Example sentences of "but because of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Often the instructor or pilot knows the correct recovery and thinks that he is using it , but because of the unusual forces on the controls , he is failing to apply the full recovery action . |
| 2 | But because of the flexible nature of plastic , correct support is vital so the bath can not move while in use . |
| 3 | Dave is a dog lover but because of his army routine and duties , he has not had the time or lifestyle to be able to keep a dog . |
| 4 | ‘ We have attempted to translate the report we requested from the French , but because of our linguistic inability it has n't made complete sense , ’ Edward Jones , the acting secretary of the WRU , said . |
| 5 | An overwhelming majority were also in favour of the mixed economy , suggesting that the reformers are opposed not because of their policies , but because of their image . |
| 6 | In the past this plant would only have been found on the better drained slopes leading to our moorland plateaux , but because of man 's interference in this environment , by digging drainage ditches and lowering the water table , the plant has been able to spread onto the plateaux themselves . |
| 7 | It may be appropriate for the person who maintains the cash books to do this , but because of their technical nature it may be necessary for the accountant to do this instead . |
| 8 | The Soviet soldiers guarding the Memorial are driven in every day , but because of the sometimes unpredictable reactions of West Berliners to the sight of Russian soldiers , 2 RMP are charged with escorting the guard when in transit . |
| 9 | He is not impressed by the Prince because of who he is , but because of the man he is : because of his gift for talking to people , his tenacity and his courage in confronting problems that other men would shy away from . |
| 10 | British films are too rarely good , not because of national character , but because of a production system that is inadequate to the task of generating a regular output of full-blooded films . |
| 11 | I did not recover from the wounds inflicted by the dogs for two months , but because of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and kunchok sum [ Buddha , his teachings , and the monastic community ] I recovered . |
| 12 | ‘ They are both extremely attractive targets but because of the family control neither could have been taken over without consent and , to date , the families have shown no inclination to sell out , ’ said one Continental drinks watcher . |
| 13 | But is hardly less distressing to Israeli ‘ moderates ’ , not merely because they find oppression of another people morally wrong , but because of its dangerously divisive effect on Israeli society itself . |
| 14 | I have spent my adult life here but because of little pinpricks I feel I do n't belong . |
| 15 | ‘ Similar offences in the past have received a fortnight 's suspension , but because of the player 's disciplinary record he has been given this long ban , ’ said the committee chairman David Johnson . |
| 16 | Paradoxically , in most years the outcome of the Defence budgetary process is under-rather than overspending , and this is not because the accounting officers fear the wrath of Parliament , but because of what has become known as the ‘ Bow-Wave Phenomenon ’ , illustrated in figure 3 . |
| 17 | The original and present populations of all three species have never been assessed reliably , but because of their restricted distribution and the uncertainty of their numbers , the extent of their killing by crab fishermen is cause for grave concern . |
| 18 | But because of the economies of the crab fishery and the dim awareness of conservation within the Chilean government , the Committee believes that the hunting can be stopped only by pressure from governments that buy the crab . |
| 19 | It is just as likely that the market , left to itself , would not finance or build nuclear-power stations , not because of the greens but because of their poor rate of return . |
| 20 | Slum youths hurled bricks and fired shops not in support of Jeffersonian ideals , but because of their poverty . |
| 21 | It suggests to the black who gets the job , and the white colleagues he meets , that he did not get there on merit , but because of the colour of his skin . |
| 22 | Bacon is an ‘ empiricist ’ , not because of some theory which shows that sensory experiential knowledge is superior , or prior , to knowledge acquired by reason , but because of methodological concern for advancing and improving the first kind of knowledge . |
| 23 | But because of natural bodies we know not the construction , but seek it from the effects , there lies no demonstration of what the causes be we seek for , but only of what they may be . |
| 24 | It is unattainable , not because of the nature of things , but because of the nature of our faculties . |
| 25 | Dot wanted to say , ‘ It 's one of Mrs Hollidaye 's babies ! ’ but because of her throat , the words stuck like plum stones . |
| 26 | Plants are never chosen because of a passing fashion , but because of their constant worth . |
| 27 | There was a second marginal element , this time province-wide , which was suspicious of the leadership , not because of its class interests but because of its lack of evangelical piety . |
| 28 | Universe is neither predictable nor logical but because of its very nature of chaos , anything is possible within it , even the logic and order . ’ |
| 29 | It will not only knock us around on the slightest whim ; but because of its size as a mature horse , it may become dangerous for us and others to handle . |
| 30 | Short hair is strictly forbidden for me not only because of my culture , but because of my lesbianism . |