Sentence examples for much on account from inspiring English sources

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"Not so much on account of our own safety," Mr. Swift said.

You don't?" Ross said he didn't gossip much on account of devoting himself to football.

I would say no — not so much on account of the numbers as because of the nature and provenance of the act.

His painting style changed little during his life not so much on account of an unthinking conservatism, but because he achieved so early in his career ways of expressing himself that were both sharply delineated and poetically eloquent.

None of the others liked him much on account of his taciturnity, but Sam Beckett, himself no mean cricketer as you probably know, vetoed all attempts to expel him.

For a translator, even one as experienced as Michael Hofmann, this book cannot have been easy, not so much on account of the Berlin dialect - "Wat jibt's denn Neuet?" rather than "Was gibt es denn Neues?" - but because of the sometimes slapdash German, the scenes that maunder or run out of puff, and the garish palette of effects.

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It makes sense that we'd have so much food, on account of how much we love it.

When I was starting out, I was pretty much vetoed on account of being 5 feet 10.

In the same year The Times noted that the central pathway was to be eliminated: "it is not much used, on account of danger in crossing Broadway".

It's doubtful anyone has ever seen the president singing along, like legions of fans, when Mr. Springsteen belts out: "But lately there ain't been much work, on account of the economy".

Like this, from "The River": I got a job working construction for the Johnstown Company But lately there ain't been much work, on account of the economy Springsteen is equally adept at voicing disparity — the devastating chasm between those who have and those who merely look on from afar.

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