Example sentences of "not just because [pron] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The figures on schooling and educational background are particularly revealing , not just because they disclose that roughly 90 per cent of the country 's judges received a public school education , or that over three quarters had attended either Oxford or Cambridge universities , but because they also confirm that this social profile has remained virtually unaltered over the last four decades or more . |
| 4 | ‘ We had a very good season , ’ Walsh reflects , ‘ not just because we 've won something , but because you learn in the process , and it 's very enjoyable . |
| 5 | It 's not just because we 've had police officers injured . |
| 6 | It 's not just because we 've had police officers injured — we 've had extra officers in their all the time , but we 're going to step that up now . |
| 7 | I hope you will be with the health service workers , not just because I have the honour and privilege of being a national officer with this greatest union in the country . |
| 8 | In view of this , it would be no more than proper and right for me to talk in some in great detail about it , but I am not going to , and not just because I have an eye on the clock , or an ear for the protest of stomachs . |
| 9 | 2 I think she 's glad to see me , not just because I give her treat food , but because she 's lonely . |
| 10 | I do n't recall the good times I 've had at Wembley with anything like the same frequency — not just because there have n't been as many of them ( my personal Wembley record is played ten , won two , lost eight ) , but because when you support a football team , misery is the only currency that can purchase real ecstasy . |