Example sentences of "and not just because " in BNC.

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1 It remains background music , and not just because , in Keith Turnbull 's tidy production , the players are neatly packed away behind Gavin Semple 's wonderful , octopoid hotel boiler .
2 He was sweating , and not just because of the stuffiness of the room .
3 Therefore , they decided to put their energy into a battle they could only lose , and not just because of television but also because they did so little on their own account to improve the cinemas , and to provide an environment which would lure potential audiences away from their increasingly comfortable homes .
4 Other countries will smell British self-interest in these directives , and not just because Sir Leon Brittan is the commissioner who dreamed them up .
5 I was really looking forward to the 1961 Birkdale Open , and not just because we 'd gone so close the year before , though I was dying to get another chance to go one better this time .
6 Commenting on his sexual abstinence Erik Erikson writes : ‘ It is of importance here that he gave up sexual intimacy for a wider communal intimacy and not just because sexuality seemed immoral in any Calvinistic sense .
7 And not just because as teenagers it is no longer that easy to keep them safely by your side .
8 He has hitched his wagon to more stars than a Romany king yet he 'd have put down lifelong roots at first love Manchester City , and not just because a ground called Maine Road was bound to be his spiritual home .
9 Clients were also causing headaches , and not just because of fees .
10 And not just because he 's affronted at the idea of a dragon beating him over 100 metres .
11 Jealous because Mellor , just 43 , has enjoyed a remarkable rise — and not just because of that friendship .
12 They were also disparate in economic terms , and not just because of the dominant size of Britain .
13 And not just because there is no extant reference to the sculpture from the first three centuries after the warrior 's death .
14 Laggan Locks , just along from the hostel , was very much the heart of the area for all our doings — and not just because it has a tearoom !
15 " I bought a second-hand copy deliberately , and not just because of the price … "
16 And not just because of the tale of years involved .
17 Feeling years older than when she woke up this morning — and not just because she had acquired a new , sophisticated façade of hair and clothing during the day — Belinda plunged into the middle of the party crowd again .
18 I wish you two lots over there would get your act together so that people who chair the meetings were of the right calibre for a chairman and not just because it was their turn .
19 Yes , of course you could , and not just because there 's pretty coloured pictures in one and not in the other although that 's part of it , that 's part of the presentation .
20 In view of this , it would be no more than proper and right for me to talk in some in great detail about it , but I am not going to , and not just because I have an eye on the clock , or an ear for the protest of stomachs .
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