Example sentences of "rather because [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Inversion and substitution are intensely narcissistic ; despite that — or rather because of it , since Genet also transvalues narcissism — they extend tar beyond the self . |
| 2 | The by-laws were lawful not because of what they said but rather because of what they would have said if they had been drafted lawfully . |
| 3 | He wanted to find her , certainly , but not so much because of his job as a reporter , rather because of what he might learn from her . |
| 4 | Despite , or rather because of , the heyday of the shipbuilding on the Clyde and the ever increasing commercial traffic through the port of Greenock , the area had become a magnet for unemployed , and especially the ‘ cleared ’ peoples of the Highlands and Islands . |
| 5 | Any reservations held by librarians have been dispelled , not just because of their confidence in the way the clearinghouses handled the material , but rather because of the realization that free exchange of material can improve their work on the subject . |
| 6 | Scientists take their side in the battle for reasons having nothing to do with the merits or lack of them of the issues but rather because of their politics . |
| 7 | Nevertheless , we adopt the ‘ epidemic ’ metaphor in this chapter not just as convenient shorthand for an increase in heroin use , but rather because of its pivotal role in a theoretical framework which allows projections of future trends to be constructed . |
| 8 | Arthur Scargill was in no doubt that the government intended to reduce the size of the coalmining industry substantially , through a major programme of pit closures : many tens of thousands of miners ' jobs would be at risk as more and more pits were declared uneconomic , not necessarily because the coal reserves had been worked out but rather because of the perceived costs of mining them , relative to the costs of imports . |
| 9 | Before beginning to use a computer , many people imagine that it will be very difficult , and panic rather because of this . |
| 10 | The thread connecting almost everything to do with our consumption of animal flesh is that we love meat not so much in spite of the implications for animals , but rather because of that . |