Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] is [adv] because " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would be wrong to conclude that it is simply because women live longer than men . |
| 2 | In fact , Stevens ( 1991 ) argues that it is just because devaluation does not work as an instrument of economic policy that the argument for a single currency is made more powerful . |
| 3 | You may believe that it is just because I am an extremely popular person . |
| 4 | I agree that most of us need work — but I would point out that it is partly because when you 're unemployed and dependent on the state for support , you do n't have enough money to use your leisure time in the way you might want to . |
| 5 | They are also happy to accept that it is only because we have these mental states that we behave as we do . |
| 6 | Moore is also the man who holds fixedly to the belief that it is solely because he lives in a Labour borough that his pavements have broken and cracked paving-stones . |
| 7 | And he believes that it is precisely because black footballers know of each other 's natural ability , that they are able to construct the most intricate and seemingly planned movements without any preparation at all : ‘ They 've got the receivers built into their heads and can pick each other up on the same wavelength . ’ |
| 8 | Does not the Secretary of State understand that it is precisely because the TGWU is so committed to effective training and the future expansion of British industry that it is not prepared to give credence to the Government 's sham arrangements ? |
| 9 | To understand the world one is in is to understand where it came from , and how it came ; and it is only because it is understood , or thought to be , that one can aspire to change it . |
| 10 | We must admit that it looks to us like a very good match , and it is only because she is marrying Steven that she has such an idealized view of what men and marriage are really like . |
| 11 | We have been trying for years , centuries , to establish this and it is only because of help from outside that we have been able to do it now . |
| 12 | More perceptively , Lloyd Shearer in Parade wrote , ‘ With his short stature , hook nose , beady eyes , unkempt hair , he looks like a loser , and it is precisely because of that loser image that the younger generation have made him their winner . ’ |
| 13 | He is more poet than academic , or professional religious , and it is precisely because of his wilful integrity and gift for language that he is able to share a sense of the actual process — frequently frustrating — of the practice of spiritual discipline which for all the mystics is the weapon in the battle against the forces of darkness that self-evidently threaten to destroy human fulfilment . |
| 14 | But it is also because their own specialist interests have led them in other directions . |
| 15 | But it is also because of the geography of growth of the service sector , which has also been very uneven . |
| 16 | This is partly because more is known about him , and because his drawings and those of his younger contemporary John Thorpe [ q.v. ] ( a high proportion of which are survey drawings ) are the only large personal collection from this period that still exist , but it is also because of the distinctive and remarkable character of the houses with which he can be connected . |
| 17 | But it is also because people in the Third World have realized that there are very few jobs available in which their children can use an education . |
| 18 | But it is also because one or two traders have squeezed the Brent forward market , which sets the price . |
| 19 | This is partly because of the association between old age and poor housing conditions , but it is primarily because of the association between poor housing conditions and low-income owners . |
| 20 | But it is just because participants in conversation may be expected to observe the sub-maxim " be orderly " that we have that expectation . |
| 21 | But it is partly because the social security system is centrally run , overworked and understaffed that the customers all too often receive such a poor service . |
| 22 | But it is largely because Loch Ness is so biologically unproductive that it is also biologically stable : it is spared the seasonal booms and crashes in the populations of living things that are characteristic of more productive lakes . |
| 23 | But it is precisely because many of us do that they are dangerous . |
| 24 | But it is precisely because it is an act of the whole man that it includes the understanding . |
| 25 | You might be surprised that this needs mentioning ; but it is precisely because these same strategies are maladaptive in many domestic situations that horses are labelled stupid . |
| 26 | There are many reasons for this , but it is mainly because the infilled ditch contains more moisture than the surrounding dry soil . |
| 27 | ‘ But it was never taken up because it is slower because of its weight and size . ’ |
| 28 | Now I 'm not quite sure whether it 's because we 've known , like Naomi , we 've we know periods of barrenness and leanness that his blessing seems so much more , I do n't know if that 's what it is , or whether it is just because his blessings are so bountiful , but she is overwhelmed by God 's goodness and by God 's blessing to her they could now experience God 's blessing . |
| 29 | The question arises as to whether this is the result of their having fallen into apathy out of fear of repression and a belief that it is not possible to make progress ; or whether it is precisely because they have been making progress through existing channels that the militant challenge has withered . |
| 30 | All that science could say is : The universe is as it is now because it was as it was then . |