Example sentences of "is [adv] because the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is presumably because the intact epithelium acts as a barrier , preventing FGF-4 from reaching the underlying mesenchyme . |
| 2 | For the avoidance of doubt , Mr. Speaker , I do not intend to give way to the hon. Gentleman and , if he persists in intervening , it is merely because the Labour party 's grasp of democracy can not survive a week such as the previous one . |
| 3 | It is only because the different elements in the limb have their own positional identity that their pattern and form can be altered independently during evolution . |
| 4 | If Rainbow seems high as a kite , half-delirious , with racing pulse and her heartbeat dancing the hora , it is only because the delicious hand of Riva now lies firmly clasped within her own . |
| 5 | This is so because the former quite possibly face weaker external constraints and because management may not encounter such sophisticated incentive structures . |
| 6 | We suggest that this is so because the vivid events are hallucinatory bursts whose content is unconstrained by the previous visual events , the ongoing emotion , or the ongoing integration ; whereas the less vivid events are visual material generated by the cognitive integration , and as such , are constrained in content . |
| 7 | This is perhaps because the later accretions are somewhat dwarfed amid the towering Gothic architecture . |
| 8 | This is obviously because the old plants covered more of the background and the plants were perceived as darker than this background . |
| 9 | A large white one is best because the various fish and crustaceans can be observed clearly against the contrasted background . |
| 10 | This is probably because the different regions in the polymer rapidly adjust themselves to the applied stress either by orientation and alignment of the tie-molecules between crystalline regions or , as may be more likely , by slip of the crystalline parts . |
| 11 | This is probably because the youngest and fittest miners are involved in the more strenuous tasks at the coal face , while the older and less fit do other underground work or gain surface employment . |
| 12 | This is partly because the Byzantine architectural style altered comparatively little in its long history and partly because Venice is not a typical western European or even Italian city ; its roots , owing to its extensive commerce , are as much in the east as in the west . |
| 13 | Oh right , no it 's Olympus and it 's erm why we 're doing this is partly because the European Space Agency is trying to encourage people who were n't previously satellite users to become satellite users and in the next century , or whenever , erm to actually buy commercial satellite time for from them . |
| 14 | But it is partly because the social security system is centrally run , overworked and understaffed that the customers all too often receive such a poor service . |
| 15 | There are many reasons for this , but it is mainly because the infilled ditch contains more moisture than the surrounding dry soil . |
| 16 | This is chiefly because the hard-core hooligan element attached to one soccer club is only likely to be interested in a confrontation with the opposition 's elite hooligan crew . |
| 17 | It is precisely because the best is very good that we want to make it apply to everyone . |
| 18 | Stewart ( 1989 ) argues that the call for leaders in the National Health Service is precisely because the National Health Service increasingly operates within an uncertain and changing environment . |