Example sentences of "this [vb mod] [be] because [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This may be because they generally suffer more serious problems , often complicated by personality difficulties and alcohol abuse . |
| 2 | This may be because they are not working full-time or are not doing jobs which make full use of their abilities . |
| 3 | Tins of paint may be more economical ; although this may be because they are student quality , and all paint is cheaper when bought in quantity . |
| 4 | Tins of paint may be more economical ; although this may be because they are student quality , and all paint is cheaper when bought in quantity . |
| 5 | This may be because they occur only in association with a particular element , like the cran — of cranberry , or because they occur with a particular semantic value only in the context of one other element , like the — en of oxen , the ab — of abnormal , or foot in foot the bill ; in a case of collocational uniqueness of either of these types , no contrast in which the unique element participates can be tested in a distinct linguistic environment . |
| 6 | By the end of it all the mind-body problem will loom large — but this may be because we are now a little closer to it . |
| 7 | This may be because we have lost sight of what education is about , or , at best , because we disagree on the aims and objectives of education . |
| 8 | Now this may be because we 're on the way from one position to another , or it may be a traditional British approach , but I find this personally a great source of pressure because on the one hand I recognise as a parent myself one 's going to have a crucial interest in the education of one 's child , on the other hand how one reconciles those hundreds of different philosophies and then superimposes upon it a professional approach is , I suppose , the greatest single source of strain I find running a large secondary school , particularly , as I said before , in the end the responsibility in law is mine . |
| 9 | This may be because its members had , or could soon sink roots into , some sort of community belonging to a structured society . |
| 10 | This may be because their communicative impairments limit their scope for participation and places a heavy burden on any adult who seeks to engage them in routine activities . |
| 11 | This may be because nobody under 18 can own unit trusts in their own names . |
| 12 | This may be because nobody under 18 can own unit trusts in their own names . |
| 13 | This may be because nobody under 18 can own unit trusts in their own names . |
| 14 | This may be because it was intended to be a quick method of banning undesirable consumer trade practices and in practice it turned out not to be very quick at all . |
| 15 | Torquay November 21st 623rd There are still vacancies on this Medau weekend course but this may be because it is the same weekend as the Reunion . |
| 16 | Firstly , an emotion may be expressed involuntarily or voluntarily ; if I say something in a ‘ happy ’ way , this may be because I feel happy , or because I want to convey to you the impression that I am happy . |
| 17 | Some of this must be because they are a generation that ‘ made shift ’ through the was and the depression . |
| 18 | This must be because he did not know any observations of it : Darwin was interested by every possible form of moral behaviour in animals , and if he had known of restrained fighting , he would have written about it . |
| 19 | This might be because they were estranged in some way before the person 's death or because they resent the person dying and leaving them to cope . |
| 20 | This might be because it will give you , the teacher , more confidence in what you 're doing , in which case the simplest way is to discuss the likely roles and ask for volunteers before the drama proper begins . |
| 21 | The head said ‘ Yes , he does have difficulty remembering — particularly sounding ’ , and felt that this could be because he was perhaps more fluent in Punjabi . |
| 22 | But if it is a hung parliament , this will be because we do n't really want anyone to have any power . |