Example sentences of "not just because [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is not just because of the increasing domination of the visual over other media , as reiterated ad nauseam in discussions of the postmodern world , but is , more importantly , due to the specific characteristics of film . |
| 2 | An early shift was when the parish council in Stogursey , the only village within the official power station evacuation area , registered its opposition , not just because of the feared disruption , but because of the increased risk of an accident . |
| 3 | Kant is in favour of consideration towards animals , not just because of the salutary effects upon human beings but because cruelty calls forth the sympathy of humane people . |
| 4 | The distinction between direct and mediated violence is one of importance , not just because of the mechanical advantage achieved by the mediation of acts of violence through instruments of various sorts , but because an intention to act violently can be indicated by the display of the weapons . |
| 5 | Not just because of the extraordinary value it represents , but because of the unique qualities our auspicious holiday retreat has to offer . |
| 6 | Studies on the Monach Isles National Nature Reserve suggest that salt-laden winds affect taller plants most , so that exposed coastal plant communities tend to consist mainly of low-growth plant forms — not just because of the stunting effect of the wind — but also because of the salt it carries ( Randall 1973 ) . |
| 7 | They also tend to be middle-minded , not just because of the selective ( and , until recently , highly secretive ) recruitment procedure by which they are appointed , but also because in the course of their training and socialization they are imbued with a particular self-perception about their role that amounts almost to a consistent ideology ( Parker et al. , 1989 ) . |
| 8 | This is not just because of the inordinate number of calculations involved . |
| 9 | Finally , there is a sense in which these two enterprises in London and Edinburgh were perceived as particularly worrying not just because of the social origins of promoters and beneficiaries , or because of the threat to wages , but because they meant bringing women into the work-place . |
| 10 | This is not just because of the enormous scale of the demands which an ageing population puts on caring organisations . |
| 11 | They were also disparate in economic terms , and not just because of the dominant size of Britain . |