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

No	Sentence
1	It would be mischievous to suggest that the opponents no longer see safety as a problem , but it does seem to have receded from the foreground , despite the fact that — or could it be because ? — there was a serious nuclear accident in the US , in a PWR very different from that designed for Sizewell .
2	If the school BCG programme is suspended will it be because everyone has received a somewhat different , recombinant form thirteen years earlier ?
3	But seriously , why do you suppose there has been so little said about Sunday trading in the book trade ? could it be because we have failed to make a ‘ cold , calculating examination of the long term balance of financial advantage ’ ?
4	Could it be because they all have crossbows ? ’
5	Today , and in conclusion , we 're going to have a more general look at society of the future and ask question such as ‘ How different will it be because of these devices ? ’ .
6	If the kitchen climate is changing , it 's because working conditions have lost the barrack room brutality which once characterised what was a pretty sordid job in all but a handful of restaurants and hotels .
7	‘ It 's because my hair 's longer .
8	I suppose it 's because you 're an English pigeon .
9	Perhaps it 's because you get to see more of the timber .
10	Perhaps it 's because we humans tend to associate protein with fitness and athleticism .
11	It 's because of this — the magnanimity even more than the political expertise — that Olson 's appalled and self-questioning reflections on Pound 's arraignment and incarceration make all others seem puerile at best .
12	‘ It 's because I have n't been winning for a while and I am desperate .
13	What one knows is that , when a film works , it 's because writer , director and producer were working in harmony and could inspire everybody else on the project with their joint vision .
14	It 's because of your past that you 're sitting there now , with your list on your knee .
15	But if Prince pleases , in music , in bed , it 's because nothing is ever done just to please .
16	But when Prince rocks out it 's because that 's as much a part of him as the funk strut .
17	If Lovesexy is Prince 's strongest record to date , it 's because its strength lies in coherence .
18	If Lindsay had notes — well tough — it 's because he does n't believe as readily as I do what people say to me .
19	‘ It 's because you and Irene are the cleverest , ’ she explained .
20	It 's because of having too good a husband . ’
21	It 's because you love him that you feel like killing him and wiping him out of your life .
22	‘ It 's because you love him that you feel like killing him !
23	It 's because he 's been ill like , in the head . ’
24	Kilts and togas and hearth rugs were flicked up to reveal Y-fronts and boxer shorts in red , white and blue stripes ; green and yellow spots ; black and white snatches of music , ‘ God Save the Queen ’ and ‘ Maybe it 's because I 'm a Londoner ’ ; and was n't that young Burt the body-builder with his packed lunch in a posing-pouch ?
25	Maybe it 's because my two Toy Poodles were horribly upset one cold day .
26	But it is n't because of some secret triumph of racism it 's because the claim he 's making has been emptied of meaning .
27	Maybe it 's because she has the most substantial female role in any of Stone 's films to date — or maybe it 's because her character suffered the saddest fate in the backsweep of Jim Morrison 's downfall .
28	Maybe it 's because she has the most substantial female role in any of Stone 's films to date — or maybe it 's because her character suffered the saddest fate in the backsweep of Jim Morrison 's downfall .
29	He treats his actors as equals , and if he ask you a question , it 's because he wants an answer — not because he 's testing you . ’
30	At first she sympathised a bit , but basically she thinks it 's because I dare to walk around and look people in the eye — I 'm too challenging or flirty or something .