Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] [subord] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Inversion and substitution are intensely narcissistic ; despite that — or rather because of it , since Genet also transvalues narcissism — they extend tar beyond the self . |
| 2 | Despite , or rather because of , the heyday of the shipbuilding on the Clyde and the ever increasing commercial traffic through the port of Greenock , the area had become a magnet for unemployed , and especially the ‘ cleared ’ peoples of the Highlands and Islands . |
| 3 | Questions relating to counting and calculating with whole numbers are generally tackled by girls as well as or better than by boys . |
| 4 | Despite revolutionary zeal , or perhaps because of it , they sought immediate compensations for the miseries of daily life , and spontaneous methods of attack which they mistook for political strategy . |
| 5 | ‘ Inflation ’ , as this is called , got a rapturous reception when it was put forward in 1980 , despite , or perhaps because of , its weirdness ( cosmologists , after all , undergo years of training so that they can say things like ‘ When the universe was the size of a grapefruit ’ without blushing or laughing ) . |
| 6 | Or perhaps because of it . |
| 7 | Despite their size , or perhaps because of it , many saguaros have been stolen from the desert to be sold , at huge prices , to ornament smart Californian gardens . |
| 8 | Reynard can not help but be cautious about this information , despite its apparent supernatural origin , or perhaps because of it . |
| 9 | She had not troubled to dress , despite , or perhaps because of , the fact that she had male visitors . |
| 10 | And despite ( or perhaps because of ? ) its use of the Rimsky version , the Karajan is easily the best conducted , sung and recorded . |
| 11 | Despite this wealth , or perhaps because of it , enthusiasm should be tempered and caution exercised . |
| 12 | And in spite of , or perhaps because of , this framework , they all seemed to have such fun , such carefree , girlish fun . |
| 13 | Despite , or perhaps because of , these successes Channel Four is also under scrutiny from the ideologues and reformers . |
| 14 | America , despite ( or perhaps because of ) its smaller state sector , has been slow to see the point of it . |
| 15 | Despite , or perhaps because of , this late arrival social anthropologists are much given to tracing their intellectual pedigree to as remote and as illustrious ancestors as they can uncover . |
| 16 | Despite , or perhaps because of , the disparity in their characters and backgrounds , Colin Agnew and Paul Getty became close friends . |
| 17 | And despite ( or perhaps because of ) all the loans and all the aid , the net effect is that billions of dollars have actually moved out of the poor countries and into the rich countries . |
| 18 | In spite of all this , or perhaps because of it , we made an early enough start to reach Aurillac in plenty of time to buy our picnic lunch and see something of the old town . |
| 19 | Michael Lee , although born and reared in squalor on London 's wharves — or perhaps because of it — was not fastidiously clean . |
| 20 | However , it is also an area where great failures can occur , despite or perhaps because of the presence of such people . |
| 21 | Perhaps they arise because the government does not recognize the true costs of its new policies , or perhaps because of a resistance to making a particular policy effective which comes from within the central government machine . |
| 22 | David Parkin was obviously keen to preserve at work the image of a happy marriage despite , or perhaps because of , his affair with Nicola . |
| 23 | Mr Morrison looked instantly distraught , possibly because of the air which whistled down George 's nostrils as he gasped in horror , or perhaps because of the children who were ferreting down the sides and back for valuables . |
| 24 | Despite , or perhaps because of , the large amount of information available it can be difficult to obtain key details which we need . |
| 25 | Despite , or perhaps because of the hardship they face , the women have a strong sense of community . |
| 26 | Despite , or perhaps because of , these mishaps , estimates for Trident running costs are now revealed to be £5.7 billion over 30 years , on top of £10.5 billion construction costs . |
| 27 | You finished about eight o'clock at night , you had about twelve hours so you 're working more or less except for the was n't very long . . |
| 28 | Thus , " the individual creates for himself the patterns of his linguistic behaviour so as to resemble those of the group or groups with which from time to time he wishes to be identified , or so as to be unlike those from whom he wishes to be distinguished " ( Le Page and Tabouret-Keller 1985 : 181 ) |
| 29 | Over the summer certification period the turnaround on RETs may increase by a week or so because of the very high numbers of candidates seeking certification . |
| 30 | When Dot began to cry she was n't sure if it was because of thinking about poor Mr Brown 's two missing fingers or because she could n't remember what her father 's face looked like , or merely because of the alarming new orders about train departures cackling from the loudspeakers . |