nursery food , Haverford 's eyelids were beginning to droop . |
| 8 | Er the heating had broken down and I do n't know whether it was because of the heating or because of the tablets or whatever but they 're , they 're alright now . |
| 9 | He was not actually dismissed from the service , though it was because of alcohol that he was asked to volunteer his own early resignation . |