Example sentences of "[vb infin] just because " in BNC.

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1 I would not dream of staying here and making Shelley stay just because of me .
2 And it 's only because you said , previously er , that she was a sort of feminist that when , he said do this do that and she said very frankly to him do you think just because I 'm going to marry you I shall commit ?
3 But you know the situation is it 's like Mum should not expect just because Claire and Steve go away that it 's immediate pack your bag it 's gon na co
4 And do n't say it does n't matter just because you 're an amateur ; it 's important whether you 're a part-timer or Eric Clapton , so take it seriously and go to your doctor .
5 Decision-making will not necessarily improve just because the information is available : it may be ignored as many managers will prefer to keep to the combination of intuition , experience and judgement to make decisions .
6 Does n't , does n't automatically follow just because the president expresses a wish that it , that it happens .
7 ‘ We are not letting this drop just because the poll tax is finished . ’
8 As a result of living within the rigours of a farming calendar these people understood the imperatives of the seasons ; they knew instinctively that the day did not stop just because it was dark , that work might be slack one day but fraught for the next three .
9 But you did n't die just because you were taken to hospital — unless you were old .
10 An enmity that goes back to the battle of Manzikert in the wilds of Anatolia 922 years ago will not vanish just because something as ephemeral as communism has gone away .
11 ‘ There is no reason to think your looks will fade just because you have reached the menopause .
12 But do n't sell just because the price starts to slide .
13 She strained back , her hands scrabbling and slipping on the smoothly varnished cabin-top , humiliated at his arrogant assumption that whatever he wanted he could have just because he was a Venetian prince .
14 That 's a compliment , of course , but it did n't happen just because I was tall or that I was particularly athletic .
15 And proud dad Alex said last night : ‘ When I arrived down here from Aberdeen my then assistants Archie Knox and Brian Kidd said I would be silly to let a good player go just because he was my son .
16 Tit-for-tat exchanges between the communities of Cairo did not necessarily end just because a man had been killed .
17 Unlike babies , we do not eat or drink just because we are hungry or thirsty .
18 Equally , do not despair just because the path ahead is long and uncertain .
19 It is essential that in exercising the very important jurisdiction to grant judicial review , the court should not intervene just because the reasons given , if strictly construed , may disclose an error of law .
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