Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] of [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Conventional thesauri are often arranged hierarchically , so that of two terms one may be " broader " or " narrower " than the other . |
| 2 | If a competitor raises his price , perhaps because of rising costs , it may be possible to hold yours steady , provided you can contain your own rising costs . |
| 3 | Even Britain 's Labour Party is looking at PR , if less because of Liberal complaints than of its own fears that FPTP — which in the past served it well — may leave its Tory rivals for ever running solid one-party governments on 40% of the vote . |
| 4 | The 3000s support 2,300 users , less because of current limitations in the MPE/XL operating system for multi-processing , but TPS rates are higher , ranging from 114 for the 3000 990/100 up to 420 for the 992/400 . |
| 5 | It is clear that the warp and woof of everyday life in stepfamilies differs from that of unbroken families not merely because of external constraints which frustrate the efforts of those who may seek , as some do , to recast their family lives in the mould of the nuclear family , but that family norms themselves may also be markedly altered , tempered to fit the limits of the new situation and fabricated anew from the post-marital residue of family beliefs and sentiments . |
| 6 | The two can not go together because of fundamental differences . |
| 7 | They are classified together because of basic similarities in the appendages , even though they have diversified into very different-looking creatures living equally happily on land and in the sea . |
| 8 | Only because of Labour proposals and actions have schools managed to deal as well as they have with L M S. Congratulations , I say , go to the Labour Group . |
| 9 | Some form of chant continues to be used in most communities at some time , not only because of historic associations , but also because of its fundamental simplicity . |
| 10 | Rural areas are often considered ‘ inaccessible ’ not only because of locational factors but also because of poor transport provision . |
| 11 | It was only because of fortuitous circumstances that Bunny Johnson was allowed to carry through his successful challenge in 1975 . |
| 12 | Firms may want to produce more at point B but are unable to do so because of insufficient resources . |
| 13 | Not all of those who want to apply can do so because of various regulations and procedures . |
| 14 | Under Article 26 a State may , if required to do so because of constitutional limitations ( and on the basis of reciprocity ) , request reimbursement by the requesting State of fees and costs for the service of process on an unwilling witness and for his attendance , and for transcripts or evidence . |
| 15 | Qualified academically to serve their people , they can not do so because of racial barriers bristling in their way . |
| 16 | The report of the Review Body on Civil Justice said the Council ‘ should enable the judiciary to plan for the allocation of High Court caseloads and judge power in the light of needs and resources of that court as a whole rather than of individual Divisions . |
| 17 | It is intended to be a contribution to the history of style rather than of individual artists . |
| 18 | If there is even a vague or sketchy ordering , it will be an ordering of groups of equally similar worlds rather than of individual worlds . |
| 19 | High adventure drew from Dickson McCunn a latent heroism : Thomas Carlyle Craw had buried his sense and courage far more deeply but they are at least glimpsed at the end of an adventure story which interprets the concept of honour in terms of individual rather than of chivalric motives . |
| 20 | Van Dijk raises the question as to whether the denials of prejudice should be treated as expressions of impression-management rather than of genuine attitudes . |
| 21 | Indeed , successful labour organisation could have been more firmly based on unions which each combined many skills within a single industry , rather than of related functions in a wide range of businesses . |
| 22 | It was alleged that these were the graves of victims of the occupying Soviet forces after the Second World War rather than of Nazi victims . |
| 23 | It can be argued , to the contrary , that the more the courts are opened up to arguments based about the interests of the public or of significant sections of it rather than of particular individuals , the more likely are the judges to be drawn into political battles which ought to be resolved in the political arena and not in courts . |
| 24 | Extent is the number of people who will have the pleasures or pains , and it will be invoked when we are thinking in terms of some average effect on persons affected rather than of named individuals . |
| 25 | He was acquitted on May 25 , 1990 , largely because of contradictory statements by witnesses . |
| 26 | The bank , which was secured by the FDIC deposit scheme , had lost over $1,400 million during 1990 — largely because of failed investments in property development . |
| 27 | That is largely because of persistent problems in its chemicals business . |
| 28 | The breakdown in sales of the VATable goods we stock fluctuates much more dramatically than do sales of books ; this is largely because of seasonal changes in demand , the start of an academic term for students , and the summer tourist season . |
| 29 | The 90 minute lapse on large trades has been brought in largely because of smaller volumes and because market makers maintained that large trades would be almost impossible with instant publication . |
| 30 | Thus , all in all , a fall in the price of holidays would probably have emerged in 1986 largely because of these changes in underlying economic conditions , and need not have been accompanied by the razzmatazz of a full-blooded price war . |