Example sentences of "[adj] 's [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 10–14 year olds are the most at risk group of all , with the under-14 's more than three times as likely as adults to be injured on any particular foot journey . |
| 2 | That 's partly because we 're one of Britain 's biggest building societies . |
| 3 | That 's partly because 30 years of pop culture have soaked the working classes with cool and partly because the present generation of art students , thanks to the cuts and the anti-Marxist/'60s/experimental backlash , are wankers . |
| 4 | ‘ That 's partly because , being unaccustomed to serious illness , they ca n't believe something like that can happen to them , partly because they do n't want to believe it . |
| 5 | That 's partly because DOS is easier for programmers to use , partly because of accumulated knowledge , and also , software developers have got pretty clever about squeezing the most out of DOS systems . |
| 6 | That 's partly because Windows encourages developers to do their best , also , Windows represents the growing market ; the one in which an ambitious software writer can make the most impact ( and most money ) . |
| 7 | Comment was made this morning , er earlier on by Mr Timothy about the fact that the new settlement would be likely to generate a higher usage of transport than is the norm for Greater York , if I understood him correctly , erm , knowing the public transport system in Greater York , erm , I fail to see how he could possibly come to that conclusion , because bus services in the rural part of Greater York are very poor , clearly that 's partly because of the distribution of the rural population , and I fail to see that a settlement of the size being suggested would actually generate a level of usage of public transport any higher than that which ex already exists in the York in flat , and certainly no higher than exists within the exis existing urban area . |
| 8 | That 's partly because the company is much healthier and more robust now . |
| 9 | Now I 'd not seen his work before , that 's partly because I 'm in Brighton and not in London and do n't get up that often perhaps , but he has hardly shown in England , whereas he 's very well known in Europe , using Europe for the Continent . |
| 10 | That 's generally if they both desire integration so it 's not just done on the part of one person . |
| 11 | But if you for example you 're born on the sixteenth of the month then that 's generally when it would be paid on the sixteenth . |
| 12 | Newsome is growing in stature with each game though still looks a little shaky ( that 's partially because we know him so well already ) . |
| 13 | That 's doubtless because originators Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick are writing about themselves and their friends : like Michael Steadman , who is at the centre of this universe , they are Jews in their mid-thirties married to non-Jews and with young children . |
| 14 | That 's simply because we 're , production is dependent upon physical factors rather than machinery okay . |
| 15 | Yeah , yeah that 's right , due to s lack of infrastructure in the rural areas , it 's much more lively but erm the disaster of one form or another , of one form or , or another will have a much more important effect , well that 's simply because there 's a flood then you either swim or you sink , you know , there 's no , there 's no help a at hand . |
| 16 | That 's mostly because of a reaction with the washer in your tap . |
| 17 | That 's probably cos we were brought |
| 18 | That 's probably cos you know . |
| 19 | That 's probably cos it would take them too long to peel everybody 's oranges would n't it ? |
| 20 | And I went oh God , that 's probably cos it did n't happen like this and he goes oh right and he goes yeah got a bit excited there for a minute did n't you son like and went er yeah well Andy I like , quite like him , he 's quite sweet but |
| 21 | I know that 's probably cos you 're thinking about it . |
| 22 | No that 's probably cos it was a girls school ? |
| 23 | Yeah , but I , I only think that 's probably cos there was eighty million , trillion , thousand |
| 24 | ‘ That 's probably because you never say anything amusing , Katherine , darling , ’ Diana replied . |
| 25 | That 's probably because , like smells , sounds are difficult to put into words . |
| 26 | I think its very significant , here we are and lots of people have admitted to being a victim of crime but statistics show that twenty five per cent of women will be assaulted within a relationship and yet no women here has said that and that 's probably because the women who have been so assaulted feels somehow it is their own fault , its somehow shameful . |
| 27 | But that 's probably because the firm was in a hell of a mess when he took over . |
| 28 | Oh that 's probably because they want you to look for yourself . |
| 29 | We get one or two people who perhaps get er psychosis or paranoia from using it very regularly , but most people seem to be able to use it without too many difficulties , er amphetamines are probably the next most common drug , and that 's probably because it 's manufactured quite locally , er it 's quite easy to make , it 's quite cheap , and it 's very popular , particularly among the younger age group . |
| 30 | That 's probably because I 'm being stared at by some bloody bla ginger haired git in the back row ! |