Example sentences of "[subord] [adv] [conj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Scotland , while the stamp duty change will benefit more homeowners than elsewhere because of the lower property prices , the change in tax relief will be a hindrance because mortgages tend to be lower . |
| 2 | G. eucnemus ( Fig. 8 ) differs from G. caputmedusae by the following characters : the disk is covered by hemispherical granules which occur more densely on the radial shields than interradially and in some large specimens the interradial areas look bare until examined closely . |
| 3 | Despite the pain , he rode better and harder than ever and in the last five races stood on the podium four times and came within 12 seconds of his first GP win . |
| 4 | The strange , rank smell was stronger than ever and after a few moments they all heard a heavy movement close by . |
| 5 | She said she sometimes longed to go out , to a disco or an amusement arcade and be with other girls , but her uncle was strict and did n't like her going to those places , and although she was sometimes lonely she could n't stand the thought of going back to that school , especially now she had been away from it for so long because anyway her friends would n't be there any more and she would be treated like a little girl and the things they had to do would seem more stupid than ever because in her uncle s house she was treated like a grown-up , which she was anyway , and she ran the house . |
| 6 | We leave Funchal on the Monte road , although more or less any road going up the hill will do , as they nearly all join back en route to Monte . |
| 7 | However , the relationship is more complex than simply that between overall numbers of people and of dwellings ( i.e. structurally distinct physical living areas ) . |
| 8 | The difficulties in these regions are extreme ; the growing period in relatively arid zones is often more than twice that in more northerly regions and there is a real fire risk . |
| 9 | It seems to me that we 're stronger fighting that together than apart and in the last few years a growing number of successful campaigns have strengthened this belief . |
| 10 | Augustine might have grasped the point of this formulation quickly enough , if only because of what he and Lacan share in common : a sense of identity as constituted rather than constitutive , an effect of the pre-existing . |
| 11 | Umbilical hose systems sound expensive , if only because of the long sections of pipe needed . |
| 12 | If only because of its sheer size , it is plausible that the cortex is important as a physical basis for higher mental functions . |
| 13 | The Electoral Reform Society believes most of those who have gone off the rolls are potential Labour supporters , if only because of their assumed strong opposition to the poll tax . |
| 14 | In open country , birds are easy targets for predators , and many authors have argued that flocking increases the likelihood of an individual 's survival in the event of an attack , if only because of the cover provided by its fellows ( Vine 1971 ; Hamilton 1971a ) . |
| 15 | And the pressures are probably much greater within the public sector , if only because of the difficulty of obtaining further employment in the public sector if one has been dismissed for disciplinary reasons . |
| 16 | At the same time , education , which had always in fact been a political matter , if only because of the vast sums of public money spent on it , became increasingly and more obviously political because of the politicization of local government . |
| 17 | If only because of Scotland , this was always going to be an election not only about who governs Britain , but how Britain is to be governed . |
| 18 | In so far as it was possible to control the number of children they had , a significant number of Victorian parents were beginning to do so — if only because of the simple fact that the fewer sons and daughters there were , the more could be done to give each of them a good start in life . |
| 19 | Granny 's visits to Bowes Road would always be very much appreciated by her little granddaughter Doris , if only because of the teatime treats which would attend such occasions ; as she took the old lady upstairs to dispose of her coat , Doris would whisper : ‘ We 've got blackcurrant pie today because you 're here ; we only ever have it when you come … ’ . |
| 20 | This must be a matter of concern for any group advocating a right to divert taxes on moral grounds , if only because of the ‘ floodgates ’ argument which it is likely to provoke in response . |
| 21 | Your chances of promotion to a position of responsibility in nursing and health visiting are undoubtedly greater in the NHS , if only because of its number of employees . |
| 22 | His commitments were divided between sport and education , and between blacks and whites , but he was loath to let his sports lapse if only because of the purgative effect they brought , as he explained : |
| 23 | If only because of the nature of the record , the wealth of the clergy is not readily assimilable to that of the laity . |
| 24 | He was potentially a useful ally and one with whom Edward needed to keep on good terms , if only because of his claim to the French throne ; but he proved unreliable and the expedition to Normandy was aborted when he suddenly came to terms with John II . |
| 25 | Some of the rallies were violent , if only because of the resentment which Labour supporters felt at the splitting of the anti-Conservative vote . |
| 26 | There are likely to be some nationally based organizations which will be deviant cases in terms of some or other dimension of the imperatives , if only because of the effects of more specific organization contingencies of size or technology , neither of which are considered here . |
| 27 | One issue deserving of attention if only because of the importance it assumes in the United States implementation literatures is the ‘ special ’ agency set up to concern itself with policy making and implementation in a specifically limited policy field . |
| 28 | Yet her small garden was green , if only because of much rain and leaves rather than flowers , and there was a little mossy stone cherub left behind by the previous owner . |
| 29 | The overall picture presented in his article is a little less clear than it might be , if only because of the multiplicity of interesting observations ( fortunately Bolinger provides us with copious examples ) but it may be summarized as follows : ( a ) Adjectives may qualify either the referent of a noun or its sense without simultaneously applying to the other . |
| 30 | Moreover , moving from the official to the private level , there was a significant and regular cross-border movement of ordinary individuals , if only because of the existence in both countries of Shiite Holy Places — in particular , Qom and Mashhad in Iran , Najaf and Karbala in Iraq — which attracted visitors , whether as a form of pilgrimage or to bury their dead . |