Example sentences of "be [subord] [pron] [vb -s] the " in BNC.

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1 If you get a correlation between two variables it may be because one causes the other , or directly influences it , or it may be that it 's just cha it 's just a chance fluctuation and the two have occurred together , or it may be a combination of the two .
2 It will be when it suits the MOI , Charity 's lot . ’
3 This is unless he exceeds the terms of the licence or the plaintiff has legally revoked the licence .
4 According to the hylemorphic theory of the scholastics , each individual thing or substance is a combination of ‘ matter ’ ( hyle ) and ‘ form ’ ( morphe ) , and it is because something has the form it has , that it is the kind of thing it is .
5 The reason I prefer the Methodist faith is because it has the simplest form .
6 Maybe it 's because she has the most substantial female role in any of Stone 's films to date — or maybe it 's because her character suffered the saddest fate in the backsweep of Jim Morrison 's downfall .
7 ‘ It 's because she has the evidence that it really happened , ’ Stevie explained to Patrick .
8 The important question is whether it fulfils the longer term expectations which the Spanish authorities have invested in it .
9 The Victorian obsession with comfort has some relation to this conviction , for the first and even the final — test of a home is whether it makes the visitor feel at ease .
10 A good application form can be helpful but what has to be considered is whether it stops the candidate from expressing him/herself .
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