Example sentences of "[is] because [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The second reason why the ozone layer is important is because through absorption it controls the amount of ultraviolet ( UV-B ) or erythemal solar radiation reaching the ground .
2 That is because as a racing team , Ferrari is like Britain before the Norman Conquest : a bunch of fiefdoms , with all sorts of lesser people shoving against each other for power in a small factory where there is n't any ultimate power to be had : at least not until the Grand Old Man goes .
3 It is because at this time the warning light is more easily visible in the twilight than in the daylight .
4 This is because at first they lack the strength to hurt , and when they do acquire it they quickly learn that a too-powerful play-attack ends the enjoyable encounter .
5 This is because at any level there are competing interpretations of the data that can not be disambiguated , for which the appropriate information is available at some other level .
6 This is because at low light levels , heat affects the pigment cells as much as light .
7 This is because at the end of the newsreel a roof opens above the screen at the far end of the auditorium and King Kong 's arm appears holding that screaming woman in his great hairy mit !
8 that out there it is because at the back of my shed , I want to do some I want to tidy that area up .
9 This is because on a long timescale the main effect of the glitch is an increase in slowdown rate , which is responsible for the slope in the later part of Fig. 1 a .
10 We 're not gon na be looking at it this morning , but it 's quite simple if you were to read on down , the reason why is because on the other side there is a man there who is possessed of a whole legion of demons who desperately needs deliverance and Jesus is going over there to bring healing , to bring deliverance to this man .
11 I think that 's what 's the part of it all is because with maths , there is so many rules , there 's so many
12 That I avoided such a course of action is because of my own understanding of what the institution would allow before it swung into action .
13 often this is because of a distinctive vocal sound , but sometimes more subtle devices make everyone want to listen .
14 Usually this is because of tax advantages .
15 This is because of their legitimate keenness to stress the presence of a communal principle in the history of mankind .
16 This work surprisingly shows that leisure time actually diminishes as productive technology advances ; whether this is because of population increases or because of the rise of an exploitative class is not clear .
17 This is because of the structure of trade unions themselves in Britain .
18 This is because of two main differences between Islam and Hinduism or Sikhism .
19 Perhaps it is because of this that an alternative method of picking was developed .
20 ‘ It is because of you that I am living here in peace .
21 Maybe if you get a bad deal in this world , it is because of something you did , or were , in a previous life .
22 One reason why ants are so sophisticated is because of their complex language of chemical communication , which Dr Wilson has done more than anyone to elucidate .
23 This is because of the continuous cycle of separation and togetherness , when the relationship is constantly being renewed .
24 This is because of the theological stance of some that people who have taken their own lives can not go to heaven , but instead go to hell eternally because the sin is viewed as such a serious one .
25 David Hudson , an insurance analyst with BZW , said : ‘ This is because of increasing wealth and a rise in the general standard of living . ’
26 This is because of the original concentrations of salts ( sulphates , nitrates , phosphates and chlorides ) in the limestone that was frequently used as a building material .
27 The white colour is because of the white limestone matrix .
28 Chilcote and Edelstein argue that it is because of the type of industrialisation that has taken place .
29 I just want to know if your anger is because of the way the project has absorbed me lately , or if it 's simply the ill-mannered forgetfulness I showed last night — which I do n't deny , and for which I again apologize . ’
30 The reason for the odd name for the church , St Mary near St Satiro , is because of an ancient fresco of the Madonna and Child that stood over an external altar of the earliest ( San Satiro ) church .
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