Example sentences of "only because [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The club have twice narrowly avoided relegation in the last three years , and survived last season only because of a bright start , but have yet to pick up a point in the present campaign after playing five league games . |
| 2 | On April 22nd Daimler announced a 5% rise in sales to DM85.5 billion ( $53 billion ) in 1990 , though operating profits fell by 10% ; the company had a 6% rise in net earnings , to DM1.8 billion , only because of a lower tax bill . |
| 3 | Even so he only mentions the art of Gandhara , and this only because of a supposed influence on it by Classical art which he says ‘ helped the Indians to create an image of their saviours ’ . |
| 4 | It failed to explode only because of a faulty detonator . |
| 5 | Another is that it has survived this far only because of a remarkable social cohesiveness ( in which traditional fatalistic passivity may have played an important part ) . |
| 6 | To say that they were here only because of a hunch would not do at all . |
| 7 | We were able to do the hall or we 'd still be nowhere with it , only because of a donation of thirty thousand pounds quite out of the blue , from the London Glassworkers ' Company which meant we did n't expect it . |
| 8 | An agreement which could have secured the votes of the party 's 21 MPs was scuppered only because of a row over Wales . |
| 9 | ‘ It was only because of the glass . |
| 10 | Differentiating modes of access seems relevant only because of the covert assumption that different ways of knowing feel different — that is , what it is like to have those experiences is different . |
| 11 | One thought succeeds only because of the relations that it has to innumerable other potential thoughts . |
| 12 | Where a rural freight branch has survived , this is only because of the presence of a major user , such as Blue Circle Cement at Eastgate , Associated Octel at Amlwch and Esso at Fawley . |
| 13 | The twenty–three–mile branch line from Northallerton has survived only because of the Tarmac quarry terminal located at Redmire , supplying limestone for use as flux in the steel–making process . |
| 14 | In principle it is extremely desirable , not only because of the basic ‘ otherness ’ of foreign poetry , but because such knowledge gives one a better sense of what English poetry can and can not do . |
| 15 | They have decided not to declare the company in default for the time being only because of the continuing discussions between Eurotunnel and the contractors , Transmanche Link . |
| 16 | According to Mr Abbell , his case is of interest only because of the nature of his clients . |
| 17 | The Historic Buildings Council was unable to increase its grant to pay for this work and it was only because of the intervention of the chairman of the planning committee that an exceptional grant to cover the extra cost was obtained from Southwark Council . |
| 18 | The journalist 's solicitor , Mr Geoffrey Bindman , added that he was ‘ very satisfied ’ at the outcome , not only because of the merits of the case but because his client had not had a chance to put his case against Mr Justice Hoffman 's earlier ruling to give up his notes . |
| 19 | The effects of oil pollution on marine mammals are more severe in colder waters , not only because of the much longer time required for the oil to break down , but also because concentrations of cetaceans and other marine mammals are often larger in polar waters . |
| 20 | Bulls argue there are increasing signs that America 's manufacturers may be pulling out of last year 's recession , when the whole economy kept growing only because of the dominant service industries . |
| 21 | Umbilical hose systems sound expensive , if only because of the long sections of pipe needed . |
| 22 | The point he missed was that they did not tax because they did not need to tax ; he despised the Scottish crown for its failure to collect the infamous taille , but this had , after all , been introduced to France only because of the need to finance military expeditions . |
| 23 | We walked along the dry bed of the Guadalfeo ( ugly ) River : ugly only because of the plastic bags , bottles and other rubbish which had been tipped there . |
| 24 | If Norman Lamont keeps the job of Chancellor ( and he might do so only because of the shortlist of alternative candidates is embarrassingly short ) he may decide to delay the next cut in interest rates for long enough to convince the markets that he is serious about wanting to move sterling into narrow bands in the European exchange rate mechanism at its middle rate of Dm2.95 . |
| 25 | But only because of the awful calamity of Hillsborough and only because a man of the intellect and vision of Lord Justice Taylor was asked for his opinion . |
| 26 | Much of the available employment is seasonal , not only because of the importance of tourism but also because the harsh winter restricts such activities as construction , farming and fishing . |
| 27 | The areas designated in the EEC Council Directive 75/268 extend to 34.28 million hectares ( m ha ) and are of significance in all countries of the EEC Nine not only because of the overall proportion of land but also because of their importance in animal production ( Table 1 ) . |
| 28 | 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 ) . |
| 29 | Some of the activities and resources are such that the parties engage or wish to engage in them or possess them only because of the conflict . |
| 30 | 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 . |