Example sentences of "a [noun] [be] because " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah , the only reason most people choose a Friday is because they get you over the weekend |
| 2 | The reason vitamin D was regarded as a vitamin is because it is found in our food , and this is important for those who do not receive adequate exposure to sunlight — for example , the house-bound elderly . |
| 3 | And the reason it was a landmark was because nothing in the show itself was a cliché . |
| 4 | Plus I learned that you know from from our group reading of my play the other week , I learned what the function of a director was because you know obviously I should n't have given you all your parts to read for a week to sort of work out what the inflection should have been . |
| 5 | ‘ The reason I chose to come here for a job was because I thought I had relations here . |
| 6 | erm For instance we know that , that erm in this country you ca n't get a mortgage without taking out fire insurance , and the reason why it 's mandatory in a mortgage is because if it were left to people 's whim they would n't do it , they 'd say , ‘ Well it wo n't happen to me , ’ and mortgage companies do n't like that very much . |
| 7 | Now light , presumably erm one of the reasons one chooses a light year as a unit or a distance is because it 's a convenient number , but also presumably because it does n't change very much with any physical factor . |
| 8 | You probably already know what a larva is because it is also known as a caterpillar . |
| 9 | The reason I have chosen these two books for a comparison is because I always prefer to read books that are either true or close to reality as they bring out more emotions in my reading and at leat I know my feelings towards certain situations in the books have been felt by someone before , whether it may be another reader or the character himself , but in more depth . |
| 10 | The real reason you often put in fourteen hours seven days a week is because you think it 's important that people know what 's happening in their world . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ The only reason they 're kicking up a stink is because they do n't like rave music . ’ |
| 12 | Very often a headache or a stomach upset is a sign of your system being polluted anyway — in the same way that a hangover is because of your system trying to cope with an influx of alcohol . |
| 13 | ‘ The reason why it was such a success was because of the sunshine , the innocence , and opportunities people had , ’ says original cast member Kylie Minogue . |
| 14 | It 's just it 's just a number be because it 's one length divided by another . |
| 15 | Now the fact that it might be just a little two up , two down who gives a monkey 's because in , next year , two or three years ' time , you 're walking with the removal van into this house , how will you feel ? |
| 16 | One of the reasons why he drank a lot was because it made this possible . |
| 17 | I wonder if we can get to the point of my question , it may be my fault but I will try again , the reason I am suggesting to you was the decision was made to update the service charges once a year was because if you did n't update the , the existing brochure might mislead , is that right or not ? |
| 18 | Lord Reid went on to say that the reason that the court will not enforce a restraint which goes further than affording protection to the legitimate interests of a party is because too wide a restraint is against the public interest . |
| 19 | The reason it was suffering a decline was because its product was no longer meeting the aspirations of the young mums in this country , and while other companies were improving their product ranges Mothercare had become stuck in a groove , because the very competent man who ran it really did n't know how to go about improving the product . |
| 20 | ‘ And I spent an hour greeting my guests , making a speech and ensuring the entertainment was fully organised for the evening , while I was trying to make up my mind whether your refusal to put in an appearance was because you cared for me — or because you hated me . ’ |
| 21 | After all , the main reason I asked for an assistant was because of the danger of an epidemic of polio . |