Example sentences of "only [conj] of the [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The implementation of housing policy is fragmented not only because of the mixture of kinds of housing authorities ; this is an area of social policy in which many significant decisions are made by private agencies . |
| 2 | It 's worth noting , colleagues , that it 's only because of the determination of our members to ensure that their already meagre standard of living and basic rates are not further eroded that even this small achievement has been possible . |
| 3 | The journalist 's solicitor , Mr Geoffrey Bindman , added that he was ‘ very satisfied ’ at the outcome , not only because of the merits of the case but because his client had not had a chance to put his case against Mr Justice Hoffman 's earlier ruling to give up his notes . |
| 4 | There are likely to be some nationally based organizations which will be deviant cases in terms of some or other dimension of the imperatives , if only because of the effects of more specific organization contingencies of size or technology , neither of which are considered here . |
| 5 | But it was equally clear that the share-pushing operations were often made possible only because of the assistance of third parties such as bankers , accountants and solicitors . |
| 6 | The ironing , altering , re-tailoring had all been done against the clock and pushed through only because of the tyranny of Miss D'Arcy . |
| 7 | The burden of the debt is indeed a misnomer , since the burden arises only because of the existence of constraints on tax policy . |
| 8 | I have devoted some time to the Aplysia story here , not only because of the significance of Eric Kandel 's achievement in terms of its wealth of experimental data and theoretical model building , but perhaps above all because of the place it has come to occupy , not only in the text-books , making memory research neurophysiologically respectable , but in the framing of the research field . |
| 9 | And the pressures are probably much greater within the public sector , if only because of the difficulty of obtaining further employment in the public sector if one has been dismissed for disciplinary reasons . |
| 10 | The overall picture presented in his article is a little less clear than it might be , if only because of the multiplicity of interesting observations ( fortunately Bolinger provides us with copious examples ) but it may be summarized as follows : ( a ) Adjectives may qualify either the referent of a noun or its sense without simultaneously applying to the other . |
| 11 | First , if the foregoing appears to ignore questions of democracy within the enterprise that is only because of the order of exposition . |
| 12 | Where a rural freight branch has survived , this is only because of the presence of a major user , such as Blue Circle Cement at Eastgate , Associated Octel at Amlwch and Esso at Fawley . |
| 13 | It is true that 8 exemplifies a recurrent semantic contrast , but this is possible only because of the presence of m — in both sentences . |
| 14 | While this is often assumed axiomatic to good services , which have been removed from a local base only because of the division of labour requirements of bureaux , it is not a self-evident welfare virtue . |
| 15 | They all know that the Bill has been brought to the House in this form only because of the catastrophe of what happened on the Bills that were guillotined a few years ago — the poll tax Bills . |
| 16 | Gunn stands out , not only because of the colour of his three pairs of work trousers , burnt-Sienna , but because of his industry . |
| 17 | The reserves are shown to increase by £1m that year , but only because of the sale of some farms and houses . |
| 18 | Some partnerships have endured only because of the absence of one , most usually the husband , on business trips or , at least , his lack of presence in the house during the day . |
| 19 | According to Mr Abbell , his case is of interest only because of the nature of his clients . |
| 20 | Doubt and faith , though , are related only because of the nature of things after the Fall ( like the unhealthy relationship of a leech clinging to a body ) . |
| 21 | If only because of the nature of the record , the wealth of the clergy is not readily assimilable to that of the laity . |
| 22 | If Norman Lamont keeps the job of Chancellor ( and he might do so only because of the shortlist of alternative candidates is embarrassingly short ) he may decide to delay the next cut in interest rates for long enough to convince the markets that he is serious about wanting to move sterling into narrow bands in the European exchange rate mechanism at its middle rate of Dm2.95 . |
| 23 | Who were doing their best , but could n't understand him , not only because of the gap of language . |
| 24 | PP : You may be quite right about that , because something intensified the first night nerves , not only because of the artificiality of the occasion . |
| 25 | This was a return to the test of outrage , with all its faults , but it met little outrage in Standing Committee and fell only because of the dissolution of Parliament for the 1987 General Election . |
| 26 | There was some apprehension , not only because of the newness of the organisation and the awareness that hitches could easily occur , but also because of possible French recalcitrance . |
| 27 | It is an exciting loch , not only because of the quality of trout , but also because of its varied nature . |
| 28 | Much of the available employment is seasonal , not only because of the importance of tourism but also because the harsh winter restricts such activities as construction , farming and fishing . |
| 29 | The central authorities were not in the habit of seeking advice on legislation , and did so in 1858 only because of the importance of the issue . |
| 30 | Er we would find it difficult to justify public concern about a specific location er in advance of a decision erm the principle so we would prefer er a step by step approach er which reflects the special circumstances er of Greater York , and I think Greater York is a special circumstance if only because of the number of authorities erm er thus far involved . |