Example sentences of "[pers pn] [coord] partly [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This project was halted in 1821 , partly because the Bank 's engraver was able to produce banknotes similar to theirs and partly because in that year the restriction on cash payments was lifted , reducing the need for banknotes . |
| 2 | Andy has a party that night , partly for me and partly because his pal Howie is leaving for a job on the rigs the following day . |
| 3 | I propose to devote a whole chapter to so-called ‘ association copies ’ , partly for the selfish reason that I am myself devoted to them and partly because , looking at them as objectively as I can , they seem to me to offer one of the most satisfying branches of book-collecting , especially to anyone with the slightest sense of history . |
| 4 | In a sense , this was a line which had been followed by John Hunter ; but his heirs in Britain had not pursued it , partly because of a national aversion to the vivisection which seemed a necessary part of it and partly because it seemed materialistic . |
| 5 | He was scowling fiercely , partly because the sky was so blazing blue that he could n't look at it and partly because he was Moses Arkwright , the famous jewel thief , searching out a rival gang that had stolen the biggest ruby in the world from the Tower of London . |