Example sentences of "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 | This was because with the older gliders like the T21 or T31 , the wings were very high and they could not be held securely except by keeping one wing low . |
| 3 | 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 ! ’ |
| 4 | The first was because I was sure the wasps had returned . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | What is most disappointing though is that Nashwan is not to return to Paris to try to prove that his defeat in the Prix Niel by Golden Pheasant and French Glory , who now occupy prominent positions in the Arc betting , was because he was having an off-day rather than because he has deteriorated since his magnificent victories in the 2,000 Guineas , Derby and Eclipse Stakes earlier in the year . |
| 8 | I am afraid it was because he did not want to get entangled with the left on such an emotional issue . ’ |
| 9 | This was because of de-stocking and running down of high volume , low margin brands , and a change of year end at the Schenley offshoot last time . |
| 10 | Where teaching was unsatisfactory this was because of an over-dependence on formal lectures . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | I said it was because of your bloody policies . |
| 13 | Asked why by the judge , he said it was because of fears about Aids . |
| 14 | In part , perhaps , this was because of an effective advertising campaign on their behalf by Saatchi and Saatchi who published posters of the alleged army of unemployed people ( recruited , in fact , from the affluent ranks of the Young Conservatives ) which claimed that ‘ Labour is n't working ’ . |
| 15 | In part , this was because of rising affluence , and a sense of financial and other independence among women . |
| 16 | This was because of his elder brother Frank , whose academic career was already starred . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Maybe it was because I 'd seen Ronnie Lane of The Faces — who was my hero at that age — wearing a pair on TV . |
| 21 | But , although I heard that music , I never saw it as the kind of music I 'd be involved in And that was because Kensal Green was a deprived place and the most deprived people were the blacks . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | That was the common ground between us ; the reason I got the job in the first place was because I could play The Faces ' ‘ Three Button Hand Me Down ’ . |
| 24 | Chrissie knew who he was because she had a real background in screaming teeny bop stuff . |
| 25 | But it was because I 'd been at St. Martin 's that we got that first gig . |
| 26 | partly this was because the current account deficit appears much smaller in current ( 1980s ) data than it was thought to be by contemporaries ; mainly , it would seem , because the invisible position was actually much better than was then realized . |
| 27 | The reason it was suffering a decline was because its product was no longer meeting the aspirations of the young mums in this country , and while other companies were improving their product ranges Mothercare had become stuck in a groove , because the very competent man who ran it really did n't know how to go about improving the product . |
| 28 | One of the reasons we developed a design-led retail business , offering our own unique products , was because we saw we could distance ourselves from other retailers who were just selling manufacturers ' products and discounting them and getting into constant competitive battles . |
| 29 | This was because there are so many old Spanish customs within the company and rigidities of thinking which take a hell of a lot of changing when you 're talking about people . |
| 30 | In every case where such innovations proved lasting , it was because they adapted well to the specific environment of the farmers . |