Example sentences of "[is] [adv] because [pron] [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is presumably because it is seldom possible to heal the breach that is usually created by fighting a legal battle . |
| 2 | It 's only because it 's so hot . |
| 3 | But that 's only because it 's an American idea that 's the only reason you do n't like it |
| 4 | It 's only because it 's no good . |
| 5 | It 's only because it 's not so not erm stable . |
| 6 | He actually is reading a paper from Atlanta , but if he 's speaking with a slight Scottish accent then er that 's only because he 's actually from Scotland . |
| 7 | It 's only because she 's pretty and people take notice of her and they say oh she 's a bit fat . |
| 8 | It 's only because there 's a dearth of available women out here , he told himself sternly . |
| 9 | It 's all because there 's so little hope in England that you have to turn to Paris , or somewhere abroad . |
| 10 | It 's basically because there is a chronic shortage of housing in all sectors , and in particular obviously we are concerned with people who erm are on relatively low incomes and who are quite unable to become owner occupiers . |
| 11 | So do I , I think the box is only because it 's here we are |
| 12 | To understand the world one is in is to understand where it came from , and how it came ; and it is only because it is understood , or thought to be , that one can aspire to change it . |
| 13 | The normal bass roll-off of -6dB by 38Hz is low enough to lend a convincing weight to the majority of signals and if the bass seems initially a little ‘ polite ’ to some ears it is only because it is tight , with little or no hangover — the dual coupled-cavity technique really does give a positive ‘ start and stop ’ throughout its range . |
| 14 | In fact it is only because he is trying so hard to get it right that he can be said to get it wrong at all , and the gauche hero is above all the example of social over-anxiety , like Betjeman 's subaltern weak for love on a Hampshire tennis-court : his palms moist at the first handshake , one imagines , his over-careful manners a veneer masking racking uncertainties , and an over-developed sense of social duty enforcing its own inner punishment . |
| 15 | We must admit that it looks to us like a very good match , and it is only because she is marrying Steven that she has such an idealized view of what men and marriage are really like . |
| 16 | I still think I am the more domineering , but that is only because she is so polite + generally does n't put up a fight ! ( or used not to ! ) |
| 17 | Yes it is so because it is nostrum , cut out the nostrum , and let me give my heart to God — and all is ... [ rest of line illegible ] |
| 18 | If certain aspects of Vincent 's personality repel us , it is perhaps because he is never full face . |
| 19 | Winter cereals are slow to establish , and must be sown earlier : this is apparently because there is a tendency for stubble or killed turf to be pushed down into the slits with the seed where it can create anaerobic conditions leading to the formation of toxic substances such as acetic acid . |
| 20 | I think this is generally because there is so little loft on the clubface and they fear that they will not get the ball into the air . |
| 21 | I think it is just because his is too mild and wo n't make an effort to assert himself . |
| 22 | That 's just because she 's married to an older man basically er she 's I know it 's a sweeping generalisation but it is it is a fact that and and she 's more your type |
| 23 | No , it 's just because he 's lazy . |
| 24 | It 's just because it 's so remarkable , I suppose , that one tries to do something about it , something even further , which is , of course , impossible . |
| 25 | This is usually because it is felt that they can not cope with anything at a higher level or with more demanding work — they ‘ can not concentrate ’ , ‘ can not transfer knowledge from one situation to another ’ , ‘ can not remember from one day to the next ’ , ‘ can not cope with sequential tasks ’ , ‘ get confused by experiencing more than one way of doing something ’ , and most definitely ‘ can not do fractions ’ . |
| 26 | It 's a comfort blanket , that 's what it is , when you see your branch manager collecting cardboard , it 's usually because he 's feeling a bit stressed out . |
| 27 | This is probably because there is no chine on the hull , difficult to get , given the material and type of construction . |
| 28 | This is partly because there is no political pressure coming from the seaward side of the land/ sea divide and hence little inclination to spend precious time and money investigating the subject . |
| 29 | This is partly because it is hard to identify true costs in any health system , but also because the market for health care does not operate as a normal market — particularly with respect to the nature of demand . |
| 30 | This is partly because it is difficult for me to write them down but mainly because I do n't have an intuitive feeling for equations . |