Example sentences of "but rather because of " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |