Example sentences of "but because [pers pn] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The definitions are , at this early stage of our knowledge of Myrinian culture , valuable in themselves , not only because they reveal something of the inadequacy of our own language , but because they throw some light on to the mysteries of an alien culture . |
| 2 | ‘ farmers do not make the best Group Organisers : not because they are less effective but because they have insufficient time ’ ( this from seven respondents ) |
| 3 | People who make such assertions do so not so much on a scientific basis , but because they have another axe to grind . |
| 4 | But because they have less control over muscles , it 's harder for them to form words and sounds . |
| 5 | They have as much interest in learning to talk as any other child , but because they have less control over the muscles in the mouth , it 's harder for them to express themselves . |
| 6 | It ‘ is more dynamic , not in the sense that it expresses movement ( which a noun can also express ) but because it creates more activity between the words of the sentence in which it is used ’ ( 1955a:75 ) . |
| 7 | Wheat was favoured , not merely because of its immediate importance as a basic food , but because it demanded least capital and least care , even where it meant wretched cultivations : only one-tenth of the cereal secano was farmed in regular rotations of wheat and legumes ; a quarter was cultivated only once every six or ten years . |