Example sentences of "[adv] because it is " in BNC.
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| 1 | Specialist skills , apart from technology/computerization , did not figure very highly or very uniformly in responses , perhaps because it is felt that these are widely catered for already . |
| 2 | One can ask : does he mean that the horizontal moon , perhaps owing to some magnifying effect of the earth 's atmosphere , actually presents a larger appearance than the meridian moon , or does he mean merely that it looks bigger , perhaps because it is seen in a context of trees and houses ? |
| 3 | Any resistance or reluctance by the scion to take everything , perhaps because it is getting some of what it needs from its own roots , and the stock has to start looking for ways to get rid of the unused energy , and that means making its own top growth , which takes the form of suckers or ‘ briars ’ . |
| 4 | The army itself seems unsure of this proposition , perhaps because it is waiting to see who is most likely to meet its wage bill : many soldiers have not been paid for months . |
| 5 | Although the writer 's job is one of the most sought after , there are very few organisations offering training , perhaps because it is difficult to create a really good writer this way . |
| 6 | In principle , most people are in favour of more teamwork and better co-ordination , but in practise it often proves difficult , perhaps because it is at odds with the image of the autonomous professional who has a private relationship with his or her client . |
| 7 | But Gudrun 's admiration for Breadalby is grudging , perhaps because it is still in private hands : ‘ she spoke with some resentment in her voice , as if she were captivated unwillingly , as if she must admire against her will ’ . |
| 8 | Relatively few rural residents appear to rely solely on public transport , perhaps because it is not regarded nowadays as a worthwhile alternative — Moseley et al . |
| 9 | Perhaps because it is a fine example of the Flaubertian grotesque : it can not help being serious and comic at the same time . |
| 10 | Perhaps because it is situated not far from the Belgian border where stone is more readily available , it is a richly decorated late Gothic cathedral , definably Dutch in treatment but Belgian or French in design . |
| 11 | Experience suggests , however , that attempting to tackle such problems sympathetically may be more likely to lead to an embittered and protracted dispute ( perhaps because it is seen as an admission that there may be doubt as to whether expulsion is really justified ) than acting decisively and impersonally , refusing to be drawn into arguments with the partner whose expulsion is sought . |
| 12 | There is a tendency to make sentences unnecessarily complex , perhaps because it is thought that a convoluted structure makes them seem more formal . |
| 13 | Perhaps because it is of the very essence of human beings that they transcend any situation into which they come or bring about . |
| 14 | Erm I do n't necessarily think that a road running through that area would increase development pressures and basically because it is greenbelt , it 's not going to development pressure . |
| 15 | An attempt to revolutionise social attitudes is no less revolutionary merely because it is subtle . |
| 16 | In 1985 however , the Law Commission did recommend that a marriage entered into by a man or woman domiciled in England and Wales should not be invalid merely because it is entered into under a law which permits polygamy , provided that neither party is already married . |
| 17 | According to a recent RSPCA report , cruelty to animals is on the increase , yet , using one of the privileges of his beloved free society , he condones a form of ritualistic animal abuse merely because it is a ‘ tradition ’ within a tiny percentage of our population . |
| 18 | At the present stage of scientific development , it is surely sad that a healthy human fetus should be destroyed merely because it is not of the sex the mother prefers . |
| 19 | Evil should not be unrecognized merely because it is as banal as indifference ; indifference rather than intent may well be the greater cause of avoidable human suffering , particularly in the case of corporate crime . |
| 20 | Some requesting States may only accept evidence taken in a particular way and the Convention tries to ensure that a request for a special procedure ( for example , for verbatim transcripts or , on the other hand , for a summary of the evidence in deposition form ; or for video-taped evidence ) will not be refused merely because it is inconvenient to the requested State . |
| 21 | Unpalatable statute law may not be disregarded or rejected , merely because it is unpalatable . |
| 22 | We can be fairly certain that such a reaction did occur , not merely because it is observable among modern primates , but because it had to exist if young males were , in due course of time , to supplant the fathers , and this , for the purposes of reproduction , they had to do . |
| 23 | The reader will probably reply that the question is quite otiose because it is obvious that , as Freud himself pointed out , the oral region is of first significance in a new-born baby 's life , the anal zone is significant later , especially with the coming of toilet-training , and the phallic period is last merely because it is only later that increasing awareness of the genitals and the ability to manipulate them and perceive the persons of the parents causes Oedipal phenomena ( which are synonymous with the phallic period ) to come to the fore . |
| 24 | When countries lose their competitive edge , manufacturing is hit hardest because it is the part of the economy most vulnerable to international competition ( it is hard to import haircuts or dry-cleaners ) . |
| 25 | You 've got to pick the crews and personnel who will get on reasonably well together because it is very much living in one another 's pockets . ’ |
| 26 | Not exactly , if only because it is precisely at this point that Volpone shows how the normal is parasitic upon the perverse . |
| 27 | Suddenly , but predictably , the main actor enters the stage and speaks in a piercing voice , intelligible to me only because it is unmistakably one of alarm . |
| 28 | I say this last , only because it is at the bottom of my mind , deep hid and permanent , not because it is least . |
| 29 | It makes sense for this alternative establishment to be pro-European , not only because it is in tune with the music Jacques Delors is making , but because it sees Brussels as a counterpoise to London.This is why it has been pointless to question the sincerity of Kinnock 's conversion to Europe . |
| 30 | Such a circumstance would be most regrettable — and not only because it is one of the functions of education to dispel confusion . |