Example sentences of "least [adv] because of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tom Mboya had supported these moves , not least perhaps because of his long-standing animosity towards Odinga , but in doing so sowed the seeds of his own downfall . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | After fighting a war at least partly because of the Gulf 's oil , he certainly should be . |
| 4 | The British Crime Surveys ( BCS ) were set up at least partly because of official scepticism over police statistics , and in an attempt to counteract the portrayal in parts of the media of crime rates soaring out of control . |
| 5 | Prostitutes , that is to say , therefore became the focus of a moral panic in the 1950s , at least partially because of the growing liberation of female sexuality . |