Example sentences of "it be because [pers pn] have " in BNC.

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1 But seriously , why do you suppose there has been so little said about Sunday trading in the book trade ? could it be because we have failed to make a ‘ cold , calculating examination of the long term balance of financial advantage ’ ?
2 But Philip Pearson of the independent Low Pay Unit said : ‘ It 's because we have lower pay rates AND less productivity .
3 Maybe it 's because we have a major problem with superfluous hair .
4 Fragolli said , ‘ It 's because we have n't left our coats with him .
5 I would like to think it 's because we have shown our ability to spend the money well in previous years . ’
6 I believe it 's because they have the best connections , and they 're paying the most money .
7 Now the other side of that was a plea which came from our switchboard supervisor , which I 'll come onto in a moment , where she said people will often think that of her telephonist , but in actual fact , it 's because they have n't got the right information from people at this end , so there is another side to that story .
8 It 's because I have n't been winning for a while and I am desperate .
9 I think it 's because I have n't done it for so long
10 Er if you do n't know what an introvert thinks , it 's because you have n't asked her .
11 It 's not because it 's the tool of , well , physics anyway and engineering , it 's because you have to think in a way that is probably entirely foreign to you .
12 If they have since discovered that this contact can be fulfilling and life-enhancing — and this is certainly not always the case — it is because they have benefited from the broader range of experiences which this contact has offered .
13 If maintained schools failed ( and fail ) to scale those commanding heights it is because they have not wished to .
14 If they are mentioned , it is because they have been recommended and are generally regarded as good courses .
15 So perhaps it is because they have angular gyri that chimpanzees have been able to sign successfully .
16 Where children do not carry these assumptions inside them , it is because they have been brought up in an enclave that is struggling against the weight of secular pressure .
17 It is because they have already been widely written about in feminist art history ?
18 For some of us it is because we have suffered from the emotional manipulations of others .
19 True , Kant thinks that if morality is ultimately valid it is because we have somehow settled on these imperatives ourselves at the noumenal level , but to this — apart from the dubiousness of the metaphysics — it is likely to be objected that if the imperatives spring from myself it is quite proper for me to rescind them when convenient .
20 The argument for feminist education , free from male control , is not as a remedial exercise , it is because we have important work to do together , from which we can not afford to be distracted by the interference and destruction we know happens when men remain in control .
21 If we are in a drama which moves forward at " lifespeed " it is because we have chosen to do so .
22 And it is because we have obligations that we can claim to have rights .
23 You should consider whether this is really what you want to do , or whether it is because you have never been on holiday alone before and the thought of it makes you nervous .
24 I do n't know how it is because I have n't heard it yet , but I 'm going to get some advance material any time now . ’
25 If I appear , let us say , disenchanted , it is because I have reason to be .
26 As it is because I have always practised ordinary , normal methods of hygiene , I feel that er fresh food well cooked is not a danger to anybody .
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