Example sentences of "perhaps [conj] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It follows from this that there has never been , and never could be , an empirical human society of other than miniscule size in which all the individuals were , even approximately , " equal " , other perhaps than in the theological sense of " equal before God " . |
| 2 | The producer may have to insist that Production Company A is more suitable to make the film than Production Company B. Perhaps because of the show-business nature of producing for TV , creative teams can want to take charge which can prove a disaster . |
| 3 | The discrepancy between the exposure time to acid and the extent of symptoms was striking in PSS , perhaps because of the prolonged oesophageal acid exposure in these patients , particularly during the supine period . |
| 4 | In this case it seems that the structure of the drama has made it too easy for the children — perhaps because of the non-confrontational role adopted by the teacher as messenger early on , when he was excited and enthusiastic about the railway and its effect on another town . |
| 5 | They have also never been perceived by the state as a threat , perhaps because of the revolutionary pedigree of some of their élite . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , perhaps because of the procedural problems outlined above , Article 100A(4) appears to have been used for the first time only in 1992 , in relation to German legislation banning the use of PCP ( pentachlorophenol ) despite the fears expressed at the time the Single European Act was signed that it would destroy the Court 's achievements in this sphere . |
| 7 | However , although his bust shares a place of honour in the apse of Westminster Abbey with that of Darwin , commemorating him as a great co-pioneer of rational science , elsewhere his memory is largely eclipsed perhaps because of the premature breadth of that dream . |
| 8 | The Builder pointed out that although Scott ‘ has sought not the style of any particular country , but Gothic in abstract , and gathered from the works of all countries ’ , perhaps because of the numerous secular mediaeval buildings in Italy , the character of his design ‘ is more Italian , or at least Continental than it is English ’ . |
| 9 | Pupils in most schools spend a considerable amount of time practising the manipulation of fractions , perhaps because of the mistaken belief that such skills are useful . |
| 10 | Perhaps because of the symbiotic requirement for such exploitation , phytophagy is restricted within the animal kingdom as shown in Table 6.1 . |
| 11 | There had been the occasional martial bishops , of course , ever since Odo of Bayeux came across with the Conqueror , not least perhaps because of the knightly or aristocratic houses from which some prelates came , but also because the bishop was often the sole or wealthiest magnate present to defend an exposed region when so many others were away on continental engagements . |
| 12 | Cuthbertson returned to London sometime between 1793 and 1796 , perhaps because of the worsening political situation in the Dutch Republic . |
| 13 | But these ideas soon became diluted ( very much along ‘ neoclassical ’ lines ) , ‘ Perhaps because of the English Common Law tradition that room should always be left to accommodate the peculiarities of individual cases ’ ( ibid. , p.727 ) . |
| 14 | Perhaps because of the long-standing provision of special clinics , the large majority of cases of sexually transmitted disease are seen in such clinics , in contrast to other countries , where less than 20 per cent of cases are seen in hospitals . |
| 15 | It is perhaps because of the unpredictable nature of the outcome that few cases come to court on ultra vires conditions . |
| 16 | Despite these various influences we should also recognize that , perhaps because of the growing differentiation of law as a separate discipline ( a process recognized by Ginsberg and associated with a positivist outlook ) , the methods of the social sciences are often not rendered explicit in the functionalist style in public law . |
| 17 | The employer may only opt to use the patented invention in his business , perhaps because of the specialised nature of the invention and the business itself . |