Example sentences of "it is because [prep] [art] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Perhaps it is because of a hearty dislike of chauvinism and exaggerated nationalism that I have not become an intense patriot . |
| 2 | The right hon. Member for Worthing ( Mr. Higgins ) seemed to think that somehow — I take issue with him , despite his great knowledge — it is because of a common currency that we need controls over public sector borrowing . |
| 3 | Chilcote and Edelstein argue that it is because of the type of industrialisation that has taken place . |
| 4 | It is because of the meticulously kept notes of Mr Bridges that much of this story comes to light at all . |
| 5 | Presumably it is because of the link between standing up in this way and the act of squeezing scent from the anal region that the posture has become associated with the firing of the anal glands by the defensive skunk . |
| 6 | If the disc does not get a higher rating , it is because of the coupling . |
| 7 | No doubt it is because of the vision to train in this way that Ichthus has been able to grow in the way that it has done . |
| 8 | It is because of the inherited beliefs and practices of the Hindu way of life that he is able to claim to be bound indissolubly to Truth . |
| 9 | Similarly , it is because of the prevailing values of our society that it is so difficult to implement what at least to economists appear to be technically feasible solutions to our problems . |
| 10 | But exploitation produces conflict and it is because of the conflict inherent in each stage of development that history is the unfolding of a drama in which we move from one kind of society to another and which ultimately leads to socialism . |
| 11 | If the state 's bureaucracies are apparently colonized by external interest groups or socially privileged external elites , then it is because of the decisions ( or non-decisions ) of the elected governing elite . |
| 12 | It is because of the lack of community care resources and professionals who do n't understand the scope of their powers under the existing law . |
| 13 | If his novels are in any way romantic , it is because of the melodramatic plots , whether ( as in Poor Jack or Jacob Faithful ) they have a rags-to-riches theme or whether they turn on the discovery that the humble hero ( like Percival Keene or Willy Seymour ) is really of noble birth . |
| 14 | If Rassendyll escapes being a sentimental hero it is because of the spare , simple plots and the headlong speed of the narrative which carry his idealistic musings along . |
| 15 | In part , too , it is because of the entirely natural way in which Dick 's thoughts and feelings are interwoven with his activities . |
| 16 | It is because of the fact that they total to four , and so include the fourth , climactic one , that Yahweh 's punishment falls . |
| 17 | This is not because of their magnificence — Grex Castle in Yorkshire , built in the reign of James I , although very wild and very uncomfortable , is compared favourably by the Duke of Omnium himself with Gatherum — it is because of the social traditions that they represent . |
| 18 | It is because of the universality of the threat to freedom contained in homophobia that it becomes highly important that we try to avoid both the language which dissociates us from sexual acts by others in which we do not want to participate , and the attitudes which that language represents . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | It is because of the concern expressed by my hon. Friend and others that the Government are committed to a further increase in the use of the ’ lane rental ’ method of procurement of motorway repairs . |
| 21 | So , if the functioning of the state and the interests of the bourgeoisie coincide , it is because of the system , not because of the participation of members of the ruling class in the state apparatus . |
| 22 | Er , yes I agree the funding that we provide at the moment , seventeen thousand I think , er i in in we 've already committed erm for for wh for the coming year , is small but it is because of the example , because er people who wish to m er erm promote cycling schemes and cycling policies within South Cambridgeshire , within the county council can identify the example that we have been setting that hypothecated budget aimed at cycling have been er directed this way and have been spent amicably , constructively , sensibly by cycling working parties . |
| 23 | Do n't give me all that about the ban from Europe , it is because of the way the game has gone in England that we are not the force we were in European competition . |
| 24 | that out there it is because at the back of my shed , I want to do some I want to tidy that area up . |
| 25 | Hanns Ebensten commented , apropos some of these letters , that ‘ If both John and I sound rather like silly fairies , it is because in the 1940s that is generally how young homosexual men behaved — only later did the male macho style of gays hit the scene . |