Example sentences of "not because [pers pn] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Within Christianity bread and wine are sacramental not because they just happened to be on the table for a Jewish meal but because they were signs of the covenant . |
| 2 | It has always seemed to me that people vote in a new government not because they actually agree with their politics but just because they want a change . |
| 3 | Colonial tribunals were popular largely because they provided Sri Lankans with opportunities to use the power of the state , not because they efficiently enforced a widely-recognized concept of justice . |
| 4 | Not because she purposely wants to be but because she just do n't think she 'd to done it , do you ? |
| 5 | If then it would seem artificial to analyse and describe the whole process when asked the reason for my choice , is that not because I already have the vocabulary of pleasure to name it ? |
| 6 | I too have Windows 3 running in Real mode , not because I particularly like Windows , nor for multitasking ( which I obviously ca n't do ) , but because I work in the computer industry and need to be able to use Windows at clients ' sites and set up applications for them . |
| 7 | On Ferry Road , within sight of Fettes School 's preposterous spire and only minutes from the police HQ , I have the first cigarette of the day , not because I really want it , just to feel bad . |
| 8 | Not because I actually felt at home with all the ‘ weirdos ’ in there but because the shop really did look like my nan 's house . |
| 9 | That things remain unconscious , not because you never knew about them , but because they 're never brought into the relevant connections with other things that make you conscious of the thing in the sense of seeing what 's in it for Mrs you know , reports . |
| 10 | Literature is fiction not because it somehow refuses to acknowledge ‘ reality ’ , but because it is not a priori certain that language functions according to principles which are those , or which are like those , of the phenomenal world . |
| 11 | Thus the religion is adhered to , not because it fully meets a need , and can provide a source of actual enjoyment in worship and other activities , but because it provides a lifeline to be used in emergencies , when all other hopes of help have failed . |
| 12 | Not because he particularly approves of the exploitation of Henderson Island , but because he hopes that this latest development will force the government to come to some decision about the future of Pitcairn . |
| 13 | But , when I was asked to go on a demonstration years ago , I did n't because I just do n't see gender as a problem . |
| 14 | ‘ Maybe , ’ she thought , ‘ he would n't because I never polished his shoes . ’ |
| 15 | But I did n't because I quickly discovered that I was even more fundamentally opposed to unnecessary pain — and resorted to an epidural anaesthetic . |
| 16 | So if you complain about your council tax , do n't , students are exempt anyway so that 's alright , if you complain about your council tax do n't because it only pays for a very small fraction of what local authorities spend . |
| 17 | And it was n't because you suddenly remembered you were in love with another man , because you 're not the kind of girl who plays away from home . |