Example sentences of "[subord] [adv] [conj] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Scotland , while the stamp duty change will benefit more homeowners than elsewhere because of the lower property prices , the change in tax relief will be a hindrance because mortgages tend to be lower . |
| 2 | Despite the pain , he rode better and harder than ever and in the last five races stood on the podium four times and came within 12 seconds of his first GP win . |
| 3 | It seems to me that we 're stronger fighting that together than apart and in the last few years a growing number of successful campaigns have strengthened this belief . |
| 4 | Umbilical hose systems sound expensive , if only because of the long sections of pipe needed . |
| 5 | In open country , birds are easy targets for predators , and many authors have argued that flocking increases the likelihood of an individual 's survival in the event of an attack , if only because of the cover provided by its fellows ( Vine 1971 ; Hamilton 1971a ) . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | At the same time , education , which had always in fact been a political matter , if only because of the vast sums of public money spent on it , became increasingly and more obviously political because of the politicization of local government . |
| 8 | In so far as it was possible to control the number of children they had , a significant number of Victorian parents were beginning to do so — if only because of the simple fact that the fewer sons and daughters there were , the more could be done to give each of them a good start in life . |
| 9 | Granny 's visits to Bowes Road would always be very much appreciated by her little granddaughter Doris , if only because of the teatime treats which would attend such occasions ; as she took the old lady upstairs to dispose of her coat , Doris would whisper : ‘ We 've got blackcurrant pie today because you 're here ; we only ever have it when you come … ’ . |
| 10 | This must be a matter of concern for any group advocating a right to divert taxes on moral grounds , if only because of the ‘ floodgates ’ argument which it is likely to provoke in response . |
| 11 | His commitments were divided between sport and education , and between blacks and whites , but he was loath to let his sports lapse if only because of the purgative effect they brought , as he explained : |
| 12 | If only because of the nature of the record , the wealth of the clergy is not readily assimilable to that of the laity . |
| 13 | Some of the rallies were violent , if only because of the resentment which Labour supporters felt at the splitting of the anti-Conservative vote . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | One issue deserving of attention if only because of the importance it assumes in the United States implementation literatures is the ‘ special ’ agency set up to concern itself with policy making and implementation in a specifically limited policy field . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Moreover , moving from the official to the private level , there was a significant and regular cross-border movement of ordinary individuals , if only because of the existence in both countries of Shiite Holy Places — in particular , Qom and Mashhad in Iran , Najaf and Karbala in Iraq — which attracted visitors , whether as a form of pilgrimage or to bury their dead . |
| 18 | This port was frequently a target for Iraqi attacks , if only because of the intermittently suspended Japanese-Iranian petrochemical plant which had been under construction there for some years . |
| 19 | This was in some ways just as dramatic as that of the 1980s , if only because of the very large warships — and their great number — being deployed in the area . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Whilst computational methods are an essential tool in building maps , if only because of the sheer volume of data , at present human intervention is still needed to resolve inconsistencies . |
| 22 | If we shoot a rocket to the moon and bring it back ten days later we can calculate before the start , within a matter of seconds and a few hundred yards , just how long it will take and where it will land , provided always that in the course of the proceedings there is no human error . |
| 23 | But Basic Design did deal , if obsessively and in the end mechanistically , with the nature of form and the reality of the work itself , and although Basil 's emphasis upon observation was developmentally of great value to the pre-secondary school child where a formal language pre-existed , with the older child it could deteriorate into imitation and realism , and even that deadliest of English diseases , literalism . |
| 24 | However , in the latter days of steam , maintenance workers while near or inside the tunnel were absolutely convinced that they heard the sound of an approaching train . |
| 25 | Most pupils will also enjoy an active presentation of plays and poetry , treated sensitively , and we include the enjoyment from reciting favourite poems aloud , whether individually or in the very successful choral speaking groups established in many schools . |
| 26 | Does the Minister agree that Iraq remains , whether now or in the foreseeable future , a potent , potential peril not only to its neighbours but to world peace ? |
| 27 | Is it too much to hope , ask or even start demanding that those who exercise authority in respect of the problem — those sitting in Government , whether here or in the Republic of Ireland — start to solve that problem ? |
| 28 | Section 739(2) reads as follows : Where by virtue or in consequence of any such transfer , either alone or in conjunction with associated operations , such an individual has , within the meaning of this section , power to enjoy , whether forthwith or in the future , any income of a person resident or domiciled outside the United Kingdom which , if it were income of that individual received by him in the United Kingdom … would be chargeable to income tax by deduction or otherwise , that income shall , whether it would or would not have been chargeable to income tax apart from the provisions of this section , be deemed to be income of that individual for all purposes of the Income Tax Acts . |
| 29 | " Has within the meaning of this section , power to enjoy , whether forthwith or in the future , any income " |
| 30 | The trouble was kept to a minimum as much because of the novelty of the situation as anything else . |