Example sentences of "not because they [am/are] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certain groups are better rewarded , not because they are functionally more important than others , but because they are well organised in trade unions or professional associations , having developed and used strategies and ideologies which further their claims for differential rewards effectively . |
| 2 | This is not because they are immediately transferable to this country but because they illustrate particular features of transition . |
| 3 | Rangers are winning matches because , from front to back , they are a side capable of beating the strong , not because they are regularly matched against the weak . |
| 4 | But so too may be identification with the other , as Charles Marowitz implies when he describes Genet 's The Blacks as a play which champions blacks ‘ not because they are socially downtrodden but because they personify two of [ Genet 's ] favourite types : The Rebellious Outcast and The Splendid Primitive … |
| 5 | Many refugees come to see the medical doctor or the nurse not because they are really physically ill but because of emotional tensions — headaches and unidentified pains , So we have decided to prepare a number of simple pamphlets on mental health and related problems . |
| 6 | For our part , we wish to step back from philosophical issues , not because they are totally irrelevant but because we believe that it is not necessary , from a sociological research point of view , to take them up . |
| 7 | We have focused on these three cases not because they are necessarily representative of rape cases but — because of their quite massive coverage — they set the tone of how the media reports rape . |
| 8 | These examples have been chosen not because they are necessarily typical or representative but because they illustrate interesting practices which are now underway to a greater or lesser extent both across different areas of adult education , ( Local Education Authority , mainstream provision , Further Education colleges , the Responsible Bodies ) and outside the formal boundaries of adult education ( an employment project , and the Trades Union Congress Centres ) . |
| 9 | ‘ farmers do not make the best Group Organisers : not because they are less effective but because they have insufficient time ’ ( this from seven respondents ) |
| 10 | Not because they 're tastefully designed , extremely cleanly built and a pleasure to play — which they are — but because both the guitars we 've reviewed have a quality of sound that would rival a number of US-made guitars costing about twice the price . |