Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] because [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If she did not see fit to prevent their actions , it must be because they served her purposes . |
| 2 | The persuasiveness of Berkeley 's argument about heat and pain depends on two things : ( i ) our readiness to distinguish between feeling heat and feeling hot , and ( ii ) our having the idea that if two things are called by the same name it must be because we suppose them to be like one another . |
| 3 | It must be because it gets me out of the tent in the middle of the night to stand and contemplate the untroubled majesty of The Plough . |
| 4 | ‘ Then that must be because you provoke me . |
| 5 | It must be because I need him . |
| 6 | Professional DEC watcher , Terry Shannon , claims the firm is fretting that its Alpha launch on November 10 wo n't be as impressive as it might be because it missed its goal of getting a thousand third-party software packages . |
| 7 | It may be because they thought he has access to money or stores it there but that information is wrong . |
| 8 | I admit that I prefer the longer film , but that may be because I saw it first . |