Example sentences of "not [adj] because it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The atoms are all ‘ frozen ’ into the random positions they occupied in the liquid , producing a material which is neither crystal nor liquid : not crystal because it does n't have an ordered structure , not liquid because it does n't flow . |
| 2 | How much this would increase the size of the tree structure and the speed of look-up , is not clear because it depends upon the number of words stored . |
| 3 | I 'm not interested because it does n't fit does n't cover the type of collecting I do . |
| 4 | A recent example is Smith ( 1989 ) , who thinks that Labov 's work is not theoretical because it does not address ‘ any linguistic issue ’ . |
| 5 | The concept of ‘ demand ’ is often not appropriate because it implies confrontation , the process is more aptly considered as one of cooperation and persuasion . |
| 6 | A third and more serious problem with ( 6.9 ) is that it is not operational because it involves expectations of dividend payments into the infinite future . |
| 7 | It is not helpful because it restricts ability to play with the full face of the bat . |
| 8 | Such racing is not good because it introduces an unpredictable element and is avoided in real system . |
| 9 | Depreciation is not relevant because it relates to a non-monetary asset outside the flow of financial resources measurement focus . |
| 10 | Christianity is not true because it makes its claims more boldly or more loudly than anything else ( or belief would be taken over by bravado ) . |
| 11 | Christianity is not true because it works . |
| 12 | For Athenian authorities , sharing of power and admission of non-state interests is not sufficient because it allows influence only to the articulate and to civic agitators — the minority who can turn municipal decision-making to their own advantage . |
| 13 | Many distributions show a peak in a particular age group mainly associated with taking on a large number of young people when the organisation was started or reorganised , this is not desirable because it leads to excessive competition for promotion at particular stages . |
| 14 | ‘ The study was not significant because it documented something previously unknown , but because it documented overwhelmingly something already known . ’ |
| 15 | The basic idea of evolution was not unknown because it had been actively supported by some radicals during the 1830s and 1840s . |
| 16 | It was big but it was n't tall because it walked on four feet . |
| 17 | But they they , that was n't accurate because it has to go up , to have fifteen kilometres a second . |