Example sentences of "it [is] [adv] [subord] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's probably because of Grizedale Forest in the Lake District that I manage to make a living as a sculptor . |
| 2 | Whether we avoid certain foods because God has told us to , or whether it 's simply because of the E numbers ; whether our purification rituals are there to chase out demons in the name of spiritual purity , or germs in the name of hygiene … we all have a sense that beyond the boundaries of our lives lurks Chaos . |
| 3 | because there 's no job opportunities over here , it 's a lovely country but it 's simply because of the work factor . |
| 4 | I think it 's just because of our image that people think we 're sexist because people are a bit intimidated really . |
| 5 | Or is it because there 's a different culture in the north and south because the , the two parts of China are very different , so you do n't know whether it 's the Communist Party that 's determining this difference or whether it 's just because of a difference of culture there . |
| 6 | No I 've only just put the , it 's just cos of the microphone 's on too much er I 've only just put the batteries in , some new batteries in . |
| 7 | I think it 's partly because of my kitchen actually — it 's down those two little stairs , it 's with the bathroom and it 's away from the living room . |
| 8 | ‘ But if you 're disillusioned now it 's partly because of what I 'm talking about ; the radicalism of Thatcher that seemed so fresh . |
| 9 | It 's partly because of Ms Greer herself . |
| 10 | I know that if you 're not satisfied with yourself , it 's not generally because of what 's on the outside , it 's really because of what 's on the inside . |
| 11 | ‘ It 's precisely because of my age that I can be quite sure there wo n't be any other job coming my way if I lose this one . |
| 12 | Obviously Harley is news here , although it 's mainly because of his caddie 's death . |
| 13 | She added , ‘ I 'm sure it 's only because of safety in the smallest possible number , only his lawyers and my mother 's father have the address , aside from me , and I only have it because they did n't like to leave me here without one . ’ |
| 14 | It 's only because of you that she 's here at all . |
| 15 | It 's worth noting , colleagues , that it 's only because of the determination of our members to ensure that their already meagre standard of living and basic rates are not further eroded that even this small achievement has been possible . |
| 16 | It 's only because of I know . |
| 17 | If they 're in prison it 's usually because of some psychological problem |
| 18 | ‘ But we know it 's there because of the Principle ? ’ |
| 19 | ‘ But it was never taken up because it is slower because of its weight and size . ’ |
| 20 | It is presumably because of this innate variability of habitat that there are so many species of organism on land : probably anything between 10 and 70 or more million , compared with maybe only a few hundred thousand in the oceans . |
| 21 | It is particularly because of their potential when evaluating activities that objectives should be measurable . |
| 22 | It is largely because of the work of the Popular Church that campesina women have not been excluded from rural trade unions but encouraged to participate . |
| 23 | If the law of economic torts is in a mess it is largely because of uncertainty over what constitutes unlawful means . |
| 24 | It is partly because of this early extensive experience of stories that so much writing in primary schools is in story form . |
| 25 | It is partly because of this distinction that , for the past fifty years , the physical anthropologists , who have by now become laboratory scientists par excellence , have barely been in communication with the various kinds of socio-cultural anthropologists . |
| 26 | It is partly because of the ease with which getting your ideas onto paper has been made so simple by the PC and word processor that extra care now has to accompany the typing of every paragraph . |
| 27 | It is partly because of that false economics that the Conservatives have never had a regional policy . |
| 28 | Indeed it is ironic that the weaker regions of a country tend to " catch-up " most in times of expansion , and yet it is partly because of the regional differences that inflationary pressures emerge and induce policies which prevent further gains . |
| 29 | It is partially because of the need to overcome the problems of ocular compatibility that the concept of disposable lenses has found such ready acceptance . |
| 30 | 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 . |