Example sentences of "[adv] it [be] [adv] [conj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps it was only because of the Substitute 's presence that he added , ‘ At eleven o'clock , ’ and then turned away quickly because the technician was about to protest . |
| 2 | Perhaps it was only because of the narrow range of human activities which fell within the orbit of the ECSC that the member states had been willing to cede potentially substantial powers to the body which was the fundamental supranational element of the new organisation . |
| 3 | ‘ But if you 're disillusioned now it 's partly because of what I 'm talking about ; the radicalism of Thatcher that seemed so fresh . |
| 4 | this is a good word because it well it 's not because of the associations but it stresses the femininity and that 's what a lot of the sixties feminists lost , I think was their own femininity because they saw it as man 's imposition |
| 5 | If you were at Gatwick recently and wondered why all the planes were taking off and landing on the taxi-way , well it was all because of Rentokil Hygiene . |
| 6 | Indeed it is ironic that the weaker regions of a country tend to " catch-up " most in times of expansion , and yet it is partly because of the regional differences that inflationary pressures emerge and induce policies which prevent further gains . |
| 7 | When she spoke again it was slowly and with great emphasis . |