Example sentences of "[coord] more because " in BNC.
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| 1 | All necessary costs for the AA to arrange recovery of your vehicle to your home or appointed repairer , if you can not use the vehicle for eight hours or more because of illness and the one and only qualified competent driver , or following accident , breakdown , fire or theft of the vehicle . |
| 2 | It increases the pressure on volunteers and on the phone lines dramatically , because whereas any other sort of information call may take a minute or two , an AIDS call can take half an hour or more because the information may lead into a discussion of the caller 's lifestyle , moral attitudes and emotional needs . |
| 3 | ‘ Might n't a lacy bra or sheer stockings have erotic appeal less because they are symbols of female powerlessness and more because they are familiar symbols of female sexuality ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ This sort of thing is happening more and more because the criminals think they can get away with it . |
| 5 | It might be needless caution , yet she kept silence by instinct in all public places upon all that touched Hotspur 's affairs , and more because they were his than because they affected the state , and such gravities as peace and war . |
| 6 | Bond prices have since fallen and yields risen , partly because of inflation worries , but more because of a worldwide liquidity squeeze which has caused bond yields to rise virtually everywhere . |
| 7 | The Movement took against him , not so much because he had neglected the bureaucratic niceties , but more because he was ‘ a weedy , conceited , unattractive young man ’ who did not respond to exhortations to join the war effort ( presumably by swapping his camera for a pick and shovel ) . |
| 8 | He says : ‘ I am absolutely delighted by the honour — but more because of the people it has come from rather than the award itself . |
| 9 | She talked about it today partly because she was warm , relaxed and happy , but more because she felt she owed it to Leo . |
| 10 | Not so much because I do n't understand the subject ( that is no real obstacle to a lecturer ) , but more because of the time we are likely to consume , even if we keep a respectable distance from quantum mechanics and concentrate solely on phenomenological theories . |
| 11 | The shock and grief are not of his death really , but more because of his life . |
| 12 | Despite the fact that about 95% of that can be recycled , very little actually is , but this is not because of people 's ignorance , but more because the majority of district councils in Britain provide insufficient Recycling services . |