Example sentences of "but because it [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Franco reacted in this way not because Yagüe 's attitude posed any real threat to his position , but because it represented indiscipline . |
| 2 | It led to impossibly puritan attitudes , a crusade against the enjoyments of the artisan , onslaughts on the bullfight , not because it was cruel , but because it wasted working time ; it supported an attack on charity as an anti-social habit , which merged with the bleak belief of later liberals in the virtues of competition . |
| 3 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that the encouragement of savings is important not simply because it gives security to the saver but because it provides funds for investment in the future of our country ? |
| 4 | A major problem is that many people visit a wildlife site , not because it is one , but because it provides access and a car park . |
| 5 | It makes sense for this alternative establishment to be pro-European , not only because it is in tune with the music Jacques Delors is making , but because it sees Brussels as a counterpoise to London.This is why it has been pointless to question the sincerity of Kinnock 's conversion to Europe . |