Example sentences of "[coord] simply because " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether because they had ceased to be pleased about her birthday or simply because they were tired , she did not know . |
| 2 | Producers responded to the critical backlash with a self-deceiving debate about whether British films did poorly because they were bad , or simply because they were suspected of being so . |
| 3 | Either because those in power simply underestimated the potential for resistance or simply because they believed they could in the end over-ride such resistance , industrial companies in conjunction with waste disposal firms ( and often in collusion with state health regulatory agencies ) dumped indiscriminately and with disregard for human health and life . ’ |
| 4 | Ninety per cent of women who visit the clinic with hair loss problems are deficient in iron through dieting or simply because they are run down or have been ill . |
| 5 | He may have acted in this way because the dog was worrying sheep , or because he wanted to annoy the dog 's owner , or simply because he despises all alsatians . |
| 6 | The government of the day will often let it be known to one of its aspiring party members that it would greatly welcome his ballot victory to promote a particular piece of legislation which it , the Government , does not wish to devote its own time to , either because of its controversial nature or simply because it has better things to do . |
| 7 | The fundamental weakness of this approach is that it relies to some extent on the researchers ' imagination as to what the future may hold , particularly about what new goods and services might emerge , either directly from the new technology or simply because its higher productivity may give consumers greater spending power and so create demands for hitherto undreamed-of goods and services . |
| 8 | I would like to open up more channels with the EC to allow us to articulate better why we do what we do , otherwise issues that are important to the 100 Group 's membership , like goodwill accounting , could founder on legal grounds or simply because people do n't understand . ’ |
| 9 | There was no trace of his usual cheekiness , either because he was seriously worried about his son or simply because he had no need to defend himself up here where he was in his element and they were out of theirs . |
| 10 | Your adult students have probably all got different reasons for learning English — to pass exams , to get a better job , for travel , or simply because they want to learn . |
| 11 | soc : … or simply because they remembered the patient . |
| 12 | It is an option that is not very often used , either through choice or simply because it is not much publicised . |
| 13 | Or simply because they had come so close to rescuing him ? |
| 14 | The recent Toyne Report ‘ Environmental Responsibility , An Agenda for Further and Higher Education ’ , commissioned by the DoE and the Welsh Office states , ‘ Everybody has some scope for doing his or her job in a more environmentally responsible way , and needs to understand the importance of this … but may well need more than this , either because they have been given specific responsibilities within their organisation , or simply because their organisation 's environmental impact is heavily dependent on the way they carry out their day-to-day tasks , and on the decisions which they have to take . ’ |
| 15 | At the beginning of every term he filled in a form habitually distributed to all teaching staff , requiring details of authorized absences from college ; for sabbaticals , or the marking of outside examinations , or simply because contractual staff-student contract hours had been fulfilled . |
| 16 | Some of these shots could not be taken today in this , either because building has made them impossible or simply because the crowds who congregate to nowadays to take these shots would detract from the scene . |
| 17 | You might think it would be for the prestige , the culture or simply because enough people are interested that all three performances are sold out . |
| 18 | Whatever the overall reliability of the figures , some categories may be less reliable than others due to particular circumstances or simply because the relevant subsamples are very small . |
| 19 | Anthropological knowledge can seem , and often is , dangerous and subversive — not because we are good at digging up dirt ( we are ) , nor simply because we document what ‘ actually happens ’ rather than what is supposed to happen , but because our ways of defining situations and problems often raise questions in our minds about the fundamental assumptions on which any institution bases its own definitions , and indeed the assumptions on which it rests as an institution . |
| 20 | I ask this question purely and simply because of all the children 's homes that are being closed , and these children need a caring and a happy home life and could the Board encourage church members to become foster parents ? |
| 21 | I hope that red tape will not prevent the use of the enormous reservoir of skill and good will that is held in our reserve forces from being available for use at such times purely and simply because Departments might haggle over who will be billed for the cost . |
| 22 | It was a decision which tormented him but was faced purely and simply because Mark Bosnich is now regarded as one of the best around . |
| 23 | And simply because I refused to write my life story in his bloody rag . ’ |
| 24 | Was it the case that he had not told Lubor he was having a business dinner with her that evening purely and simply because he did not consider that he had a dinner engagement with her ? |
| 25 | A great many people gave ‘ mind an strength ’ in neighbourly love this Christian Aid Week ; and simply because more people have worked harder and given more generously , over 41,000 will go to the work of Christian Aid with the poorest 5% of the world , where 176 in every 1,000 children die before the age of 5 . |
| 26 | And that 's purely and simply because they 're just not listening . |
| 27 | Not out of any idea that taking drugs was morally wrong but simply because I was already enjoying myself and did n't feel the need of any chemical additions to that enjoyment . |
| 28 | Here is the quintessence of Rough Trade , personified by toothless Scottish ex-merchant seamen , clearly chosen not for their specialist knowledge of haute cuisine , but simply because of their sure-footedness on floors that list alternately from port to starboard . |
| 29 | But until we study the life cycles of animals in fine detail , we can not know precisely which creatures depend upon what ; and many a creature has been wiped out not because its entire habitat has disappeared , but simply because some favoured site has been obliterated . |
| 30 | This is usually not because of any lack of understanding of what has been said , but simply because he has lost the normal control of his emotions . |