Example sentences of "this be largely [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is largely because , once incorporated into the academy , this study had to adopt the values and principles of the academy , and develop as the institution developed . |
| 2 | This is largely because of its enormous potential for dating geological processes and sedimentary sequences . |
| 3 | This is largely because farmers on better land can stock it more heavily and attract more HLCAs , generating more capital to finance grant-aided agricultural improvements . |
| 4 | This is largely because he was mistaken about two of his standard candles : his cepheid variables had characteristics somewhat different from those he assumed , and some of his brightest ‘ stars ’ were actually highly luminous bodies of ionised hydrogen . |
| 5 | This is largely because of interest changes . |
| 6 | In contrast , overweight people seem to get much less strong and effective stop signals from the body , and this is largely because of the other factor , the major clue , which our eating-behaviour expert would be using in his ‘ guess who 's overweight ’ game . |
| 7 | This is largely because there has always been so much more speculation than information about the personal stability of Perry Farrell . |
| 8 | This is largely because of diversions in their career paths . |
| 9 | This is largely because of its habit of skulking among long vegetation like common snipe . |
| 10 | This is largely because of the subtle differences between its superb selection tools , which often baffle newcomers . |
| 11 | This is largely because money allocated centrally at the beginning of the financial year does not usually reach the city itself until the autumn . |
| 12 | ‘ This is largely because success for one becomes a bench mark for the other . ’ |
| 13 | This is largely because human readers use an understanding of the text that can guide the reading process . |
| 14 | This is largely because historians often disagree , and sometimes fundamentally , about what happened in the past and why . |
| 15 | The breakdown in sales of the VATable goods we stock fluctuates much more dramatically than do sales of books ; this is largely because of seasonal changes in demand , the start of an academic term for students , and the summer tourist season . |
| 16 | The differences are there at primary school , they would say , but this is largely because of the educational experiences of the children ( in and out of the classroom ) . |
| 17 | Very young infants are loathe to give up their precious bodily products and this is largely because children gain pleasurable sensations from not doing so . |
| 18 | This is largely because of faster construction and very competitive pricing which have made contractors more vulnerable to the financial effects of disruption . |
| 19 | A general degree is sometimes seen as an alternative for students who are not up to honours standard ; this is largely though not entirely the case with the Scottish ordinary degree . |
| 20 | This was largely but not exclusively an obsession of Congregationalists , much as it had been of mediaeval bishops . |
| 21 | This was largely because of the influence of Salha Mahmud , from Salah 's own lineage . |
| 22 | This was largely because the Dutch were conscious that they were operating on a narrow margin , and they did not want anything to distract them from their main purpose , which was to bring goods for trade and re-export to their great complex of ports , banks , and merchant houses around Amsterdam . |
| 23 | After the summer of 1921 the Anti-Waste threat receded , but this was largely because Unionist candidates were now on the bandwagon with them , demanding cuts as loudly as anyone . |
| 24 | The government decided against the enforcement of competitive tendering in the domiciliary services , but this was largely because of the undeveloped state of private and voluntary agencies in this area . |
| 25 | This was largely because the 1990 budget agreement — reached after a protracted and bitter struggle — had already dictated overall ceilings for defence , foreign aid and discretionary domestic spending , and had prohibited any tax cuts or the expansion of major benefit programmes unless specific revenue could be found to fund them . |
| 26 | Though resisters were often called " Gaullists " by Vichy officials or Germans , this was largely because " Gaullist " , like " communist " , had become a broad term of abuse . |
| 27 | This was largely because these were areas in which planning authorities were aimed at containing urban growth and preserving open country . |