Example sentences of "[not/n't] because [pers pn] [is] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She submits , not because she is threatened with or fears immediate violence , but because she feels helpless to resist in a situation in which he is all-powerful and she is powerless . |
| 2 | When she criticizes the inconstancy of women , it is not because she is overwhelmed by Pope 's influence , but because she has been , if not betrayed , at least disappointed in her friendships with other women . |
| 3 | Then people will do the environmentally ‘ correct' thing , not because it is thought to be the moral , but rather the practical , thing to do . ’ |
| 4 | Not because it 's feeding everyone , if you look closely , what it 's probably doing is checking how much food is in their gullets . |
| 5 | I do n't know , if you 're like me but , I must confess , I I get er , I would n't say pleasure , but I rather like those incidents where he tells the disciples off , not because he 's telling them off , but because I can fit in wi with what they 've been up to ! |
| 6 | He treats his actors as equals , and if he ask you a question , it 's because he wants an answer — not because he 's testing you . ’ |
| 7 | William is humiliated not because he is defeated ( he had half expected this ) but because of the shepherd boy 's refusal to go on hitting him . |