Example sentences of "that [is] because [art] " in BNC.

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1 That is because a winding-up petition is not a legitimate means of seeking to enforce payment of a debt which is bona fide disputed .
2 That is because a large number of cases on public nuisance arise out of some misuse of the highway ( inherently unlawful ) and due to the growth of statutory offences touching such matters as health and environment .
3 The nurse trope , I admit , shares America 's power to open human doors the further side of whimsicality , but that is because the suicide letter has only one foot in the completely flat uncomic abstract world of negation talk .
4 That is because the luxury industry is also facing its nemesis : a self-righteous backlash against conspicuous consumption in America and Britain , though not yet in Japan .
5 But that is because the debt is temporary .
6 That is because the offspring of the traditional older working class have gone on to the more pleasant and remunerative employments , the employments that are also called work .
7 That is because the stiffness of the card helps to control the increased amount of pressed material being used .
8 That is because the resurgence of development pressures in the more central parts of the larger cities , particularly London , has proved a very mixed blessing to the low-income residents which these areas have inherited .
9 It might be countered that that is because the Oxbridge graduate has more to offer in social ‘ maturity ’ , in interpersonal skills , in self-confidence , and in being articulate .
10 ‘ But that is because the French still insist on having a top and bottom to society .
11 Partly that is because the people in power are primarily interested in the high-quality urban schools that their own children attend — and the best schools in Delhi or Nairobi are now the equal of any in the West .
12 British exporters have been extremely successful and that is because the Government have provided them with the right framework for success .
13 I accept that , at present , they are high — only slightly below unleaded petrol prices — but , as the hon. Gentleman knows , that is because the demand for gas oil , which is equivalent to diesel , is high at this time of year as it is used for heating and high demand tends to push up prices .
14 If , so far as the Continent is concerned , the Viking impact is essentially a West Frankish phenomenon , that is because the Vikings went where they knew moveable wealth was to be had .
15 That is because the deeper issues of the party divide lay elsewhere — in the political , constitutional and , in particular , the religious tensions which have been explored in this book , many of which dated back to the Restoration .
16 Perhaps that is because the Irish love conversation while many Britons , particularly the young , go to considerable lengths to avoid it .
17 That is because the Government is committed to paying a proportion of the administrative costs of the social chapter , whether Britain adopts it or not .
18 That 's because no single company makes the best of everything .
19 ‘ Ah , well , that 's because a ‘ cuff ’ or sheath of lymphocyter forms round the bronchioles . ’
20 That 's because the Sundridge Super League Champions match is due to take place on the Oxford Canal between Heyford Station and Northbrook Lock on Sunday .
21 There 's hardly anyone doing anything new and that 's because the people who are making this music have n't got any emotion and drive to do anything .
22 I presume that 's because the manufacturers , having spent money on giving you graphic EQs , low boost , top boost , limiters and so on , then cut corners with the cost and performance of the speaker , which is crazy .
23 That 's because the WBC is insisting Lewis makes his first title defence against its No 1 contender , Tony Tucker , who is King 's man .
24 Amitha : That 's because the Union was too traditional and only involved in negotiations over pay and working conditions .
25 That 's because the natural cleaning power of steam cuts through the soapy deposits and the dust particles which stick to them , quickly removing dirt and grime .
26 That 's because the series of eruptions that killed 350 people in June 1992 left a 3,000-mile long cloud of ash and sulphur dioxide circling the earth .
27 That 's because the Premier League is not what it 's cracked up to be .
28 That 's because the town can boast of more entertainment to the square mile than any other resort in Britain .
29 That 's because the sexual urges of sheep sort of roll on round the country .
30 That 's because the energy for tenants ' politics has always come from women , and now the emergence of women 's ghettos puts poor women in the frontline with the local state .
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