Example sentences of "[is] [adv] because [pers pn] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's only because you did n't tell your bloody brothers ! |
| 2 | This is not because they do n't enjoy the subject but because of the way the courses are structured . |
| 3 | But , explained John Gapper , the secretary of the Labour and Industrial Correspondents Group : ‘ His office says this is not because he does not like us ’ . |
| 4 | As Wittgenstein observed : ‘ If however I doubt whether a spider feels pain , it is not because I do n't know what to expect ’ ( Z 564 ) . |
| 5 | Its figure is higher than the CBO 's largely because it does not take into account the fact that the quarterly long-bond auctions had already been pruned over the past year , from around $12 billion to $1.25 billion . |
| 6 | Well okay , those of you who liked the Shakespeare better , for whatever reasons , even if it 's just because you did n't get to grips with Johnson , which of the plays , first of all , erm did you find most interesting ? |
| 7 | Perhaps it 's just because you do n't like her ? |
| 8 | So I hope you 'll understand that if I do n't include my subscription with this letter it 's not because I do n't support you and if I shop in Smiths it 's not because I want them to sell pornography . |
| 9 | I do n't really want to be seen as part of the team and it 's not because I do n't like them — they 're all nice people — it 's just that I do n't want to be The Word 's latest wanker . |
| 10 | It 's not because I do n't love you and Dad , you know that . |
| 11 | and it 's like I said mum it 's not because I do n't trust Angela |
| 12 | Of course sometimes when it does n't work that depresses me because it 's not because it does n't work , it 's because of the constraints of the system that you can not make it work . |
| 13 | When mink and otters manage to share a habitat — and , on both sides of the Atlantic , they often do — it 's usually because they do n't compete too much for food . |
| 14 | Impressionistically , however , the courts seem more reluctant now to use customs and usages to imply contract terms , although this is possibly because they do not draw the distinction clearly enough between mod-ifying a contract and understanding its terms . |
| 15 | no it 's probably because they do n't buy her any . |
| 16 | I think it 's mainly because I do n't really get enough exercise this time of the year I do n't |
| 17 | Perhaps it 's simply because they do n't really know how to go about it . |
| 18 | well meaning people but I mean the reason they 're saying that is simply because they do n't like what they 're doing full stop . |
| 19 | And the other reason they do n't want to turn up is primarily because they do know that we have compulsory purchase powers and the planning — the paper put forward by the Chief Planning Officer today was a vindication of wage for a good many years , a good many months rather , that we do have compulsory purchase powers and we are able to use them and it was specifically asked at the Panel today , by both Monty Finnist and Sir Monty Finnist and Tony Christopher , why does n't the City Council market this site and use its compulsory purchase powers and that 's one question to address tomorrow as a politician who could make that decision . |