Example sentences of "[be] because it [verb] " in BNC.

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31 That is because it feeds on to the most congested part of the York inner ring road which is the er Gillygate erm Lord Mayor 's Walk section .
32 Although the Army and MI5 still retain some independent intelligence gathering capabilities in the province , the system is now largely centralised and works well — the IRA itself has admitted that one of the reasons it has exported a growing proportion of its violence to the continent and mainland Britain is because it has become increasingly risky for them to operate on home territory .
33 If western free-market fundamentalism has been faintly relaxed in the west , this is because it has been intensified in its export version .
34 This is because it has been replaced by more suitable roads which have been adapted to the continually changing pattern of communications and settlement development .
35 We assume that this is because it has not known what role to play .
36 The reason I prefer the Methodist faith is because it has the simplest form .
37 This is because it has been assumed ( e.g. by Argyle and Cook , 1976 ) that monitoring the behaviour of a listener involves a certain amount of attention and often increases the speaker 's level of arousal .
38 If Oman today is a relaxed and comfortable nation , it is because it has been led in 21 years from medieval seclusion to modern success .
39 Indeed , Ross thinks the moral philosopher must take the deliverances of common morality as his basic data ( as Moore , in spite of his much proclaimed faith in ‘ common sense ’ did not ) though this is because it rests on intuitions of necessary truth .
40 The reason this one survived is because it travelled on the tour bus and not on the chartered plane , which crashed after take-off from Mason City airport in Iowa , while taking Holly , the Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens to a gig in Moorhead , Minnesota .
41 Now those are arteries , that 's the pulmonary artery but it 's coming back to the heart okay , that 's the only time you 're going to find the rule reversed , arteries leave the heart , veins come back to the heart , and the only time that rule is reversed is when you 're linking the heart and the lungs through the pulmonary vein and the pulmonary artery , however , they are still carrying , the arteries are still carrying oxygen charged blood , yes , because it 's come fresh from the lungs so it 's still carrying nice red lovely oxygenated blood , yes , even though it 's coming back into the heart , that is because it 's come fresh from the lungs and the vein although it 's going in the opposite direction the way you normally expect it , is still carrying the old rotten , you know , used up blood , because it 's going back to the lungs to be recharged , do you understand it alright ?
42 But a is because it 's been used though .
43 This is because it stands in a position closer to totally autonomous behaviour ( at the top ) than the others .
44 This is because it knows how desperately it is threatened by this disease .
45 This is because it carries out a unique function within the nuclear industry : it tries to deal with the problems left over at the end .
46 Funnily enough , it 's an album that hardly anyone seems to have heard of , apart from the real Fleetwood Mac enthusiasts — perhaps it 's because it does n't have any of the famous tracks on it .
47 Do you think it 's because it does n't look domestic enough maybe it looks a bit industrial or
48 It 's because it locks better at that groove .
49 But that that 's because it fits into what we want people to be able to achieve .
50 If the hour and 25 minutes sometimes drags through moments that are spun out for too long , and through some unnecessary tricksiness with the screens , that 's because it seems Lepage has n't yet quite found what he wants Miles Davis and Jean Cocteau to reveal to him .
51 Even if you have private medical insurance , the Hospital Income Plan is the perfect complement — that 's because it pays cash direct to you , while private medical insurance pays only your hospital fees .
52 think probably it 's because it needs painting cos it 's a horrible colour is n't it ?
53 That 's because it soaks into the earth .
54 ‘ If I smile at him , it 's because it means nothing to me .
55 I 've had to , this cupboard 's because it 's got cutlery and the plates and that , so I 've just put a piece of er material over it .
56 No no , there are natural , we always have a strong preference for something but we can actually develop them , just like management style we have a strong preference for , for one style but it is something that we can learn can get more and try and rationale sort of like theoretical we can try and rationalize what 's perhaps happening is that in situations when we 're not gaining a lot and it could be that it 's because it 's had a lot of activity and we can actually gain more from it we can rationalize it and analyze it .
57 ‘ That 's because it 's not been a good year , due to fluctuating temperatures . ’
58 I thought then I 'd be able to use it as an airing cupboard but it still did n't work but it 's like you said it 's because it 's got such a good
59 I du n no if it 's because it 's melted a bit but when I tried it before
60 He says it 's because it makes him look naff , but it 's more than that .
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