Example sentences of "is [adv] because it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is presumably because it allows you to explore the knowledge contained therein . |
| 2 | If ‘ the Court ’ is an expression scarcely ever heard in everyday conversation , it is not because it has ceased to exist but because it no longer wields overt influence . |
| 3 | Are we to conclude , therefore , that the Anglican Church 's neglect of purification ritual for women is not because it believes women to be ‘ clean ’ , but because it would rather such matters were n't mentioned at all ? |
| 4 | This is partly because it began trying to sell to government schools only a year ago , and partly because it would prefer not to give its machines away . |
| 5 | The reason the County Council has picked on Tank Farm is purely because it owns it and it 's the easiest way out . |
| 6 | This is mainly because it seeks , first of all , to satisfy the customer 's needs and wants , whereas its colleagues seek rationality and efficiency of operations . |
| 7 | This is n't because it 's set to , but normally it 's on cords which go up to there up to that pulley wheel round and there 's a big heavy weight inside which carries the window . |
| 8 | That is simply because it has to be that low if some of these houses are to be considered habitable at all , and if others are to be inhabited by two , or often by three , families at the same time . |