Example sentences of "but because [pers pn] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Technical terms are not ends in themselves , but because they facilitate discussion , they do need to be explicitly taught . |
| 2 | The important point here is that Aristotle 's women are not autonomous , not because they lack abilities or capacities but because they lack authority ; that is , their right to make decisions , to speak for themselves is not acknowledged . |
| 3 | Most pay them on the same rates of pay , but because they lack seniority and are usually filling low-skilled , entry-level positions , seasonal workers ' actual earnings are usually lower than those of comparable regular workers . |
| 4 | I believe in low taxes not just because they ignite enterprise — the spark of economic growth — but because they put power and choice where it belongs : in your hands . |
| 5 | These junior institutions are the preparatory schools of the prisons , not because they train criminals , but because they train youngsters to cope with a regime which denies tenderness , warmth and the right to weep with and for your own pain . |
| 6 | I 'm afraid they do , but because they perceive television as entertainment , it goes right over their heads . |
| 7 | Labour 's economic policies are wrong , not chiefly because they are still preoccupied with redistributing wealth ( although they are ) , but because they reflect Labour 's conviction that public rather than private spending offers a route to national prosperity . |
| 8 | The practices associated with harassment are so jealously guarded , not just because they articulate a culture of institutionalized racism within the force , but because they form part of a system ‘ workers ’ control' against the encroachment of line management . |
| 9 | Meanwhile , Walter Sanders expressed indignation at Labour 's scheme to provide nursery schools , not merely because of the cost but because he thought mothers should look after children at that age . |
| 10 | I believed him to mean that he climbed trees not for enjoyment but because he felt danger was his natural environment . |
| 11 | Newman accepted , not so much for financial reasons but because he found England , with its more polarised divisions of class and attitude , an irresistible challenge . |
| 12 | I rejected womanhood , not because I preferred manhood , but because I preferred girlhood . |
| 13 | Franco reacted in this way not because Yagüe 's attitude posed any real threat to his position , but because it represented indiscipline . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 ? |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |