Example sentences of "not [adv] because they [am/are] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although these changes are usually the subject of fulminations against wage labour and the evils of rural or urban proletarianization , the conditions of wage labour may prove attractive to villagers and town dwellers , not necessarily because they are duped by promises or pressurized by taxes , but because of the very real specific constraints of non-monetarized social orders . |
| 2 | In fact they come under the grouping of ‘ Big Cats ’ , not only because they are large as cats go , but they roar and do not purr ! |
| 3 | Projects of this type generate high levels of motivation not only because they are worthwhile but also because they imply a high degree of confidence in the young people . |
| 4 | I have concentrated on the higher forms of life , not only because they are easy to observe but also to some extent because they have greater meaning for our own species . |
| 5 | Those who draw up that plan should include — and not only because they are nominally represented on governing bodies — a wide range of community interests . |
| 6 | As John Sherry of Geoffrey Reid says : ‘ We hope we have designed a building which people will actually enjoy visiting , not only because they are there to do their shopping , but because the building itself is worth looking at . ’ |
| 7 | Animals have to be cared for because they are important in the world , not just because they are being driven to extinction . |
| 8 | A great deal of publicity has been given to CFCs , not just because they are destroying the stratospheric ozone layer but because many are extremely powerful heat trappers as well . |
| 9 | In general , as we shall discuss later , data should be collected because they are relevant — not just because they are interesting . |
| 10 | A Tory friend of mine who has been trying to write nice things about the Conservative campaign has been tearing his hair out in desperation , not just because they are doing so badly — but because they deserve to . |
| 11 | ‘ such offences ‘ are the most threatening of all — not just because they are so expensive , but because of their corrosive effect on the moral standards by which American business is conducted ’ . |
| 12 | And they 're especially evocative , not just because they 're detailed period pieces ( just look at those sideburns ) but because they so often recall the circumstances in which we first watched them . |
| 13 | A man who keeps pigs too near his neighbour 's house commits a nuisance , but that is not solely because they are pigs . |
| 14 | Not because the current Duke of Bedford was obsessed with Canaletto 's work , not even because they 're very good Canalettos , but simply to cover the walls , and to be able to tell his friends he had them . ’ |
| 15 | Labour 's economic policies are wrong , not chiefly because they are still preoccupied with redistributing wealth ( although they are ) , but because they reflect Labour 's conviction that public rather than private spending offers a route to national prosperity . |