Example sentences of "not because they [vb base] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The inhibitors might therefore be causing amnesia not because they prevent protein synthesis but because of their effect on increasing amino acid levels . |
| 2 | These junior institutions are the preparatory schools of the prisons , not because they train criminals , but because they train youngsters to cope with a regime which denies tenderness , warmth and the right to weep with and for your own pain . |
| 3 | The important point here is that Aristotle 's women are not autonomous , not because they lack abilities or capacities but because they lack authority ; that is , their right to make decisions , to speak for themselves is not acknowledged . |
| 4 | This is not because they lack interest , or are unrepresented in Britain : neither of these is true . |
| 5 | Unlike other family dependants … women are economically dependent not because they need care but because they give it . |