Example sentences of "[be] not because [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just like salvation , is not because we merit it . |
| 2 | The reason the Royal Show is international is not because we say it is ; it is because the international visitors choose to visit the Royal Show and that is what makes it the most international agricultural show in the world . |
| 3 | This is not because I take them for granted — On the contrary I marvel every year at the miracle of that never-empty basket in The Undercroft and the crowds round the stalls . |
| 4 | This is not because I share his criticisms — quite the opposite — but because , like him , I anticipate and relish the prospect of my hon. Friend the Minister replying to the debate , when I hope that he will give a robust rebuttal of the hon. Gentleman 's criticisms . |
| 5 | THIS IS NOT because I climbed them as a child . |
| 6 | ‘ If the chairman keeps me , it 's not because he thinks I 'm a good chap or the world 's a nicer place when I 'm here . |
| 7 | So I hope you 'll understand that if I do n't include my subscription with this letter it 's not because I do n't support you and if I shop in Smiths it 's not because I want them to sell pornography . |
| 8 | ‘ He has left you a cottage in Devonshire , and he said : ‘ Tell her it 's not because she saved my life , but because she gave me a fourpenny cigar . ' ’ |
| 9 | It is true that Dicey , the LPDL , and later the BCA , allied themselves with the Conservative party , but this was not because they considered themselves Conservatives . |