Example sentences of "but because it [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a start he 'd given up being a hippie , which must have been a relief to the Fish , not only professionally but because it meant the Fish could play Charlie soul records — Otis Redding and all — the only music he liked . |
| 2 | Do you have problems with obesity , he asked the steward on the Desert Wind , the train so called not because of dietary angst but because it crosses the Mojave on the way from LA to Chicago . |
| 3 | The faculty also opposed the move to extend the rights of audience to suitably qualified solicitors , ‘ not to protect a monopoly ’ , but because it felt the administration of justice might suffer . |
| 4 | ‘ Not so much because of the liver but because it spoils the effect of the first drink of the evening . ’ |
| 5 | It is political , not necessarily because politicians are involved , but because it involves the representation of organisational interests and has scope for bargaining and conflict . |
| 6 | It is clearly important that we understand the basic outlook of an individual , not because it is necessarily right , but because it determines the way that individual behaves . |
| 7 | Blyth Valley objected to this , not on the grounds that industrial land was being used for non-manufacturing purposes , but because it wanted the site retained as a green belt . |
| 8 | I like to use shell-shaped pasta , not just for its marine association , but because it holds the juices and envelops the mussels so well . |