Example sentences of "but because [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not out of contempt , but because under the present circumstances , they 're a killer — people emerge exhausted ; you ca n't get artistic satisfaction . |
| 2 | British films are too rarely good , not because of national character , but because of a production system that is inadequate to the task of generating a regular output of full-blooded films . |
| 3 | This occurs not so much because the engineers are callous , but because of a blinkered approach by all parties . |
| 4 | It was timed to explode just 30 minutes later but because of a blunder the detonator failed to explode — the capital 's second lucky escape in just 16 days . |
| 5 | Doctors told her she needed an emergency hysterectomy , but because of a bed shortage she had to wait in agony for three-and-a-half hours . |
| 6 | The driver could have applied the brake but because of a defective ratchet , for instance , the brake could have slipped and as a result would not be effectively set . |
| 7 | The initial interest of political researchers into the question of what to do with the regions came about , it must be said , not out of concern for neglected political interests in the periphery ( what Tarrow refers to as ‘ regionalism as peripheral defence ’ ) but because of a trend thought to have been observed in modern politics which seemed to go to the heart of the functioning of modern political systems . |
| 8 | Instead , it is argued that they must be " impelled towards them not out of fear and guilt but because of a positive desire to build a better life for students , themselves and other members of society . |
| 9 | Finally , with regard to cl 10 , it should be noted that no obligation to permit alteration of the goods to make them non-infringing is imposed on the buyer , and that the obligation to return infringing goods , subject to a refund of the price , is only imposed on the buyer where it arises not at the option of the seller but because of a judgment or settlement relating to the claim of infringement ( which is presumably not entirely within the seller 's control ) . |
| 10 | Social services say the action was ’ not satisfactory ’ , but because of a shortage of staff , Mr Chandler was put in the trolley to stop him wandering off . |
| 11 | But because of a break-down in communication , the Probation Service , which could have warned-off the St. Lazarus group , was unaware that he had joined the organisation . |
| 12 | But because of a contract signed by Darlington Borough Council and the hotel 's former leaseholders in 1974 , the rent paid by the company running it is only a fraction of its market value . |
| 13 | Not through choice , she insisted , and this was the nub of her case , but because of an unfortunate accident . |
| 14 | Often the instructor or pilot knows the correct recovery and thinks that he is using it , but because of the unusual forces on the controls , he is failing to apply the full recovery action . |
| 15 | But because of the flexible nature of plastic , correct support is vital so the bath can not move while in use . |
| 16 | The Soviet soldiers guarding the Memorial are driven in every day , but because of the sometimes unpredictable reactions of West Berliners to the sight of Russian soldiers , 2 RMP are charged with escorting the guard when in transit . |
| 17 | He is not impressed by the Prince because of who he is , but because of the man he is : because of his gift for talking to people , his tenacity and his courage in confronting problems that other men would shy away from . |
| 18 | ‘ They are both extremely attractive targets but because of the family control neither could have been taken over without consent and , to date , the families have shown no inclination to sell out , ’ said one Continental drinks watcher . |
| 19 | ‘ Similar offences in the past have received a fortnight 's suspension , but because of the player 's disciplinary record he has been given this long ban , ’ said the committee chairman David Johnson . |
| 20 | But because of the economies of the crab fishery and the dim awareness of conservation within the Chilean government , the Committee believes that the hunting can be stopped only by pressure from governments that buy the crab . |
| 21 | It suggests to the black who gets the job , and the white colleagues he meets , that he did not get there on merit , but because of the colour of his skin . |
| 22 | It is unattainable , not because of the nature of things , but because of the nature of our faculties . |
| 23 | But because of the area involved it is best to hire an industrial sanding machine to clean away dirt and any old finish . |
| 24 | This would be represented in the diagram by moving from point A to point C. The converse is true because if a school loses pupils ( represented by moving from point A to point B ) it is not that the school spends any more on fixed costs but because of the reduction in pupils and hence funding , fixed costs take a larger proportion of the available budget . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | But because of the bureaucratic necessity to generalize and disregard distinctions too fine for large-scale enforcement and administration , some people are able to do better if they refuse to acknowledge the authority of this law . |
| 27 | Somehow what is left of Beaufort conspires to embody these political and religious transitions ; when the mists lie in the valleys of southern Lebanon , the remaining walls can be glimpsed above the clouds , but because of the peculiar geography of the place — because the ravines and wadis fold in uneven formation and in odd directions — Beaufort always appears to be in a different location , its broken ramparts a nightmare denture which eludes every contour and coordinate . |
| 28 | But because of the history of secondary education as clerkly and classical , suitable for future members of the ‘ learned professions ’ , the division was encapsulated in the division between three , and then two , types of school . |
| 29 | But because of the cloth ’ — he now pulled at the front of his collarless coat — ‘ they either think that one is n't quite human and is devoid of all these naughty feelings that trouble an ordinary man , or they imagine you hold all the answers . |
| 30 | Usually only two or three information officers are involved in development work but because of the enormity of this task , different groupings had to be considered . |