Example sentences of "but because [pron] [vb base] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those of us who now recognise it as immoral do so , not because we are compassionate , but because we recognise the equal rights of humans and the duties that follow from recognising those rights . |
| 2 | Perhaps such interpretations are intriguing not so much because of their rather desperate commitment to the metaphysical primacy of heterosexual genital intercourse — that is merely banal — but because they reveal the tortured cultural and psychic logic which that commitment entails . |
| 3 | But then they hesitate in doubt , not because they spot a new snag about believing but because they remember a previous experience . |
| 4 | It is not because of the poor 's isolation from the modern sector that they remain poor , but because they provide a cheap human resource for that sector . |
| 5 | Young women now stay in the Islands not because there is limited opportunity to marry soldiers , but because they play a full and equal part in a full-employment economy . |
| 6 | I much prefer to find my own swims , not because I think I can find better swims than anyone else , but because I get a great deal of satisfaction from being able to study a piece of water , select a swim as a likely chub haunt , and then find that I am right . |
| 7 | These terminological changes are not made merely for the sake of variety but because I believe the substitute terms convey their meaning more pointedly than Marx 's originals . |
| 8 | is n't necessary for me to do my job , but because I have a personal interest . |