Example sentences of "[prep] least because " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its handling is far more predictable and involving , partly at least because its rear-drive layout encourages the loading-up of the outside tyres . |
| 2 | Malcolm , incidentally , after being the man of the match in Trinidad , took 0 for 188 here , partly at least because he persisted in bowling short whereas before he had pitched the ball up . |
| 3 | Management appeared to regret this , to some extent at least because they themselves were master craftsmen and committed to the notion of craft skill . |
| 4 | Britain after 1945 is full of people who live alone because they like it , or at least because they like it better than any of the available alternatives . |
| 5 | Again the number of Western representatives was small : there were only five papal legates , three bishops and two priests , but they were given the presidency partly at least because this council , though formally convoked by the emperor , had been called for by Pope Leo . |
| 6 | It was no surprise , therefore , that this schema was decisively rejected by the majority , in part at least because of the emphasis on ‘ Catholic Action ’ , an ambiguous term which in Italy , Spain and other Latin countries referred to an organization of the laity dependent upon the bishops , while elsewhere it was synonymous with the lay apostolate in any form . |
| 7 | However , I am not convinced that the most relevant biochemical questions have yet been asked , partly at least because so much attention has been devoted to the intimate synaptic processes involved in the initiation of LTP that surprisingly little has been directed towards what seems to me most interesting about it — the very long-term nature of the phenomenon . |
| 8 | Most people do not make their position explicit , partly at least because this is still one of the many questions to which we have uncertain answers . |