Example sentences of "[coord] mainly because " in BNC.
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| 1 | Normally they were military officers , partly because the army provided a supply of trained talent , partly because they were likely to pay attention to orders from London , and mainly because the organization of defence was the crucial part of their work . |
| 2 | Unlike the others who appear and disappear as fashion and progress dictate , children occupy a permanent place in the list partly because of their continuing presence as a potential sub-class , partly because they have never protested and mainly because it is assumed that in favourable circumstances they will become men and therefore require attention . |
| 3 | Gene Autry , the first TV cowboy , now 82 , says westerns dominated the early days of TV partly because they had lively , cheaply produced visuals , but mainly because early TV was starved of feature films by the studios . |
| 4 | By contrast , says Clarke , the poor and working class within those communities have often been more accepting of those ‘ who would be outcast by the ruling culture — many times to spite the white man , but mainly because the conditions of our lives have made us empathic ’ . |
| 5 | I always come back to the Stones when I think of The Smiths , because of the camp , but mainly because of the way each band illuminates their era for us . |
| 6 | I shall therefore look more closely at their teachings , partly because of the ecumenical value of an awareness of their doctrine , but mainly because we can thereby focus much more clearly upon what religions mean by ‘ God ’ . |
| 7 | Through her mother 's staunch and indulgent love ( plus the fibbing extravagances of her wonderful imagination ) , but mainly because of Anwar 's indifference , Jamila had got away with things some of her white counterparts would n't dream of . |
| 8 | Partly because he seemed to have the secret of eternal youth ; but mainly because , unlike too many , he was into mission and not maintenance . |
| 9 | He had never asked about the child , partly from a kind of delicacy but mainly because he preferred not to think of her as a mother , and she had volunteered no information about Timmy or his father . |
| 10 | Earnings per share rise partly because the retained businesses are managed profitably , but mainly because the extra earnings are bought with disproportionately few extra issues of capital or debt . |
| 11 | I mean , I hate the stuff — partly because of its Thatcherite overtones , but mainly because it 's so utterly naff these days . |
| 12 | This is a topic which has been the focus of some scholarly discussion , partly because Leonardo himself is known to have visited the city in 1500 , but mainly because Vasari , in the second edition of the Lives , stated that Giorgione had been greatly impressed by some unspecified works of Leonardo 's which he had seen . |
| 13 | But mainly because he did n't like the place and believed that he did n't like Italians . |
| 14 | The reference to developed socialism had in the end been retained , Gorbachev explained , partly because it figured in the programmes of other ruling parties , but mainly because the term had been misrepresented . |
| 15 | This is partly because it is difficult for me to write them down but mainly because I do n't have an intuitive feeling for equations . |
| 16 | This was partly because of perceptions of the political complexion and potential instability of such a body , but mainly because Common Market membership would be incompatible with the spirit of the Commonwealth . |
| 17 | In even larger groups , however , this pattern was reversed , partly because of the nature of the tasks that were undertaken in large groups , but mainly because of the whole-class style of supervision to which they were subjected . |
| 18 | Education was the single largest employing sector but mainly because of non-students being sponsored by their educational employers ; |
| 19 | No new generic names has been proposed fro " Ophiophthalmus " partly because there has been no opportunity to look at all the material but mainly because it remains to be demonstrated that it is distinct from the genus Ophiomitrella as stated before . |
| 20 | She 'd lived there partly because she could n't be bothered to move , partly because it was cheap , but mainly because her mother would n't let her go . |
| 21 | ‘ But mainly because I believe this present Northern Ireland team is capable of hitting the glory trail again . ’ |