Example sentences of "but [adv] because [pron] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the station in which the unit is based ( not Easton ) , the attitude of the policemen towards it is not positive , partly as a result of their ambivalent attitudes toward sex crimes , but mostly because it is policed by women , who therefore are said to spend their time in Boots and Marks and Spencer , making it an easy duty ( FN 30/11/87 , p. 18 ) . |
| 2 | The Japanese came to Britain partly for low wage-costs and a welcoming government , but mostly because it is in Europe . |
| 3 | This is a very interesting proposal for BSL , not because we can see the conscious efforts of BSL learners to match their signing to BSL grammar but rather because there is a matching to English grammar . |
| 4 | A more structural view is that of Marxist feminist writers who have argued that the family exists , not for the harmonious delight of its members , but rather because it is a source of benefit to capital , since women can be made to labour for free in the reproduction of wage-labourers . |
| 5 | He looked scared , not so much , Owen judged , because he was in the hands of the police but rather because he was in different surroundings from those he was used to , the modern , built-up , Europeanized part of the city and not the warren of tiny mediaeval streets he normally inhabited . |
| 6 | But perhaps because she was thus secretly rejecting him and yet knew at the same time that he was in love with her , a sense of justice prompted her to help him in amorous efforts , to support him , to rid him of childish embarrassment . |
| 7 | There will be a few multiples but only because they are finished works which exist essentially in that form . |
| 8 | But only because they were there as part of a special home security training programme . |
| 9 | George Bush is our man of the month , but only because we 're not American |
| 10 | Like the donkey it is despised by its enemies and mistreated by its friends , but only because it is bound to be treated unfairly when it is seen unrealistically . |
| 11 | Top public sector earners such as judges , senior officials and forces top brass will get a 2.9 per cent rise but only because it was negotiated last year as part of a phased increase for 1992 . |
| 12 | In the case of 1-2-3 it is a tiny bit more difficult but only because there is no 1-2-3 equivalent of All . |
| 13 | She began to ask Simon her usual questions and found that he drove a Merc , preferred cacti to ferns and voted Labour but only because there was no alternative . |
| 14 | But only because he 's a friend , she told herself hastily . |
| 15 | Yeah , but just because they 're a rubbish band , does n't mean that they ca n't communicate , and that 's sort of the image that we 're portraying here . |
| 16 | Once it is accepted that principles can be part of the law for reasons not reflecting convention but just because they are morally appealing , then a door is opened for the more threatening idea that some principles are part of the law because of their moral appeal , even though they contradict what convention has endorsed . |
| 17 | You know I 'd be allowed to watch that but just because there was a film on |
| 18 | But just because I 'm a lesbian did n't mean to say that I 'm going to pounce on every woman that I meet . |
| 19 | Well he , , well , you know but just because he 's leaving he he seems to think that he 's got to upturn the , upturn the , upturn the term . |
| 20 | The Movement took against him , not so much because he had neglected the bureaucratic niceties , but more because he was ‘ a weedy , conceited , unattractive young man ’ who did not respond to exhortations to join the war effort ( presumably by swapping his camera for a pick and shovel ) . |
| 21 | The ship 's company from HMS Gloucester is advised to be back on board before dark because what street lights there are do n't work , sometimes because of damage , but usually because there 's no electricity . |
| 22 | All these economies were necessary not because the women 's husbands were unwilling to share the money but usually because none was available . |
| 23 | I do n't know why it is but probably because they 're always together . |
| 24 | But probably because I 'm comfortable I would say the estate agency . |
| 25 | Yeah well I I remember it was more a it was more or less like a feeling of physical revulsion er I felt erm on occasions like that , partly because of the person but partly because it was a bit of an imposition on on my on my intimacy as it were y'know erm so er |
| 26 | Wendy ; Actually we 're pretty lucky to have him , not only because he 's a whole hunk of a man but also because we 're all full time students which means that we do n't have to pay this new Council tax . |
| 27 | Conventional gestures are valuable not only because they often appear in the epics themselves , but also because they are universally recognised as a means of communication in real life and have been used on the stage since the earliest days of the theatre . |
| 28 | The weapons are expensive partly because they are made of expensive components , but also because they are time-consuming to develop . |
| 29 | One source of recruitment has always been the armed services , not only because their staff have already been security vetted , but also because they are used to carrying out dull repetitive chores and filling out the endless paperwork that forms the major part of any intelligence operation . |
| 30 | This is not only because they face a " bull market " for their skills , but also because they are a small and homogeneous population . |