Example sentences of "not least because they " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The HSTs were important from several points of view , not least because they marked the beginning of the end of the once strict division between locomotive-hauled and self-propelled stock . |
| 2 | The number of women poets swelled through the century , not least because they learnt they could speak to one another in this way . |
| 3 | Unfortunately , it is more difficult to trace the Chauncys than the Blencowes , not least because they were less accomplished people . |
| 4 | For these considerable services he received nothing , his enemies using the time he was away to poison Francesco I Sforza against him , not least because they were jealous of the work on the chapel . |
| 5 | Although much work has been done in the decades since those words were written , it is still true to say that many texts in printed form do not reflect the contents of the original manuscripts with complete accuracy , although more recent printed transcriptions tend to be reliable , not least because they have usually been scanned by a number of scholars before publication . |
| 6 | Nearly ten years ago , in CD 's infancy , I was writing that most CD players sound like poor quality amplifiers , not least because they contain poor quality amplifier circuits , and little seems to have changed in the interim . |
| 7 | The status of the second level nurse has troubled the profession for years , not least because they have been depended on as the mainstay of practical bedside nursing , while being expected to take on more responsibility than their training prepared them for . |
| 8 | People went to the movies for many reasons but not least because they wanted to see stories which starred very real and very attractive Americans . |
| 9 | At all events the Treasury was opposed to new forms of central economic control ( or planning ) not least because they could well mean the loss of its own authority . |
| 10 | To explore Regency England in her company is much like taking Rural Rides with Cobbett a decade later , not least because they both detect in the details of domestic building and furnishing indications of much more comprehensive change . |
| 11 | The pipe organ is almost unknown in the worship of house churches , not least because they seldom use church buildings . |
| 12 | These make persuasive reading , not least because they espouse the principles of sustainable management set out in Caring for the Earth ( see WWF Page , November ) . |
| 13 | Putting the principles above into an analytical and practical context is difficult , not least because they may well conflict with each other . |
| 14 | Fortunately for the British government even Eisenhower and Dulles were beginning to accept the need for a summit , not least because they were anxious not to lose the propaganda initiative to the USSR . |
| 15 | Generally , an exchange 's rules are themselves usages , not least because they should be followed by all the exchange 's members . |