Example sentences of "because only [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Moreover , because only a minority were able to leave the centres at will , this policy further aggravated the social divisions within the group .
2 This is partly because only a proportion of hinds conceive in a given year and individual stags rarely hold harems throughout the whole breeding season , and partly because few stags breed successfully for more than four years .
3 Benefits were low because only a minute proportion of copulations result in a reared cub in the next generation ( Journal of Zoology , vol 177 , p 463 ) .
4 Because only a logomachist weaves a rope of sand when the saints go marching in .
5 This is because chemists ' experiments last for years not thousands of millions of years , and because only a handful of chemists , not thousands of millions of chemists , are engaged in doing these experiments .
6 ‘ The system is unfair at the moment , because only a handful are charged . ’
7 But she ca n't bless the communion wine and wafers because only a priest can do that and at present women ca n't be ordained as priests .
8 But the strategy we choose must provide good quality control , because only an investigator who knows that his results are subject to verification or falsification will aim to satisfy the highest standards that he thinks will be employed in testing his conclusions .
9 ‘ Similarly , if a woman has a child 's high voice and is arguing with a child , the child will always win because only the child 's voice is natural .
10 ‘ Induction offers the chef total control down to the last degree , and because only the pan is heated it means chefs no longer have to work in a hot , uncomfortable kitchen environment . ’
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