Example sentences of "not [verb] [adv] because " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many people living in ‘ inner cities ’ do not stay there because of the ‘ community ’ but because they can not escape . |
| 2 | Melanie tried to grasp how dreadful it would be if Finn were dead but she could not think coherently because of the terrible sound of Aunt Margaret 's silence . |
| 3 | Lord Keith then seeks to distinguish the approach which should be taken in Webb from the ruling in James v Eastleigh Borough Council on the ground that Ms Webb was not dismissed simply because she was pregnant but because she would be unavailable for work at the critical period . |
| 4 | There are still many buildings that are not listed simply because they have not yet been properly surveyed , or have somehow slipped through the net . |
| 5 | A spokesman for the company , which provided cooling and water tanks , tanks for the pavilion said last night : ‘ I can not comment further because the situation is legally delicate . ’ |
| 6 | I had just had my forty-first birthday and had been going through a very unhappy time , not eating properly because I was economizing so much , and becoming properly run down . |
| 7 | Their names were Donald , Ian and Hugo , and they told us that they were extremely grateful for all the food but that the last thing they wanted was to put us in any danger : they begged us not to come again because there would almost certainly be someone in the village who would denounce us to the Germans or the Fascists . |
| 8 | But you know the situation is it 's like Mum should not expect just because Claire and Steve go away that it 's immediate pack your bag it 's gon na co |
| 9 | ‘ I did not show today because I have not trained for three weeks , ’ he said . |
| 10 | It also ensures that omissions are not made simply because you have dictated the letter so often that familiarity has bred contempt . |
| 11 | It was not made public because that would have been to give warning to the culprit . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ The importance of the matter is that the plaintiffs can not succeed simply because of the superior position of the defendant . |
| 13 | The Government was tempted to seek alternative partners in the Commonwealth and Europe , but did not do so because the Americans had so much more to offer if the MacMahon restrictions could be circumvented or ameliorated . |
| 14 | The sixth company , which does not identify key environmental issues in its planning guidelines , does not do so because strategic issues are not discussed as part of the planning process but are considered on a continuous basis . |
| 15 | Of course , in Switzerland they can not do so because Switzerland is organised in cantons , and the canton of Ticino , where Lugano is , can not afford to indemnify the whole collection . |
| 16 | Qualified academically to serve their people , they can not do so because of racial barriers bristling in their way . |
| 17 | Lothar having tried for three days to do the dividing , said he " could not do so because of his ignorance of the places involved " and so finally left that task to his father . |
| 18 | ( Sadly , the commission will not report again because the government has disbanded it . ) |
| 19 | A back-up safety system for the UK 's nuclear power station controllers may not work properly because bugs in the computer software have not been eliminated , according to a former employee of the company that wrote the software . |
| 20 | However , an environment in which people can not sleep adequately because of excessive noise can not be considered a safe environment . |
| 21 | Boswell had a fire in his ‘ most elegant ’ room overlooking the sea , but he did not sleep well because the sea made its wild noises , and the pillows were stuffed with the feathers of ‘ some sea-fowl , which had to me a disagreeable smell ’ . |
| 22 | This is because the skilled individual is normally working well within his capacities , he does not have to search desperately for information because he knows exactly what to look for , his movements are not hurried because they are integrated into smooth chains and he does not react suddenly because he anticipates what is going to happen . |
| 23 | As a result of living within the rigours of a farming calendar these people understood the imperatives of the seasons ; they knew instinctively that the day did not stop just because it was dark , that work might be slack one day but fraught for the next three . |
| 24 | Always taper your training down at the end of a workout ; do not stop suddenly because this can cause fainting or dizziness . |
| 25 | When I say it was a Government decision I 'm not speaking politically because whoever had 've won the last election whether it be Liberal Democrats Labour or Conservative all three parties were committed to reorganizing local government . |
| 26 | There was a library but Rain and Patrick did not meet there because her recollection was wrong and they blundered into each other in a passage . |
| 27 | If I act on the maxim that I will not do things which will hurt Mary 's feelings , that is not universalised simply because I will that all should avoid hurting Mary 's feelings . |
| 28 | You may prefer not to do so because of the risk of breach of confidence or discrimination . |
| 29 | Well I 'm not moving only because it 's the actually there is a bit more room is n't there . |
| 30 | The Steam Tank is an unstoppable mass of metal , and it does not halt simply because enemy are in the way ! |