Example sentences of "[verb] partly [conj] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ No stock-taking ’ policies are adopted partly because of staffing shortages , but also on the premise that stock-taking is a waste of time because it does not bring back the missing books , and any item which is really important will be requested on reservation ( though a central reservation system , if employed , may mean that missing titles go unnoticed ) . |
| 2 | We reckoned that Just William ( see right ) probably failed to get elected as a Thatcherite Tory candidate in the General Election , his campaign having been scuppered partly because of rumours to his large and highly unsuccessful estate agency , where he is subject to bouts of manic depression and alcohol abuse . |
| 3 | Since the mid-1970s the proportion of stock held by non financial companies has risen partly because of the constraints placed on stockholding by banks and financial institutions . |
| 4 | Unemployment had risen partly because of the demobilization of large numbers of soldiers following the Vietnamese withdrawal from Cambodia in 1989 , and also because of the return of workers from eastern Europe . |
| 5 | Some came partly because of relationships with Annie and me . |
| 6 | Most significantly , the persuasive interview techniques which used to be a feature of most interrogations have been abandoned partly because of the new requirement that there should be a verbatim contemporaneous record of every interview . |
| 7 | US Secretary of State James Baker made a 10-day tour of the former Soviet Union during February , concentrating on building up relations with the Islamic states ( a shift in policy prompted partly because of the fear of Iranian activity in the region ) , and on defence conversion matters [ see pp. 38792-93 . |
| 8 | For over a decade the NWICO has been defamed partly because of the word ‘ order ’ . |
| 9 | In Box v. Jubb the defendant 's reservoir overflowed partly because of the acts of a neighbouring reservoir-owner and the defendant escaped liability . |
| 10 | This was achieved partly because of the beneficial effect of devaluation on overseas income for three months , it explains , but also because the directors have been largely successful in avoiding companies which have been forced to cut their dividends in the recession . |
| 11 | Partly because we 're doing a survey but partly to warn partly because of the emergency services aspect . |
| 12 | The latter is established partly because of the expertise it can develop , and this expertise is not related solely to fact finding . |
| 13 | Sir George Calvert , a politician at the Stuart court , had already shown his interest in colonization by trying to found a settlement in the Avalon district of Newfoundland , though this had failed partly because of the climate and partly because of the opposition of the fishermen who came from England every summer to use it as a base for fishing on the Grand Banks . |