Example sentences of "but because it [vb past] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a start he 'd given up being a hippie , which must have been a relief to the Fish , not only professionally but because it meant the Fish could play Charlie soul records — Otis Redding and all — the only music he liked . |
| 2 | The faculty also opposed the move to extend the rights of audience to suitably qualified solicitors , ‘ not to protect a monopoly ’ , but because it felt the administration of justice might suffer . |
| 3 | Their rugby was essentially unlovable , not because it was dull ( it was n't ) but because it had a rock-hard edge which caused opponents to feel intimidated before they went on the field — and sometimes with good cause since there were plenty of occasions when the ‘ manliness ’ of which Neath made so much was actually foul play , plain and simple . |
| 4 | That she 'd done what she 'd done — made this Will , that is — not to spite him but because it seemed the right thing . |
| 5 | Blyth Valley objected to this , not on the grounds that industrial land was being used for non-manufacturing purposes , but because it wanted the site retained as a green belt . |