Example sentences of "or [adv] [conj] [prep] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Inversion and substitution are intensely narcissistic ; despite that — or rather because of it , since Genet also transvalues narcissism — they extend tar beyond the self . |
| 2 | Despite revolutionary zeal , or perhaps because of it , they sought immediate compensations for the miseries of daily life , and spontaneous methods of attack which they mistook for political strategy . |
| 3 | Or perhaps because of it . |
| 4 | Despite their size , or perhaps because of it , many saguaros have been stolen from the desert to be sold , at huge prices , to ornament smart Californian gardens . |
| 5 | Reynard can not help but be cautious about this information , despite its apparent supernatural origin , or perhaps because of it . |
| 6 | Despite this wealth , or perhaps because of it , enthusiasm should be tempered and caution exercised . |
| 7 | In spite of all this , or perhaps because of it , we made an early enough start to reach Aurillac in plenty of time to buy our picnic lunch and see something of the old town . |
| 8 | Michael Lee , although born and reared in squalor on London 's wharves — or perhaps because of it — was not fastidiously clean . |
| 9 | Despite its pre-eminence , or possibly because of it , DC has its critics . |
| 10 | This may be underneath the chapel , or behind or beside it , and may consist of a church hall , meeting rooms and offices . |
| 11 | Despite this precision — or sometimes because of it — the application of statute to the individual case is often unclear , or legal principles may arise which make its interpretation in relation to the facts of particular cases difficult . |
| 12 | And yet in spite of that — or maybe because of it — she could not move one single frozen muscle of her body . |