Example sentences of "partly because [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Surveys of painting , it has to be admitted , are more fallible in this respect , partly because of the relative simplicity of the means used . |
| 2 | This is partly because of the structure of catholic nationalism in the Southern state and partly because the national unity sought by significant numbers of Northern catholic nationalists is still on the basis of the reversal of protestant — loyalist hegemony rather than a power compromise . |
| 3 | The antiseptic , do-gooding pub of the 1930s fell completely out of fashion in the post-war period , partly because of customers ' understandable preference for cosiness , and partly thanks to the campaign in favour of Victorian pub decoration conducted by the Architectural Review from the wartime period onwards , and exemplified in the glorious in-house pub ‘ The Bride of Denmark ’ in the AR 's offices in Queen Anne 's Gate . |
| 4 | This he did with difficulty , partly on account of his bad eyesight , partly because of what in later years would come to be referred to as ‘ a learning disability ’ or ‘ mild dyslexia ’ ; and partly because he simply was n't much of a reader . |
| 5 | This was partly because of events that were going on around me : Kathleen building towards her retirement and , as was to become highly significant , Katrina deciding that she wanted to make a move as well . |
| 6 | 7.2.1 At present , general practitioners are free to refer to the hospital and consultant of their choice , although in practice this freedom has been restricted in recent years , partly because of health authorities ' reluctance to accept cross-boundary patients . |
| 7 | Meanwhile new credit was a record £4bn in August , partly because of strong car sales and also credit card holiday bookings . |
| 8 | This is partly because of the speech 's length but also partly because of the difficulty of showing the advert on the BBC ; even if the corporation agreed , the manufacturers would not . |
| 9 | This is partly because of the speech 's length but also partly because of the difficulty of showing the advert on the BBC ; even if the corporation agreed , the manufacturers would not . |
| 10 | Milan , who faltered at the weekend with a 3-0 defeat at the hands of the current league leaders , Napoli , have slipped to seventh place , partly because of the absence of van Basten and his compatriot , Ruud Gullit , who is seeing a doctor on Monday about his cartilage injury . |
| 11 | Many disabled , ( partly because of their disability and partly as a result of the inadequacy of public transport ) , are completely dependent on private or other vehicles to get out at all . |
| 12 | The costs of the preferred British Rail route have risen from £1.7bn to between £3.5bn and £4bn partly because of extra tunnelling insisted upon by ministers after protests in south London and Kent . |
| 13 | Mr Sommer also believes the basic offence of entering a computer will be virtually unenforceable , partly because of lack of police manpower and partly because arrest warrants for this less serious offence will involve applying to a magistrate . |
| 14 | As production began to recover somewhat during 1982 , and inflation to fall ( partly because of an improvement in the US economy ) , a less rigorous approach was adopted towards the money supply in the 1982 budget , while £1.3 billion in taxes were prudently ‘ given away ’ . |
| 15 | The government had to retreat over a plan to sell British Leyland trucks to America 's General Motors — partly because of a rooted popular affection for Britain 's ‘ Land Rovers ’ , partly because it had the air of a Westland mark II . |
| 16 | This was partly through economic failure , partly because of structural changes like the growth of plant bargaining as opposed to national agreements , and the extreme difficulty industrial and administrative bodies had in imposing settlements on local wage conventions and work practices . |
| 17 | It is just this which allows subversive potential to parodic repetition but which also means that the parody will typically be inflected with the ambivalence I have described and , partly because of that ambivalence , oscillate between the political and the anarchic . |
| 18 | Social security spending expanded greatly after 1979 ( see Table 8. 1 ) partly because of the unexpected and sharp rise in unemployment and partly because of the increase in people of pensionable age . |
| 19 | Social security spending expanded greatly after 1979 ( see Table 8. 1 ) partly because of the unexpected and sharp rise in unemployment and partly because of the increase in people of pensionable age . |
| 20 | Dissent increased in the 1983 Parliament , partly because of the government 's larger majority , which enables rebels to dissent without jeopardizing the government . |
| 21 | But over time the Conservative party divisions on economic policy became less marked , partly because of electoral success and partly because unemployment has fallen steadily from June 1986 . |
| 22 | ‘ You 'll like this one , ’ he said firmly , ‘ partly because of the water ; it all flows downwards , the whole garden works its way downwards . |
| 23 | Partly it is changing because women are getting more familiar with the industrial scene and partly because of the tremendous impact and influence of the strike at Grunwick Photoprocessing . |
| 24 | Planning permission for its conversion into a dwelling existed when the barn was purchased , but the scheme was particularly disliked by one of the new owners who believed , partly for the reason cited above and partly because of her training as a sculptress , that a simpler treatment , more strongly evocative of the barn 's original function , might be adopted and still give comfortable and convenient living accommodation . |
| 25 | Individual gas supplies were not provided in the services included in the rebuilding , partly because of the difficulties in projecting the resultant chimneys and flues through the external surfaces — the appearance of which was closely watched by officials of English Heritage . |
| 26 | Partly for this reason and partly because of slight local demand for living accommodation so markedly individualistic as apartments created in former textile factories ( which may not be entirely free from unpleasant associations ) , only one or two of the smaller , older and picturesquely situated textile mills have , to date , been converted into dwellings . |
| 27 | Following a tender competition , the offer from Fairclough Building Ltd. was chosen , but the cost had now risen to almost £1.3 million , partly because of the imposition of VAT on building operations in the 1984 budget . |
| 28 | The film was a big success , partly because of its openness about sex ( made possible by the appointment of John Trevelyan to head up the BBFC ) , but also because the hero 's class resentment brought to the surface emotions that British cinema normally repressed . |
| 29 | One suspects that Arsenal and Norwich are facing disrepute charges partly because of TV coverage at home and abroad and partly because between Saturday afternoon and Monday morning various sections of the media had built up a fine head of steam in demanding that the FA take action . |
| 30 | ‘ It is a serious and growing problem partly because of the man made nutrients which aid the growth of the blooms . |