Example sentences of "it was because " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was because he was so alert , so curious about the world , about books and films , that Ghatak could never take the easy way out . |
| 2 | On being asked what constituted such vulgarity , it was explained that it was because it had ‘ neither vest nor pants to cover his lower limbs ! ’ |
| 3 | If ideas as such were discounted , it was because imaginative literature , in its richness and blend of diversity and harmony , had other things to offer . |
| 4 | It was because Pound behaved always in the spirit of this remark that he could not fail to offend Englishmen of the type of Beerbohm and Bowra , and that he continues to offend their likes and their successors ( in all social classes ) at the present day , as , for instance , his confrere T.S . |
| 5 | I am afraid it was because he did not want to get entangled with the left on such an emotional issue . ’ |
| 6 | He had already edited several popular movie magazines , but it was because of Bazin 's reputation as a theoretician that this new one , more highbrow , attracted from its first publication in 1951 a group of young , enthusiastic and iconoclastic critics . |
| 7 | I said it was because of your bloody policies . |
| 8 | Asked why by the judge , he said it was because of fears about Aids . |
| 9 | If a band delayed signing a publishing contract until the singles from their album had obtained some success , it was because they believed , not unreasonably , that they could negotiate a better contract by demonstrating their chart success to a publisher . |
| 10 | ‘ If I loved him , replied the river , ‘ it was because , when he leaned over my water , I saw the reflection of my waters in his eyes . ’ |
| 11 | But crucial differences remain , and it was because the early modern transvestite was not conceptualized in terms of a pathological sexual subjectivity — the modern ‘ homosexual ’ — that her transgression was regarded , albeit with paranoia , as more social than sexual . |
| 12 | Maybe it was because I 'd seen Ronnie Lane of The Faces — who was my hero at that age — wearing a pair on TV . |
| 13 | From somewhere I got the idea of going to art college I 'm sure it was because I 'd read about all the rock musicians who 'd started their bands at art colleges — John Lennon and Keith Richards in particular . |
| 14 | But it was because I 'd been at St. Martin 's that we got that first gig . |
| 15 | In every case where such innovations proved lasting , it was because they adapted well to the specific environment of the farmers . |
| 16 | It was because of this that ‘ rest is possible only when fatigue demands it . |
| 17 | ( It was because of this that people from the impoverished villages who sought work in the towns did n't always find it . ) |
| 18 | He was not actually dismissed from the service , though it was because of alcohol that he was asked to volunteer his own early resignation . |
| 19 | If his marriage was in trouble it was because he and Diana had not been given a chance . |
| 20 | If he lost out to Jeremy Irons , his fans said , it was because he was the victim of a feminist-puritanical cabal . |
| 21 | It was because I sat at his feet with my blouse undone . ’ |
| 22 | She 'd most likely think it was because he did n't want to help her . |
| 23 | When Dot began to cry she was n't sure if it was because of thinking about poor Mr Brown 's two missing fingers or because she could n't remember what her father 's face looked like , or merely because of the alarming new orders about train departures cackling from the loudspeakers . |
| 24 | People said it was because they were n't any good at finding their way . |
| 25 | But I gathered that it was because of some kind of political dissent , his being a member of an unauthorized group that had held secret meetings . |
| 26 | Gazzer realized that it was because she was pleased with herself . |
| 27 | Dorothea had always wondered if it was because she despised her . |
| 28 | If Protestants were superior , it was because they deserved to be . |
| 29 | Those who were not , but rose by exceptional ability , were invariably the subject of unfavourable comment , and when successful ( as in the case of Archbishop Willigis of Mainz , 975–1011 ) , it was because their rule drew on the capital of the Adelsheiliger tradition . |
| 30 | It was because of you |