Example sentences of "[subord] [adv] because it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Reik is actually the longest single river in the Old World , although only because it bears its name from its source in the Upper Reik to where it joins the sea at Marienburg . |
| 2 | The Neroccio recently sold in Rome has to be regarded as a forgery , if only because it bears a spurious signature and date . |
| 3 | The stored or potential energy in a raised weight can be used , for instance , to drive the mechanism of a grandfather clock though in most clocks a spring is usually more convenient , if only because it stores the same amount of energy which ever way up it is . |
| 4 | When the campaign opened , it was not immediately obvious which particular issues the parties would choose to stress ; but by the middle of the campaign it was clear that the Conservatives were focusing on defence issues where their policy was so much more popular than Labour 's , if only because it seemed so much simpler to explain . |
| 5 | Although not strictly speaking within the scope of this book , since it is an entirely artificial substance , enamel needs to be mentioned if only because it served as an alternative to natural stones in enriching jewellery and other symbolic objects . |
| 6 | James 's own description of the accident is worth repeating , if only because it shows how much ( and how little ) racing drivers really observe in a multi-car shunt : |
| 7 | The Boston text is more obviously an exhibition catalogue , if only because it includes a ‘ checklist ’ of the exhibition , which , ignoring the problematic identity of some of the works , distinguishes between works of art and other items ( books , tracts , pamphlets , etc. ) and also carefully identifies the status of individual exhibits by signifying their producer 's relationship to the formally identified Situationist group . |
| 8 | If I had to give a single criterion of that dubious category , the homosexual sensibility , it would be this connection between perversity and paradox — if only because it suggests why that sensibility does not exist as such . |
| 9 | For long-distance cruising , the Calibra is the better choice , if only because it has a more absorbent and quieter motorway ride . |
| 10 | ‘ Disability medicine ’ has not found wide support , if only because it has been ( wrongly ) interpreted to imply the medicalisation of disability . |
| 11 | Transgressive reinscription will always remain controversial , if only because it raises such disturbing questions about desire itself , making it profoundly social and thereby asking equally disturbing questions about culture , representation , and social process . |
| 12 | There can be no mistaking Aldebaran , if only because it lies in line with Orion 's Belt . |
| 13 | There are plenty of good reasons why nationalism thirsts for identification with ethnicity , if only because it provides the historical pedigree ‘ the nation ’ in the great majority of cases so obviously lacks . |
| 14 | You see it makes it easier for us as well because it means that if you do if you are there we can leave you in charge for ten minutes while |