Example sentences of "be [verb] precisely because " in BNC.
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| 1 | In many cases , these are the earliest references to trading at the places concerned ; and in some , the record has been made precisely because the king is granting the right to run a market . |
| 2 | Mann 's series of photographs are compelling precisely because she conflates , on the one hand the ideals of family photography , the image of perfection — Mann 's arcadian setting — with the greater ideological sophistication of the documentary mode . |
| 3 | Very rare species have been known to be eliminated precisely because they are rare and would , in the collector 's opinion , be better off in a bottle in a museum for posterity . |
| 4 | Women are still likely to be excluded precisely because they so rarely exercise public power . |
| 5 | Lawrence Stone has suggested that this sort of argument is misconceived precisely because ‘ sex love ’ as the basis of relationships was first ideologically articulated in the bourgeoisie . |
| 6 | With both Rolle and Margery Kempe more is known precisely because both were articulate about adopting a life-style which answered to their spiritual needs . |
| 7 | But perhaps they are devalued precisely because of their association with femininity ; and perhaps it is therefore one important task of feminism to revalue them , even to celebrate them . |
| 8 | The technique of civil disobedience was applied precisely because decency was so evidently not enough , or , looking at it another way , because there was so evidently not enough decency . |
| 9 | She still felt that she was floating — or , more accurately , she thought that she was floating precisely because she could n't feel . |