Example sentences of "not least [conj] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This probably provides the best way forward , not least because of the major markets only the US , Italy and Canada explicitly require foreign companies to restate their figures according to local standards . |
| 2 | Not least because of the mass of recent company legislation , notably the codes relating to take-overs , mergers , insider dealing and financial services . |
| 3 | This situation has been ameliorated to a degree , in the face of overseas pressure to change the system , not least because of the Japanese need to maintain its market position in other countries , and concern about retaliatory measures against Japanese imports . |
| 4 | Public spending continued to rise nevertheless , not least because of the colossal bill of social-security payments to relieve the rising number of unemployed . |
| 5 | It is a process especially apparent in early modern England , not least because of the differences between its categories of sexual deviance and ours . |
| 6 | On board , the mood has been informal and relaxed , not least because of the smell of the endless bouquets given to Mrs Major . |
| 7 | The abortion obsession is in danger of becoming a bore , but open minds will take to By-Pass Syndrome , not least because of the title track 's delightfully nave rejection of the road-building craze . |
| 8 | It may mark time this year , not least because of the drop in production of the British Aerospace Jetstream 31 aircraft for which Hunting makes the interior . |
| 9 | At officer level , the Cambridge Board through Hickson and Pateman not unreasonably argued that its initiatives in rural areas had been successful ; not least because of the financial support received from LEAs who were prepared to grant-aid provision of liberal adult education by the Board more generously than that provided through the District . |
| 10 | Technologically and economically it requires more explaining than is now possible , not least because of the loss or destruction or records , to say nothing of not keeping them at all . |
| 11 | Once again we are led to the provisional conclusion that the poll tax was only one variable determining party support in individual district authorities , not least because of the problems voters had in deciding where responsibility lay . |
| 12 | The group are confident that it will be a success , not least because of the preparation put into it . |
| 13 | But where it worked , it worked very well , not least because of the logic of the exchange : companies release staff to give occasional , specialist lectures , the college releases staff to give an occasional , specialist contribution to the production or service process . |
| 14 | And he does want to win very much — not least because of the aforementioned who are trespassing against him . |
| 15 | Indeed the continuing higher levels of poverty and unemployment amongst all the black communities are likely to further affect the educational chances of black children , not least because of the implications of material deprivation and unemployment for the physical and mental health of both adults and children ( Arnot , 1987 ; Taylor , 1987 ; Townsend , 1987 , ; Brah , 1986 ) . |
| 16 | Jean de Grilly , seneschal of Gascony , told Edward I in 1282 that he was quite unable to predict the upshot of negotiations over Bigorre ‘ not least because of the changeability and inconsistency of the count ’ . |
| 17 | Stable prices Rapid inflation is regarded as undesirable for many reasons , not least because of the danger it poses for the stability of the economic and political system ( see Chapter 12 for further discussion ) . |
| 18 | These are intimately bound up together , not least because of the way in which the marriage contract is defined . |
| 19 | The prince 's decision has drawn a hostile reaction from many conservation organisations , including the Countryside Commission , not least because of the unprecedented length of the licences . |
| 20 | Always your ear is exactly where it should be , and not least because of the discretion in balance shown by their very agile pianist . |
| 21 | Not least because of the assumption that the conditions were approximately the same — modernization and foreign domination — and that China might once again be in a position to affect the course of Vietnamese history . |
| 22 | Saint-Savin has the makings of a fine portal at the west end , but because most of the decoration is illegible for one reason or another , and not least because of the impious mutilation it suffered during the Revolution , it is nothing to dwell on . |
| 23 | This signal , which was headed " Personal BGS for C of S " , has played a significant part in the controversy over the events in Austria in 1945 , not least because of the phrase " verbal directive from Macmillan " . |
| 24 | Many older Asian Christians still enjoy long traditional hymns with tenuous melodies , accompanied by harmonium and tabla , not least because of the limitations of language ( Gujurati , Hindi , Punjabi or Urdu ) . |
| 25 | A partner has left us to take up a senior registrar post ( not least because of the out of hours commitment ) . |
| 26 | Those constructing future policies and principles should strive to make them exemplary in this regard , not least because of the encouragement this will give to schools to be rigorous in their own thinking . |
| 27 | In particular , the idea that a complex modern bureaucracy is capable of a coherent , cohesive and conspiratorial approach seems highly dubious , not least because of the fragmentation found within public organisations and the diversity of groups , legislative and interest groups , with which they interact . |
| 28 | Kenchester 's status has been the subject of considerable discussion , not least because of the 1795 discovery of an inscribed milestone , apparently re-used in the northern defences . |
| 29 | This was not least because of the respect and affection in which , as I found , Eliot was so clearly held as both a writer and a man . |
| 30 | The turnover of Executive Committee members this year will be particularly high , not least because of the reduction in the size of the Executive Committee by 10 persons . |