Sentence examples for chiefly so from inspiring English sources

They were instituted chiefly so that the crown might gain better control over its lands and finances.

I might receive an issue of one of the magazines that I subscribed to chiefly so I would get mail.

The Nemorins moved to Long Island from Queens chiefly so that their children, ages 7, 5 and 1, could go to better schools, said Karene Benoit, 31, of Lawrenceville, Ga., one of Detective Nemorin's sisters.

If only because I felt better talking to the bloke if I had the paper in front of me … "Chiefly so that I could say to the guy: I've stared at your letter/review/paper and I haven't the foggiest idea what it means: please tell me.

These theatres were designed chiefly so people could consume food and alcohol and smoke tobacco in the auditorium while the entertainment took place.

Chiefly because so few groups exist to support them when they leave, or when they are released from prison.

One popularity poll last month put him in 46th place, chiefly because so few respondents had heard of him.The new government reflects Mr Hollande's instinct for compromise.

The mystery disease that has sickened hundreds of people in Asia and a handful of victims elsewhere is worrisome chiefly because so little is known about it.

However, for present purposes his arguments are interesting chiefly not so much for their elaboration of associationism, but for the light they throw on the development of Scottish philosophy in the nineteenth century.

Furthermore, the gentle reader is reminded that our authors were chiefly Englishmen, so the work tends to focus a bit more on matters important to the study of Roman Britain.

It is sometimes overlooked, however, that he did so chiefly by putting up Italian taxes.In the longer run, even bigger questions hang over Europe's future.