Example sentences of "[coord] this [be] [adv] [conj] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | At present , many solicitors simply fail to give adequate advice , and this is not because of any immediate fault on their part but because they are operating in units that are too small . |
| 2 | In contrast , overweight people seem to get much less strong and effective stop signals from the body , and this is largely because of the other factor , the major clue , which our eating-behaviour expert would be using in his ‘ guess who 's overweight ’ game . |
| 3 | However , serum triglyceride levels did not prove to be a significant factor for coronary heart disease in this multivariate analysis and this is probably because of the correction made for the inverse relationship between triglycerides and HDL . |
| 4 | The pellets of diurnal predators contain less bone , often no more than 5–10 per cent , and this is apparently because of the much greater efficiency of their digestive processes ( see below ) . |
| 5 | And this was mostly because of old machine tools being tossed away . |
| 6 | The differences are there at primary school , they would say , but this is largely because of the educational experiences of the children ( in and out of the classroom ) . |
| 7 | Some courts allow attendance on simple or agreed applications by letter , but this is not as of right . |
| 8 | Despite the fact that about 95% of that can be recycled , very little actually is , but this is not because of people 's ignorance , but more because the majority of district councils in Britain provide insufficient Recycling services . |
| 9 | The government decided against the enforcement of competitive tendering in the domiciliary services , but this was largely because of the undeveloped state of private and voluntary agencies in this area . |
| 10 | He never played Test cricket again , but this was mainly because of the breakdown of his left foot in the fifth Test . |