Example sentences of "but because [pers pn] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There is a facility to download information directly from the general ledger , but because we have a variety of different general ledgers and structures , it is left to the unit to sort it out . ’ |
| 2 | But because they have to leave by 10pm , all they have time for are the basic tasks , such as cooking dinner , feeding Elaine , taking off her make-up and getting her ready for bed . |
| 3 | ‘ farmers do not make the best Group Organisers : not because they are less effective but because they have insufficient time ’ ( this from seven respondents ) |
| 4 | The west of Ireland still enjoys rich ‘ mossy ’ and lichen-covered woods ( and even a lichen-eating and spotted Kerry slug ) , not just because areas such as Killarney have a moist climate but because they have so far escaped most of Europe 's pollution . |
| 5 | But because they have not reached agreement with the Press Association who supply newspapers with the racecards , it wo n't reach much further than racecourse punters who buy an official card . |
| 6 | Even when they deal with upper/middle class offenders , as in Columbo , it is not because they have committed corporate crimes , but because they have committed the stereotypical conventional crime of murder . |
| 7 | And not because the imperialists have become wiser and kinder , but because they have become weaker , because the camp of peace is now strong as never before . ’ |
| 8 | In other words , party leaders in the UK are selected from experienced national politicians whose competence and party loyalty have been regularly tried and tested , who have been subject to a careful process of peer review and have come to the fore not as a result of their electoral appeal , but because they have won the confidence of the people with whom they would have to work in government . |
| 9 | The dictator ( to look at one of Keith Graham 's examples ) who allowed everyone to decide for themselves what they wanted and then told them what they must do , is violating their autonomy not because their wants and needs are not realised in action , but because they have been coerced into doing something they do not want . |
| 10 | It was pointed out during the workshop that women have always been flexible in terms of employment , but because they have to be rather than because they want to be . |
| 11 | Nevertheless , any account of the undergraduate curriculum has to address such issues , not because the questions must be asked , but because they have already been answered — in the institutional , professional and curricular structures that exist — and these answers must be examined . |
| 12 | Men have provided us with a false picture of the world … not just because their view is so limited , but because they have insisted that their limited view is the total view . |
| 13 | Dewdrops , on the other hand , exist , not because they are durable , but because they have only just come into existence and have not yet had time to evaporate . |
| 14 | People who make such assertions do so not so much on a scientific basis , but because they have another axe to grind . |
| 15 | I think it is most likely that the Course will be completed by then but because they have to have their final papers in , the week or two before , it may be that they will be staying on to around that time . |
| 16 | But because they have less control over muscles , it 's harder for them to form words and sounds . |
| 17 | They have as much interest in learning to talk as any other child , but because they have less control over the muscles in the mouth , it 's harder for them to express themselves . |
| 18 | The dogs need lots of exercise , but because they have now reached their age of retirement and have been reared as pets they are not suitable for shows . |
| 19 | The chilling pictures of tiny James Bulger being led away to a brutal death have touched millions , not just because of the tragedy that befell a little boy but because they have made people realise how much their own lives have become defiled by fear of crime . |
| 20 | ‘ But because you have no concept of how to relate to people on anything other than a superficial level , you have a terrible shock when you get into a situation like marriage and find that it does n't live up to your fantasies . |
| 21 | when I wanted some help or who to invite to meetings but because I have n't got a reply from everyone or most people , it ca n't work does it ? |
| 22 | Not that I am deliberately distorting or mis-speaking our findings , but because I have selected and imposed an order on the research which suits my theoretical and creative purposes and which therefore paints nature in the colours in which I wish to view it . |
| 23 | is n't necessary for me to do my job , but because I have a personal interest . |
| 24 | ‘ I am Betty 's pusher but because I have had a hip replacement I am limited in the amount I can walk , ’ said Mr Richardson . |