ne serait-ce que

French edit

Literally, “(it) would not be that, but”.

in part because, not least because, partially because
Cette année, notre équipe a plus de chances que jamais de remporter la coupe – ne serait-ce que parce que nous nous entraînons très fort.
This year our team's chances of winning the cup are better than ever before – not least because we train very hard.
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