Example sentences of "[noun pl] and not [conj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rates , however , represent a relatively small proportion of total costs for most companies , and rate rises tend to occur because of external inflationary effects and not because of local-government policies ( Midwinter , 1985 ) . |
| 2 | But if anarchists are right to think that it can never be made , this is for contingent reasons and not because of any inconsistency in the notion of a rational justification for authority , nor in the notion of authority over moral agents . |
| 3 | It is true that during the 1991/92 presidential year a certain amount of friction occurred between Moorgate Place and the district societies , but it should be made clear that this was almost entirely due to the funding problems and not because of any breakdown in the relationship between the national president and the district society presidents . |
| 4 | She asked herself whether it was possible that , after all , one or other of the Josephs had killed Sabine Jourdain and whether it happened because she knew of the drugs and not because of the Durances . |
| 5 | A number of the tournaments to which you refer in your article had reduced entries because they are conflicted with other new events and not because of deteriorating interest . |