Example sentences of "but because [pron] have " in BNC.

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1 And let us remember that as De Klerk himself said they changed not because as he said , we wanted to but because we had to .
2 ‘ 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 . ’
3 It was Nimrod , it was Nimrod with Univers , it was , except occasionally there 'd be Grot nine , not because you felt they wanted to use Grot nine , but because they 'd said well what 's this one that has n't got serifs .
4 But because they had taken out a personal accident insurance , they or their beneficiaries received a substantial cash lump sum just when they needed it most .
5 And even if it were possible , making debtors pay 50p to prove that they had paid off their debts seems rather harshly discouraging for them — it would virtually boil down to imposing a line on them not because they had been debtors but because they had now paid their debts in full .
6 Some of the patients with a curve in excess of 100° were no longer able to sit because of the pelvic obliquity consequent on the scoliosis ; they were bedridden not because of the Duchenne muscular dystrophy itself but because they had been allowed to develop such extensive spinal curves before referral to an orthopaedic muscle clinic .
7 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 .
8 Not because they had reached land , the line of tall thin houses beyond the quay , but because they had docked in French .
9 But because they had no hope , they were not jealous of each other .
10 Brutus says that he has no real reason to believe that Caesar would change his nature like this but because they had no proof either was it would be too much of a presumption to say that he would not change at all .
11 Not just because their popularity has grown naturally and without cartloads of bullshit , but because they 've wheedled their way out of Northern Ireland with a snarling guitar sound that benefits from an invigorating spread of influences — from techno to rap and ambient house to reggae .
12 But because they 've you 've sold it to them .
13 Not simply because they happen to run one of the best tavernas in the region , but because they 've always issued a standing invitation for me to bring anyone I care to . ’
14 And then Helena , Joanne and me would be sleeping over but because they 've got a dog I 'm not going to sleep !
15 but because they 've never been taught , you know taught to do that sort of thing
16 No wait , there 's three men , there 's three men and they 're all getting sent to prison but because they 've been good they 're all gon na get a wish .
17 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 .
18 ‘ farmers do not make the best Group Organisers : not because they are less effective but because they have insufficient time ’ ( this from seven respondents )
19 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 .
20 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 .
21 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 .
22 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 . ’
23 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 .
24 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 .
25 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 .
26 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 .
27 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 .
28 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 .
29 People who make such assertions do so not so much on a scientific basis , but because they have another axe to grind .
30 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 .
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