Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] be [adv] because " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I 'm here because I work in pencil . |
| 2 | And I 'm here because I work in pencil . |
| 3 | And it 's just because we hate it that we 'll beat you . |
| 4 | We 'll come onto this later , later on , but er , it can be shown quite easily , why farm , how farm , why farmers er , behave what you may , from what economic theory would tell you is , is an irrational manner , alright , and it 's simply because they 're trying to minimize their , their risks . |
| 5 | We understand why people do n't care for reporting , and it 's often because they 'd rather get on and drill or explore or sort out problems . |
| 6 | ‘ She 's always talking about going to see her nephew and his children , but she 's never gone and it 's only because she has n't enough money for the ticket . ’ |
| 7 | And it 's only because you said , previously er , that she was a sort of feminist that when , he said do this do that and she said very frankly to him do you think just because I 'm going to marry you I shall commit ? |
| 8 | And it 's only because they have no rights in what they 're negotiating for . |
| 9 | It 's the only , and it 's only because , and this is , I mean , having to understand why Government , surely the majority of supporters of the present Government would n't approve of this . |
| 10 | I mean the textface , which is Nimrod , is a drawing office typeface and a printer 's typeface , and it 's there because , I do n't know , it |
| 11 | And it 's precisely because Hetfield 's gobbing has been taken into the equation , along with every other possible eventuality , that makes the truth of Metallica 's latest swagger towards that Biggest Band In The Known Universe mantle all the more remarkable : for this is fabulous , vital entertainment , far more than stage-managed hyperdrome extravaganzas ever deserve to be . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . ’ |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | There should have been light from above and below , but in fact there was almost none , and it was partly because of that , and because it was also rather colder than it had to be , that Quiss had set off something like an hour before to find some of the castle 's attendants . |
| 18 | And it was simply because it was er |
| 19 | And it was probably because of his desire to ‘ touch ’ space that he began to abandon landscape painting and to devote himself increasingly to still life , in which the depth was naturally more restricted and could be more easily controlled . |
| 20 | There would be trouble now , and it was all because of him . |
| 21 | The Historic Buildings Council was unable to increase its grant to pay for this work and it was only because of the intervention of the chairman of the planning committee that an exceptional grant to cover the extra cost was obtained from Southwark Council . |
| 22 | Amy failed to monitor someone 's blood-pressure adequately and it was only because Kathleen bothered to check that a potentially life-threatening internal haemorrhage was detected in time . |
| 23 | But it is also because their own specialist interests have led them in other directions . |
| 24 | But it is also because of the geography of growth of the service sector , which has also been very uneven . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | But it is also because one or two traders have squeezed the Brent forward market , which sets the price . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | But it is just because participants in conversation may be expected to observe the sub-maxim " be orderly " that we have that expectation . |
| 30 | 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 . |