But we disapprove of them, not because we think them bad, but because we think that there was no chance of their being executed.
These qualities, if he had been a man of sense and virtue would scarcely of themselves have sufficed to make him conspicuous; but because he was a dunce, a parasite, and a coxcomb, they have made him immortal.
Men act thus, not because they are indifferent to religion, but because they do not see what religion has to do with the mending of their shoes.
One of his repartees we will quote, not as a favourable specimen of his manner, but because it was called forth by Congreve's characteristic affectation.
He shuns danger, not because he is insensible to shame, but because, in the society in which he lives, timidity has ceased to be shameful.
Not that he was a drunkard, but because he yielded to the temptations of drink, with its degrading associations, and thereby lowered and depraved his whole nature.
He is stiff, not because he is proud, but because he is shy; and he cannot shake it off, even if he would.
The most restricted of them are aware of it, and if they do not see more, it is not because of our skill at hiding, but because of their stupidity.
Colors and pictures require noticeably more, not because they are not recognized, but because it is necessary to think what the right name is.
One has, however, to beware that it is not done simply because the gossips are most easily found, but because people show their weaknesses most readily before those whom they hold of no account.
True, the fellow had insulted Joan by his subsequent remarks and been knocked down for it, but because he had knocked him down was no reason that he should now try to kill him.
It must succeed--not merely because Joan was a partner in it, but because he wanted to make that partnership permanently binding.
It is not that I may talk of myself, but becauseit is so essential that you should understand how matters stand.
But because he leaves the palace, that is no reason why he should get into the deanery.
The end of "David Copperfield" is unreal not merely because it is an optimistic ending, but because it is an Imperialistic ending.
The Colonel is not obeyed because he is the best man, but because he is the Colonel.
It is the peculiar evil of this epoch that even its pugnacity is fundamentally frightened; and the Jingo is contemptible not because he is impudent, but because he is timid.
But because he is not God, but only a graven image of God, his self-expression must deal with limits; properly with limits that are strict and even small.
No; a woman's function is laborious, but because it is gigantic, not because it is minute.
But because I have spoken these things to you, sorrow hath filled your heart.
Not for want of power, but because he would not work miracles in favour of obstinate and incredulous people, who were unworthy of such favours.
And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people who stand about have I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me.
Now he said this not because he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief and, having the purse, carried the things that were put therein.
However, many of the chief men also believed in him: but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, that they might not be cast out of the synagogue.
Yet it was remarkable to him; not because of the fact itself, but because of the reminder it brought with it, how much the dear little creature had influenced his better resolutions.
I waited patiently, not to overhear what they said, but because I could do nothing else; besides, the same thing had occurred often before.
Debray was petrified, not only to hear Danglars speak so calmly and politely, but because it was apparent that beneath outward politeness there really lurked a determined spirit of opposition to anything his wife might wish to do.
If he did not distinguish himself as a scholar, it was not because he neglected his work, but because he was at the same time doing that by which alone the water could ever rise in the well he was digging: he was himself growing.
But whatever the demand of the age, I insist that that which ought to be presented to its beholding, is the common good uncommonly developed, and that not because of its rarity, but because it is truer to humanity.
And Adam has been despised ever since,--not because he ate the apple, but because he imputed the eating of it to a woman.
But because he was rich, and, by being rich, had made his way among great people, he was to have a seat in Parliament!
The Duke gave his permission with a ready smile,--not because the proposed visitor was his own confidential friend, but because it suited his spirit to grant such a request as to any one after the order that he had given.
Parliament can do such a thing, not because it has any creative power of its own, but because it has the command of unlimited capital.
I was one of these Independents, and if I cite my own case, it is not because it was of any importance to the public, but because it was typical.
Every President desires to be reelected if he can be, not necessarily because he is greedy of power, but because reelection is equivalent to public approval of his first term.
A President might be elected, not because he was experienced in these matters, but because he had won a battle, or was the compromise candidate between two other aspirants.
Nor ought you to wish to see him killed; not because he has not wronged both you and him, but because I make the request of you: so tell him, please, to stop beating him.
It is my opinion that he is seeking her, not to receive her peaceably, but because he wishes to win her by force of arms.
She wishes that it were he, indeed, but because of the present danger she says to herself that she would not have him there.
But I am foolish to vaunt myself; yet I say it not from any pride, but because I wish to comfort you.
One of the dinner parties remains fresh in my memory - not because of the distinguished men who happened to be there, but because of the statesman whose name has since become so familiar to the world.
William deserves special mention, not from any idiosyncrasy of the man, but because he was concerned soon after he joined us in the most disastrous of my adventures throughout the expedition.
Fred told me he had halted as soon as he was able, not on my account only, but because he, too, had had a severe fall, and was suffering great pain from a bruised knee.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "but because" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
