Example sentences of "[be] [verb] partly because [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We reckoned that Just William ( see right ) probably failed to get elected as a Thatcherite Tory candidate in the General Election , his campaign having been scuppered partly because of rumours to his large and highly unsuccessful estate agency , where he is subject to bouts of manic depression and alcohol abuse . |
| 2 | ‘ No stock-taking ’ policies are adopted partly because of staffing shortages , but also on the premise that stock-taking is a waste of time because it does not bring back the missing books , and any item which is really important will be requested on reservation ( though a central reservation system , if employed , may mean that missing titles go unnoticed ) . |
| 3 | Most significantly , the persuasive interview techniques which used to be a feature of most interrogations have been abandoned partly because of the new requirement that there should be a verbatim contemporaneous record of every interview . |
| 4 | For over a decade the NWICO has been defamed partly because of the word ‘ order ’ . |
| 5 | The latter is established partly because of the expertise it can develop , and this expertise is not related solely to fact finding . |
| 6 | This was achieved partly because of the beneficial effect of devaluation on overseas income for three months , it explains , but also because the directors have been largely successful in avoiding companies which have been forced to cut their dividends in the recession . |