Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [subord] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 However , it is also an area where great failures can occur , despite or perhaps because of the presence of such people .
3 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 .
4 Despite , or perhaps because of the hardship they face , the women have a strong sense of community .
5 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 . .
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 Delays or frustrations are indicated as November gets underway , so keep your options open until the Full Moon on the 10th — or preferably until after the Sun conjuncts Pluto on the 14th — when plans , contracts or important arrangements will be confirmed .
9 A person should not join the team out of duty or obligation or persuasion from leadership , or solely because of the location of their home , unless they have faith that it is from God .
10 I do this not only because the issues are easier to grasp in the case of perception than in the case of voluntary movement , but also because neurophysiologists of movement are less prone to wild claims than neurophysiologists of perception : most of the former would admit that we do not yet have the faintest idea how voluntary activity is able to utilize or over-ride reflex pathways ; how we mobilize so-called ‘ motor programmes ’ when we need them ; or even where in the nervous system voluntary movement is initiated .
11 And thirdly the inducement in some countries for employers to federate was as a result of actual or threatened state intervention in the employment relationship , or sometimes because of the growing complexities of the legislative framework under which employers had to operate .
12 But even with or maybe because of the structure put in place so far ( UX No 418 ) , its still getting that taste of an old-boys network up yonder and wonders where the key visionary , operations , financial analysis and strategy talent is going to come from , or when DEC 's youngbloods are going to get their chance .
13 They submitted that the commissioner had no jurisdiction to adjudicate on the status of the road verges generally or otherwise than for the limited purpose of deciding what entries should be contained in the register .
14 It seems to me that ultimately artists must be successful or otherwise because of the public response to their output .
15 This is the classic position , and with only the bat to be raised the batsman is in position to move back or forward while at the same time able to focus on the ball .
16 This is markedly not the result of any official policies , nor generally because of a widespread concern for , and understanding of , the environment by the agricultural population .
17 In Scotland , while the stamp duty change will benefit more homeowners than elsewhere because of the lower property prices , the change in tax relief will be a hindrance because mortgages tend to be lower .
18 She knows that now because of the uncomfortable gap between her budgeted sales and her turnover .
19 By February 1990 almost one-third of the 344,263 ethnic Turks who had fled in 1989 had returned to Bulgaria because of the unemployment and other economic hardship they had encountered in Turkey , and latterly because of the repudiation in Bulgaria of Zhivkov 's assimilation policies .
20 It 's an imaginary fox , yes and so when at the very end of the poem he says when he says the window is starless still the clock ticks the page is printed .
21 Umbilical hose systems sound expensive , if only because of the long sections of pipe needed .
22 In open country , birds are easy targets for predators , and many authors have argued that flocking increases the likelihood of an individual 's survival in the event of an attack , if only because of the cover provided by its fellows ( Vine 1971 ; Hamilton 1971a ) .
23 And the pressures are probably much greater within the public sector , if only because of the difficulty of obtaining further employment in the public sector if one has been dismissed for disciplinary reasons .
24 At the same time , education , which had always in fact been a political matter , if only because of the vast sums of public money spent on it , became increasingly and more obviously political because of the politicization of local government .
25 In so far as it was possible to control the number of children they had , a significant number of Victorian parents were beginning to do so — if only because of the simple fact that the fewer sons and daughters there were , the more could be done to give each of them a good start in life .
26 Granny 's visits to Bowes Road would always be very much appreciated by her little granddaughter Doris , if only because of the teatime treats which would attend such occasions ; as she took the old lady upstairs to dispose of her coat , Doris would whisper : ‘ We 've got blackcurrant pie today because you 're here ; we only ever have it when you come … ’ .
27 This must be a matter of concern for any group advocating a right to divert taxes on moral grounds , if only because of the ‘ floodgates ’ argument which it is likely to provoke in response .
28 His commitments were divided between sport and education , and between blacks and whites , but he was loath to let his sports lapse if only because of the purgative effect they brought , as he explained :
29 If only because of the nature of the record , the wealth of the clergy is not readily assimilable to that of the laity .
30 Some of the rallies were violent , if only because of the resentment which Labour supporters felt at the splitting of the anti-Conservative vote .
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