Sentence examples for because but from inspiring English sources

This is because "but" is what's known as a "verbal eraser".

It seems to me that those involved didn't take part in the rioting and the looting "just because" but, rather, "just because they could".

She said that Goddard had done damage "particularly from a feminist point of view, because, but for her, that young girl would not have endured nearly the exposure that happened throughout the country.

Because — " But the explanation was deferred until the maid, who just then skated in balancing vast platters, had set the lacquer table and we had knelt on cushions at either end of it.

"Your Honor, I would submit that the only remedy is the dismissal of the indictment with prejudice because but for the actions of the prosecutor over a protracted period of time, we would not have this problem".

The product was not an immediate success because, but Mr. Combe went on the road to peddle it personally, offering free tubes of Clearasil with an agreement that store owners would order more if they sold the freebies.

"I could talk for two days, governor," she said, "because -- " But Mr. Bush interrupted her, saying, "I don't know if I could listen for two".

"Because there but for the grace of God go us".

Of course, the producers of Meet the Press could say in a press release, "We decided that Pat Robertson's CBN is now within the sphere of legitimate debate because... .. but then they would have to complete the "because" in a plausible way and very often they cannot.

In the great cathedral of Christian history, some Christians have been able to provide an answer to the question of a nation's right to wage war by saying "it is just because... .., but we tread on thin ice when society asks us why we believe torture is acceptable for us but not for other nations and our unsatisfying answer is "just because...."....

Because separate but equal is a myth.