Sentence examples similar to nothing chiefly because from inspiring English sources

She has succeeded chiefly because, whatever she does not know – her mother had a horror of female intellectuals and her nanny, Marion Crawford, had to conspire with her grandmother Queen Mary to get Elizabeth any education worth the name – she knows the power of saying nothing, and of gesture.

At any rate, when Rourke himself took the stage to present the best ­actress award, he asked the tuxed crowd if they wanted it "bareback or with a raincoat", a gag that got ­nothing, chiefly because the audience was too baffled by the surreal sex analogy; Rourke had to simply move on, before anyone could decide whether or not it was OK to laugh.

But the argument is erroneous, chiefly because a candidate's ability to win a state primary has virtually nothing to do with his or her ability to win the state in a general election contest.

Partly because it was hateful; chiefly because it was false.

That is chiefly because many officials were corrupt and obstructive.

"That has nothing to do with professionalism, what it does have to do with is a country in which the population is going through the roof chiefly because of open-door immigration and the fact that the M4 is not as navigable as it used to be".

The conclusion was such a disappointment chiefly because of what had happened earlier.

He enjoyed it chiefly because he could speak in a whisper.

Wade never forgot the experience, chiefly because he spilled ice-cream on the first lady.

This is chiefly because Menand usually does get it right, sometimes brilliantly so.

And enjoy it they do, chiefly because Seacrest appears to be enjoying himself on their behalf.