Example sentences of "not be because " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reason all this has not happened has not been because of technical problems but because there is no clear view of how government should a organized or controlled . |
| 2 | It was as well that she had not been because Marguerite looked most sceptical . |
| 3 | Any problems she has encountered have not been because of her gender , but because she has had older people working for her . |
| 4 | If I decided to play in it , it would not be because of $50,000 but because I felt better . |
| 5 | IF ENGLAND fail to win the Jawaharlal Nehru Centenary Cricket Trophy — the grand title ( which is accompanied by the unofficial suffix of ‘ Mini World Cup ’ ) presumably intended to persuade the public that they are about to witness something cosmic rather than just another one-day tournament — it will not be because of being under-prepared . |
| 6 | If the Tories lose , it will not be because of him , or the campaign . |
| 7 | If you have entered many competitions and never won a thing , this might not be because your work is poor . |
| 8 | If they say no , it might not be because they do n't like the sound of it but because their lists are already full and they are unable to take on any more . |
| 9 | Vivienne Peters , chief executive of the Telecommunications Users Association , believes that Mercury 's reticence may not be because of problems with the trial , but because it wants to keep the plan under wraps in the fear that British Telecommunications Plc will try to steal its thunder by pre-launching a similar service . |
| 10 | It is fairly universally accepted that Chinese is not related to any of the four other languages , so the similarity can not be because these words are cognate . |
| 11 | But may this not be because a society is an organic whole and the members could not live these lives except in it ? |
| 12 | Of course , a rule permitting the directors to defend the company from a poorly-managed predator would be perfectly coherent ( and might be desirable ) , but this would not be because the entity has an intrinsic significance that merits protection , but rather because the rule would serve the rational purpose of protecting the interests of groups other than the shareholders who would be adversely affected by a change in control . |
| 13 | She had been right to say it was people like that who do terrible things , and if Timothy Gedge did do terrible things it would not be because he was different and exotic but because he was possessed of an urge to become so . |
| 14 | That they did not was because they had achieved only conservation of energy in the sense that the amount released exceeded that contained in the mass of a muon . |
| 15 | That has n't been because er Authorities recently have been unable to assess medical and clinical needs , but through a lack of resources . |
| 16 | I 'm never late for things , I try really hard to be late , but I just ca n't be because we were told off so much about it . |
| 17 | It 's supposed to be dead , but it ca n't be because — look ! the tendon is moving slightly , the muscle 's quivering . |
| 18 | But they could n't be because I never take them off . " |
| 19 | But even if that 's true , it wo n't be because sighs are n't words . |
| 20 | They will say invest in whatever it is say Global Investment no it wo n't be because that 's tied to the Halifax Building Society but just say Global Investments as a name . |
| 21 | ‘ But if I take the job , ’ she blurted , goaded by the idea that he found her lack of sophistication amusing , ‘ it wo n't be because I like the house . |
| 22 | Now that ca n't be because I was that much better at maths because I 'm not I mean |
| 23 | It could n't be because golf carts — ’ he levelled a look at Nelson ‘ — are careening round the grounds with a complete lack of any regard for safety . |
| 24 | Certainly it would n't be because staff sit around the lounge at night and make guests the butt of practical jokes . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ It would n't be because guests are being gossiped about , and even spied on through binoculars , would it ? ’ |
| 26 | ‘ It could n't be because I am , I suppose ? ’ |
| 27 | I said what do you mean sh oh I did n't mean it like that I meant she ca n't be because I like her . |
| 28 | No , it wo n't be because they do n't do the , they do n't do an open afternoon if it 's a championship |
| 29 | and the reason why they did n't is because the losses at the moment are acceptable . |
| 30 | because I do n't speak to at all now and that ca n't be right and the reason I do n't is because I know the response I 'm gon na get , blank look |