Example sentences of "[coord] only because " in BNC.
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| 1 | At one time in the recent past , willow-pattern plates and dishes were very popular , but did people buy them for the sad story of the elopement they depicted , or only because they were fashionable at the time ? |
| 2 | But only because of the awful calamity of Hillsborough and only because a man of the intellect and vision of Lord Justice Taylor was asked for his opinion . |
| 3 | Parents have such a duty independently of this Act , and only because they have it is the Act justified . |
| 4 | If this is supposed impossible for the Westerner ( assuming he is not too old ! ) it must be because , and only because , he does not have access to information allowed the Chinese as children . |
| 5 | ‘ In all these circumstances I think that it is a proper inference that , in the case of each journey in question , the plaintiffs paid the money unwillingly and only because they apprehended on reasonable grounds that without the permit which could not otherwise be obtained officers acting under the authority of the State of New South Wales would or might stop the motor vehicle and refuse to allow it to proceed upon the journey . |
| 6 | All right then , just this once , and only because Strawberry Story sound like Andrea from the Darling Buds singing the first Mary Chain album . |
| 7 | ‘ Only to you , ’ he replied equably , ‘ and only because I do n't fall in with what you want . |
| 8 | ‘ The Empress , and only because I refused to cower at her anger . |
| 9 | Even today , private landlords within a mile of this building would say that they are nervous of letting their properties to homeless families because , and only because , of the whiff — albeit faint — of the risk of a Labour Government . |
| 10 | All right then , just this once , and only because Strawberry Story sound like Andrea from the Darling Buds singing the first Mary Chain album . |
| 11 | er and only because of what I different pitch it is on the phone . |
| 12 | She began to ask Simon her usual questions and found that he drove a Merc , preferred cacti to ferns and voted Labour but only because there was no alternative . |
| 13 | The Dodge stays flat enough but only because the tyres are n't capable of generating the lateral forces of the Vauxhall . |
| 14 | Yes , I agree , ‘ if you mentioned clubs to most indie bands 18 months ago they would have spat in your face ’ , but only because the elitists controlled it . |
| 15 | It was a photo-opportunity for everyone but only because they genuinely wanted to be there , and to have their picture taken . |
| 16 | But only because of the awful calamity of Hillsborough and only because a man of the intellect and vision of Lord Justice Taylor was asked for his opinion . |
| 17 | This was a road Henley avoided but only because its founding capital was provided by bondholders rather than shareholders . |
| 18 | if we demand freedom of secession for the Mongolians , Persians , Egyptians and all other oppressed and unequal nations without exception , we do so not because we favour secession , but only because we stand for free , voluntary association and merging as distinct from forcible association . |
| 19 | One Christmas , Mother managed to find the time to make me a dolly , but only because I pestered . |
| 20 | George Bush is our man of the month , but only because we 're not American |
| 21 | Like the donkey it is despised by its enemies and mistreated by its friends , but only because it is bound to be treated unfairly when it is seen unrealistically . |
| 22 | But , yes , I do use Pedulla basses , but only because the neck is comfortable for me . |
| 23 | If all this sounds like over-egged exhibitionism at the expense of the music , then it probably is , but only because songs like ‘ Crackerjack ’ and the next single ‘ Take It ’ — with its Rude Boy quotes and even a wah-wah guitar solo are belters . |
| 24 | The reserves are shown to increase by £1m that year , but only because of the sale of some farms and houses . |
| 25 | In the event there was no recovery , but only because the judge found that the auditors ' negligence had not caused the plaintiff 's loss . |
| 26 | Top public sector earners such as judges , senior officials and forces top brass will get a 2.9 per cent rise but only because it was negotiated last year as part of a phased increase for 1992 . |
| 27 | This is not my first question to TUMBLEWEED , but only because their punk credentials are such to make it pointless . |
| 28 | At Christie 's on Wednesday 18 November , the results were more successful but only because consignors had been squeezed to lower their reserves . |
| 29 | The company came a long way in the 1980s , but only because the leopard changed its spots by making the transition from selection to search . |
| 30 | In that society the rightness or wrongness of an action does in a sense simply follow from the facts of the case , but only because its language incorporates values which the attitudinist will see as rationally detachable from beliefs of a genuinely factual nature . |