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

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1 Robert knew that his stepdaughter would have a little inheritance , not as much as it should have been because that stubborn old woman had dipped into her capital to buy worthless stock , but it would be a nice little nest-egg all the same .
2 How big do they think kids heads are because that just fits me
3 What , at least it will enable you to know what the tropical species are because some of them have got quite weird and wonderful names and most people do n't know what some of them are .
4 Another daft view is that all the woes which have beset the Soviet Union and its satellites are because these countries did n't know how to run their economies .
5 They will say invest in whatever it is say Global Investment no it wo n't be because that 's tied to the Halifax Building Society but just say Global Investments as a name .
6 Yes , in terms of this definition it has to be because that 's the only , that 's the bottom line of evolution , and it 's the only quantitative measure we can ever have , it 's the only When you 're ready , there 's no hurry .
7 But LFF evidence tends to corroborate suggestions that this may be because such film-making is just not very good at the moment .
8 This brings us on to the second of Dworkin 's grounds for excluding such background policy issues from the jurisdiction of the courts , for if no one has a right to any particular form of decision-making process — whether a right to a hearing itself , a right to cross-examine witnesses or to be given reasons for a decision -this can only be because such a right can not be derived from the master principle of equal concern and respect .
9 There were many more such households in the 1991 Census than in previous years ; this is generally thought to be because many people evaded the enumerators lest they be made to pay the Community Charge .
10 Experts say that could be because many orchards no longer use fungicides .
11 Erm we select the stands where the treasure 's going to be because some
12 This variation might either be because these forms are tied in some way to a particular kind of context and so are not freely transferable , or because the second context imposes inhibiting conditions which prevent learners from accessing and applying what they know .
13 It is fairly universally accepted that Chinese is not related to any of the four other languages , so the similarity can not be because these words are cognate .
14 This may be because these goals have changed , but it may equally be because the social world for which the original policies were designed has changed .
15 Yes that 's right , it could be because those steamers they , I
16 This may also be because those subjects appear to offer fewer possible problems with regard to reconciling our behaviour , or everyday life , our origins perhaps , with other beliefs .
17 This may be because more land was brought into agricultural use as a result of remembrement ( see p. 46 ) and re-use of the communal high pastures — the estives — in the mountain areas .
18 This may be because both are ‘ National ’ libraries with copyright functions , as well as serving the needs of their students and researchers .
19 It is perhaps not surprising that when older pupils come to sit their leaving examinations , they generally view the prospect of the examinations without much apprehension ; this may be because most decisions about their future are taken on the recommendation of their teachers rather than directly on the basis of examination results .
20 The transient nature of the binding may be because this sequence is recognized on account of its structure without additional hydrogen bonding contacts .
21 Similarly , in Engineers ' and Managers ' Association v. ACAS ( 1980 ) the House of Lords by a majority held that ACAS had not acted unreasonably in postponing its statutory enquiries for the time being because another union was also seeking recognition and the plaintiff Association was also suing the Trades Union Congress .
22 If you usually think of products like bread or beans as sources of carbohydrate rather than protein , it is because much of the diet literature has emphasized this aspect of these foods .
23 This is because much of the skill of an aromatherapist lies in his or her ability to concoct wonderful aromas by mixing and blending vegetable oils and fragrant essences .
24 This is because much of the central district in Somoza 's time collapsed in the massive 1972 earthquake : Somoza and his clique embezzled most of the international aid given to rebuild the city and so its central area remained in ruins .
25 Beattie suggests that this is because much of the semantic planning for this phase has been carried out during the preceding hesitant phase .
26 This is because each agency has to fight for its share of the overall intelligence budget and in the process exaggerates and distorts its reports so as to pander to the whims of those who hold the purse-strings .
27 This is because each individual brings a different mix of strengths and weaknesses , experiences and perceptions .
28 This is because each hair consists of a sharp , hollow spine , the walls of which contain silica , making them glass-like and brittle .
29 This is because each program in the category is content-free , highly versatile , limited in practice only by the user 's imagination .
30 This is because each tends to be written from one of three main analytic standpoints , each of which is extremely convincing — in its own terms .
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