Example sentences of "must [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 .
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