Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] [be] not [adj] because " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I 'm telling you Mr that I 'm not unemployed because according to the Government figures I am not . |
| 2 | A third and more serious problem with ( 6.9 ) is that it is not operational because it involves expectations of dividend payments into the infinite future . |
| 3 | Held that it was not taxable because it was not paid under an enforceable contract . |
| 4 | Or you might plead that it was not slanderous because it was true . |
| 5 | The court held that he was not guilty because the customers did not care whether the sandwiches were his or British Rail 's . |
| 6 | He argued that he was not redundant because there was other work available within the terms of his contract of employment . |
| 7 | It will if we 're not quick because erm |
| 8 | David and Geoffrey were perfectly welcome because they were English , but I was not welcome because I was American , so while they were staying on to see the May Day Parade , I was meant to leave and fly to Berlin where I would wait for David and Geoffrey who were going on by train through Poland . |
| 9 | Holyfield , watching Ruddock gunned down live on the American HBO cable network at his training camp home in Houston where he is preparing for his November 13 defence against Bowe , said : ‘ Sure , Lewis looked good but I 'm not alarmed because I 'm a very cool person . |
| 10 | You are kind of dozing but you are not asleep because you ca n't get to sleep because there is a needle sticking in your arm and you have got a drip going on and they come and change the bag and you are constantly feeling sick . |
| 11 | " Our legislation is copied by several countries but it is not effective because of an institutional weakness and , sometimes , lack of political will " , he declared . |