Example sentences of "[is] because they [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well anyway erm they it was interesting , they all seemed rather positive and the reason they were positive is because they perceive him as classless , as somebody who 's actually come up the hard way , who 's experienced the down side of life and who 's nevertheless , through hard work and perseverance and so on , triumphed over that , and actually reached the highest post in the land , and erm they seemed to feel that there was a erm that this was a good thing , that somebody who 's had experience of erm the less privileged side of life , somebody who , and I quote ‘ was n't born with a silver spoon in is mouth , and did n't got to public school and that sort of thing knows more about what 's life for the average person ’ and I agree with that . |
| 2 | Yeah , the only reason most people choose a Friday is because they get you over the weekend |
| 3 | I believe that this is because they do everything so well that they do not get excessive pitching movements in their training stall recoveries . |
| 4 | This is because they share their bodies with algae and have to bring the algae to the surface at low tides so that they can manufacture food . |
| 5 | If the English do not like children , it is because they think they ought to behave properly , responsibly and quietly in their presence and can never riot or have a good time when they 're around . |
| 6 | Part of the reason why Roman catholics go to their own schools is because they believe they are obliged to do so . |
| 7 | Yet it is because they loved their partner so deeply that they are driven to seek ways of easing their pain and fear . |
| 8 | Agents do n't want deadwood and if they are interested in you it is because they feel they can sell you into the market , so that you can go on and make money both for yourself and them . |
| 9 | That 's not because people had bigger families , it 's because they pack them with young , poor parents , ghettos for women and children . |
| 10 | It 's not that they need them , it 's because they know everyone else has got them . |
| 11 | Whether it 's because they feel they 're not taking up the valuable time of a doctor , they can go at their own pace , who knows ? |
| 12 | But that 's because they have them twenty-four hours a day . |
| 13 | I told them — it 's because they think we stink . |
| 14 | It 's not that they 're fussy , it 's because they think it 's wrong . |
| 15 | That 's because they see it as a threat to their political authority as the only representative of the people . |
| 16 | ‘ In this case it 's because they believe you 've tricked them over the supposed disappearance of Clarion Call . |