Example sentences of "only because it is " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not exactly , if only because it is precisely at this point that Volpone shows how the normal is parasitic upon the perverse . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I say this last , only because it is at the bottom of my mind , deep hid and permanent , not because it is least . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Such a circumstance would be most regrettable — and not only because it is one of the functions of education to dispel confusion . |
| 6 | I mention this only because it is possible , in the rush to get afloat , to forget that most essential piece of equipment . |
| 7 | This can not be a proper way , not only because it is irrational and unsystematic , but also because it is patently unfair . |
| 8 | On the contrary , standards require that the information system is consulted at all times , not only because it is impossible to memorise everything but also because it is likely that facts have changed since they were last consulted . |
| 9 | Its linear diameter is I 392 000 km ; it looks so small only because it is at a distance of nearly 150 million km from us . |
| 10 | Obviously , this is a total IFR aircraft if only because it is pressurised , so some hours are devoted to what can best be described as ‘ autoflight programming and monitoring ’ . |
| 11 | Like the donkey it is despised by its enemies and mistreated by its friends , but only because it is bound to be treated unfairly when it is seen unrealistically . |
| 12 | To understand the world one is in is to understand where it came from , and how it came ; and it is only because it is understood , or thought to be , that one can aspire to change it . |
| 13 | For many reasons , I reject this , not only because it is vile in its implications but because it is theoretically suspect and unsubstantiated by research . |
| 14 | Only because it is assumed that if people understood the system in which they were involved they would not put up with it , and it would not go on . |
| 15 | I mention this only because it is one of the dominant features in an inspector 's life , the shadow of which he feels at all times . |
| 16 | The normal bass roll-off of -6dB by 38Hz is low enough to lend a convincing weight to the majority of signals and if the bass seems initially a little ‘ polite ’ to some ears it is only because it is tight , with little or no hangover — the dual coupled-cavity technique really does give a positive ‘ start and stop ’ throughout its range . |
| 17 | Backed by a combination of sticks and carrots , the advice often gains credibility only because it is taken . |
| 18 | They have been placed at the head of this chapter only because it is the extreme case which so often bothers the social worker in consideration of what he or she might be involved in if the sexual side of the work develops . |
| 19 | All discourse is more or less reciprocal , if only because it is based upon assumptions about receivers . |
| 20 | London , to take the most obvious example , is dominant within the UK economy , not only because it is the biggest agglomeration of physical development , nor because it is the largest concentration of employment , nor even because on average and in spite of the poverty within it , it is rich . |
| 21 | However , by focusing exclusively on girls , researchers have ignored the important premise that gender has any cultural meaning only because it is based on difference ( Hollway 1982 ) . |
| 22 | Physics was chosen as a representative subject , not only because it is studied by so few women , and is therefore a typically masculine discipline , but also because it tends to be regarded as the most objective , rigorous and , indeed , successful of the pure sciences . |
| 23 | Agency working has aroused interest in Britain not only because it is concentrated in particular local and occupational labour markets but also because of the special status that agency workers have in employment law . |
| 24 | Now I understand that top level sailors welcome the one-design nature of the Grand Prix , not only because it is potentially inexpensive , but because it offers them an even platform from which to display their skills . |
| 25 | It seems " fair " to both parties only because it is not obviously unfair to either of them , It is rather like the resultant of mechanical forces pulling in different directions . |
| 26 | What these contradictions add up to is the paradoxical point that the ‘ frozen moment of loveliness is more dynamic than the fluid world of reality only because it is frozen ’ , that art is more vivid than life only because it is not alive . |
| 27 | What these contradictions add up to is the paradoxical point that the ‘ frozen moment of loveliness is more dynamic than the fluid world of reality only because it is frozen ’ , that art is more vivid than life only because it is not alive . |
| 28 | The school stories are still the major fodder of the magazine , if only because it is something universal to everyone in this country . |
| 29 | Is he aware that that concert is possible only because it is being sponsored by St. Ivel with a matching grant from the Association for Business Sponsorship of the Arts — ABSA ? |
| 30 | Does he agree that gas is better not only because it is transported through its own pipelines and therefore takes transport off the road , but because it is green-clean and thermally more efficient ? |