Example sentences of "but [adv] [conj] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the decision has caused controversy , it is not so much because of the principles underlying the determination of a duty of care but mostly because of the House of Lords ' interpretation of the Companies Act responsibilities of auditors . |
| 2 | His reputation as a superstar of search , as the king of Manhattan headhunters , grew rapidly , partly through effective self-promotion but mostly because of a series of prominent , high-level successful search assignments , in the course of which he placed more CEOs and presidents of top American companies than any other consultant . |
| 3 | The by-laws were lawful not because of what they said but rather because of what they would have said if they had been drafted lawfully . |
| 4 | Any reservations held by librarians have been dispelled , not just because of their confidence in the way the clearinghouses handled the material , but rather because of the realization that free exchange of material can improve their work on the subject . |
| 5 | Scientists take their side in the battle for reasons having nothing to do with the merits or lack of them of the issues but rather because of their politics . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , we adopt the ‘ epidemic ’ metaphor in this chapter not just as convenient shorthand for an increase in heroin use , but rather because of its pivotal role in a theoretical framework which allows projections of future trends to be constructed . |
| 7 | Arthur Scargill was in no doubt that the government intended to reduce the size of the coalmining industry substantially , through a major programme of pit closures : many tens of thousands of miners ' jobs would be at risk as more and more pits were declared uneconomic , not necessarily because the coal reserves had been worked out but rather because of the perceived costs of mining them , relative to the costs of imports . |
| 8 | The thread connecting almost everything to do with our consumption of animal flesh is that we love meat not so much in spite of the implications for animals , but rather because of that . |
| 9 | The elderly Fürst zu Fürstenberg has retained the last for unstated reasons ( just as he has also not revealed his reasons for selling ) , but perhaps because of its profound significance to the Romantic conception of Germany and , of course , to Wagner 's Ring cycle . |
| 10 | But only because of the awful calamity of Hillsborough and only because a man of the intellect and vision of Lord Justice Taylor was asked for his opinion . |
| 11 | The reserves are shown to increase by £1m that year , but only because of the sale of some farms and houses . |
| 12 | Students studying twentieth century history may find problems with certain types of documents , but only because of specialised language or the verbosity of the writer . |
| 13 | But only because of the dream . |
| 14 | Moscow 's decision to assume the economic burden of Cuba can be attributed to the fact that , by this stage , it had no other credible option in political terms , partly because of Khrushchev 's own extravagant statements of support for the Castro revolution , but largely because of the policies pursued by the United States . |
| 15 | When some of these were examined , they were found to be less than successful ; in some cases because of poor engineering practice but generally because of inadequate evaluation of the economic factors involved . |
| 16 | It is a sociocultural category of the highest importance , but just because of this it can not be empirically presumed . |
| 17 | The Jaguar had been parked outside his flat that morning , with the keys found on the door-mat ; but just as of his weariness and of his hangover , Morse made no mention of his gratitude . |
| 18 | But possibly because of his broad experience of both the public and private sectors , Cuckney rode out the storm calmly . |
| 19 | Bond prices have since fallen and yields risen , partly because of inflation worries , but more because of a worldwide liquidity squeeze which has caused bond yields to rise virtually everywhere . |
| 20 | He says : ‘ I am absolutely delighted by the honour — but more because of the people it has come from rather than the award itself . |
| 21 | Not so much because I do n't understand the subject ( that is no real obstacle to a lecturer ) , but more because of the time we are likely to consume , even if we keep a respectable distance from quantum mechanics and concentrate solely on phenomenological theories . |
| 22 | The shock and grief are not of his death really , but more because of his life . |
| 23 | Yet imports stay low , partly because foreign firms do not always try hard enough to crack Japan , but partly because of over-regulation . |
| 24 | But partly because of the diversity of the French companies involved , and partly because of the distances separating the various European companies working for the CNES and ESA programmes , ‘ catching up with the Americans ’ has been an important unifying goal . |
| 25 | I would therefore advise against taking any kind of drugs , not just because it is unsporting , or because of the threat of severe penalties on discovery , but also because of the adverse effects any drug regime has on the mind and body . |
| 26 | His ascent of Helvellyn is fascinating , not only because it can be followed in detail , but also because of his comment on his guide Partridge , from the Salutation Inn : |
| 27 | ‘ The fish do n't seem to associate it with danger because of the very fine diameter of each strand , but also because of its weightlessness and extreme softness . |
| 28 | That is not just because inflation is raging less fiercely than it was in the early 1980s , but also because of improvements in the way the labour market works . |
| 29 | But he inspired awe not only because of his military resources , but also because of his lavishly spent wealth , his splendid building projects , the perception of his learning , the magnetism of his personality which brought him a following of other ecclesiastics . |
| 30 | This is not simply because , unlike most other artefacts , they are often stamped with words , images and even dates , but also because of their quantity and durability . |