Example sentences of "[adj] it be because " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the fish was fresh it was because it had been deep frozen within minutes of being caught and packed up to be bought by her goodness only knew how many months later for Mark 's Lenten supper . |
| 2 | But it would n't be the po most popular it 's because of |
| 3 | I am afraid it was because he did not want to get entangled with the left on such an emotional issue . ’ |
| 4 | If the Stormy Petrel does not seem priggish it is because his appetite for action and mystery is always as evident in the stones as his steadfast loyalty and his intelligence . |
| 5 | Q Our heating bills are always astronomical in the winter and I 'm convinced it 's because we live in an old draughty house . |
| 6 | ‘ Yes , and I am sure it is because Sir John meant him to have the house . |
| 7 | And I 'm sure it 's because they 're in charge of what they 're learning — that they 've chosen something interesting to them and are following it up . |
| 8 | And I 'm sure it 's because they live in the Jungle not in cities . |
| 9 | I 'm sure it 's because he 's prone to that . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | She did n't believe me when I said I was sure it was because she was n't taking the carriage far enough over to the right , clearing the pattern selector . |
| 12 | But I idiotically thought I could see Antoinette and Piers looking rather amused and I was sure it was because they felt I did n't know him as well as I 'd said . |
| 13 | Dexter wondered at first whether it was because he was black or a probationer , but after a few months he was sure it was because of his Jamaican origins . |
| 14 | I , I 'm sure it was because he realized that if it was a sole account , you would n't normally be able t a husband and wife would n't be able to draw on it freely , but as you say , you could . |
| 15 | ‘ In the end , they told me to give him a bottle because he was too hungry to feed properly , but looking back I 'm sure it was because they did n't have time to help me ; and after two days I had to go home because they needed the bed . |
| 16 | An old gentleman from Stowmarket , his name 's Mr I 'm sure it was because er , you see , my father and I used to go up Stowmarket Road sometimes after church or chapel and er and go for a walk up there and used to meet this Mr who played the organ Stowmarket and very course but erm but I had a wonderful life really |
| 17 | again there is no answer to that question , simply because the answer is so horrific , it does n't bear thinking about , but thank God all maybe safe , all will not be safe , but all maybe safe , God has provided a salvation that is available to all and if we are not safe it is because we choose to reject his s , his offers of mercy , so we thank God that all may be safe , but the solemn fact remains is that all will not be saved , well that leads us on to , to this third proposition , not only that the bible teach that all maybe saved , not only does it teach that all will not be saved , but it is quite clear that some will be saved whom we did not expect to be saved , we can be quite sure about that because judgment does n't rest with us , way back Abraham says perhaps one of the most important statements in his life when he said there in , in , in Genesis chapter eighteen and we actually sang the wo tho the quotation in the song we just sang a few moments ago where he says will not the judge of all the earth be right , judgement is not yours and mine , that 's God 's prerogative and the other song that we 've been , the song that we 've been singing , that song by faber there 's a wideness in God 's mercy lets be honest we are so narrow with our mercy , our gra , our expressions of grace is so limited , but there 's a wideness in God 's mercy and faber says it 's got the wideness of the sea , there 's a kindness in his justice , which is more than liberty , David knew all about that when he was given the option , he said oh I 'd rather fall into the hands of God than into the hands of men , I 'd rather that God dealt with me than that my fellow man dealt with me , because with him there 's mercy , with him there 's grace , with him there is , there is long suffering and there 's compa compassion and there 's love , and faber goes on with the love of God is broader than the measure of man 's mind and the heart of the eternal is most wonderfully kind , now that 's all very well for the song writer to say that in a hymn and it sounds nice and it 's , it sounds good but is there a scriptural authority for this , is it really true , or is it just a nice song that we sing with , it does us good because we feel it 's a nice , there nice thoughts , well , surely we have it in the passage we 've been reading that there is there is a mercy with God , there is a kindness with God in ver in verse thirty of that chapter behold some who are last will be first and some who are first will be last it 's quite clear that some will be saved that we did not expect to be saved , and you can find example after example of this , it was a tremendous surprise to the onlookers when a very sinful woman annoyed to the feed of Jesus , it was a tremendous surprise to the Pharisee who rejected God , although he was such a good man , to find that the , er sorry to be rejected by God although he was a good honest upright man , and to find that the sinner was accepted by God , it was a tremendous surprise to the people when Zacchaeus who named you to be a sinner , an open twist there an evil man was saved by the Lord Jesus , you could save salvation has come to this house , it was a tremendous surprise when the law breaker who was dying on the cross beside the law Jesus was saved and went to be with him , with the Lord in paradise , it was a tremendous surprise to the disciples when Jesus preached the gospel and revealed himself to a gentile woman , who was an adulterer seven times over but he did and she was saved , it was a tremendous surprise to Ananias when the Lord revealed himself |
| 18 | Er , I 'm a little bit out of touch , so , i if I sound hesitant it 's because I simply do n't know how much debate has been taking place , and how , systematised the relationships are going to be in the future . |
| 19 | I do n't know how strong it is because as I say , erm most contracts of employment do include a provision that if somebody h has a driving licence and loses it and driving is part of their work , even if it 's only a minor part of their work , then the employer can erm dismiss . |
| 20 | ‘ If I 'm bitter it 's because I resent being here . |
| 21 | If I look so bad it 's because I thought I had lost you . |
| 22 | True , Kant thinks that if morality is ultimately valid it is because we have somehow settled on these imperatives ourselves at the noumenal level , but to this — apart from the dubiousness of the metaphysics — it is likely to be objected that if the imperatives spring from myself it is quite proper for me to rescind them when convenient . |