Example sentences of "not [adv] because they " in BNC.
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| 1 | The main reason Hillsborough claimed so many victims was that the fencing prevented escape , not necessarily because they were standing . |
| 2 | Visits by RCM workers were liable to be resented by foster parents — not necessarily because they had anything to hide , but because they felt their housekeeping and parental capabilities were being questioned . |
| 3 | Although these changes are usually the subject of fulminations against wage labour and the evils of rural or urban proletarianization , the conditions of wage labour may prove attractive to villagers and town dwellers , not necessarily because they are duped by promises or pressurized by taxes , but because of the very real specific constraints of non-monetarized social orders . |
| 4 | If Soviet women choose to ignore men 's dinner-time conversation it is not necessarily because they lack education : it may be that these women too have difficulty getting a word in and risk being verbally assaulted by men 's sexism . |
| 5 | But on the Carvin this is not so because they have set the on/off facility at such a point that only the ‘ send ’ side is affected , leaving your last reverb treated signal to die away naturally . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | They described their prosperous neighbours on the Soviet as ‘ very wise and understanding ’ , not only because they had proved it by accumulating a little property , but above all because they were pismennye , or literate . |
| 8 | They transgressed fixity not only because they were without fixed abode , but also because they lacked the identity which , in a hierarchical society , was essentially conferred by one 's place in that society . |
| 9 | The Americans forged ahead not only because they could deploy greater resources , but also because they were more ruthless in seeking out key German experts during the chaos of the German surrender , and in persuading them to work for them in the United States . |
| 10 | In fact they come under the grouping of ‘ Big Cats ’ , not only because they are large as cats go , but they roar and do not purr ! |
| 11 | If experimental novelists metaphorically stare across the Channel , it is not only because they hope some valuable contraband — fresh styles from France — may be smuggled through English literary customs . |
| 12 | Projects of this type generate high levels of motivation not only because they are worthwhile but also because they imply a high degree of confidence in the young people . |
| 13 | I have concentrated on the higher forms of life , not only because they are easy to observe but also to some extent because they have greater meaning for our own species . |
| 14 | Be sure to wear the correct footwear to prevent injuries to your feet , legs and back , not only because they can be acutely painful but because such injuries can take months to mend . |
| 15 | He had taken an instant dislike to both Bodie and Doyle , not only because they had bungled the surveillance job on the van containing his potential assassins , but because they dressed casually , more suited to a Sunday afternoon jog than the serious business of the Secret Service . |
| 16 | Most Jews hated the Romans , not only because they occupied the country by force but because they were also Gentiles ( non-Jews ) . |
| 17 | State provision is important for many elderly people , not only because they have to rely on a retirement or supplementary pension in the absence of income from employment or from an occupational pension , but also because they need the health and social services provided by the welfare state . |
| 18 | Needless to say a considerable number of indignant gallery owners have protested , not only because they have been demoted , but because the list which contains the details about which gallery is in which category has been widely circulated . |
| 19 | Krashen 's ( 1981 ) views are particularly relevant to the study of BSL , not only because they lay the base for a fundamental re-examination of teaching methods ( see appendix 2 ) but because they allow us to understand more clearly the language learning problems of BSL acquirers . |
| 20 | Even if these steps are narrow , and only wide enough for one or two people , they need a handrail ; not only because they get slippery when wet , but also because the earth gets pressed below the level of the wooden supporting boards , which could trip the unwary . |
| 21 | They are going it alone not only because they happened to " get caught out " , but because it is an alternative to aimless adolescence on the dole . |
| 22 | Quality circles have been seen as a major achievement of the Japanese system , and not only because they serve as a substitute for quality surveillance as a separate management function . |
| 23 | Once employed , they became difficult to dismiss either for reasons of inefficiency or economy , not only because they felt that they had acquired a vested interest in the job , but also because they " possessed information which would have been very useful to the union 's opponents " . |
| 24 | This is not only because they face a " bull market " for their skills , but also because they are a small and homogeneous population . |
| 25 | The Bogsiders felt that they had won — not only because they had kept the RUC out of their area but because they had forced the British Army to intervene . |
| 26 | The definitions are , at this early stage of our knowledge of Myrinian culture , valuable in themselves , not only because they reveal something of the inadequacy of our own language , but because they throw some light on to the mysteries of an alien culture . |
| 27 | In his opening address to the special session Kaifu promised to submit legislation to prevent any recurrence of the securities scandals , which he described as " most deplorable not only because they … have seriously undermined general investor trust worldwide in the integrity of our stock markets , but also because they are at variance with our ideal of a fair society " . |
| 28 | Those who draw up that plan should include — and not only because they are nominally represented on governing bodies — a wide range of community interests . |
| 29 | Moreover , economics apart , in the countries of the Old World the middle class believed that workers should be poor , not only because they had always been , but also because economic inferiority was a proper index of class inferiority . |
| 30 | As John Sherry of Geoffrey Reid says : ‘ We hope we have designed a building which people will actually enjoy visiting , not only because they are there to do their shopping , but because the building itself is worth looking at . ’ |