Example sentences of "[coord] this [be] probably because " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have always found the Rottweilers in Norway to be of very stable disposition , and this is probably because the Rottweilers live as family pets , with a stable home life . |
| 2 | However , serum triglyceride levels did not prove to be a significant factor for coronary heart disease in this multivariate analysis and this is probably because of the correction made for the inverse relationship between triglycerides and HDL . |
| 3 | The previous report of copper concentrations in gastric juice represents a fivefold overestimate : we found low concentrations only ( mean=1.2 n> M and this is probably because most plasma copper ( ca 80–90% is tightly bound to the plasma protein caeruloplasmin . |
| 4 | But this is probably because such retirement arrangements died out before formalizing them became the normal custom , rather than because they were never common . |
| 5 | Conversely slightly more of the action sample were receiving meals-on-wheels by the time of the second assessment but this is probably because more of the control sample were out receiving day care and therefore were less likely to require them . |
| 6 | It may be thought odd that no large bronze double-axes were found at Knossos or Phaistos , but this is probably because the sites were ransacked in antiquity and plundered of their usable and precious metal objects . |