Sentence examples for is but because from inspiring English sources

Not so much because of who he is, but because of who he isn't.

The Dept. adopted it not in spite of how noisy the city is, but because of it.

By the end, we're hooked on it less because it's funny – which it is – but because it's lovely.

He said "Martha Stewart is not being prosecuted because of who she is but because of what she did.

She wouldn't do it, not just because she's scatty – which she is – but because she is true".

Not because this work is so difficult, although it is, but because it is so familiar, probably Schumann's most performed song cycle.

This tree stood tall, not because it was, but because its community loves it.

Not because the matches are no good – mostly they are – but because everyone's watching.

Authors are anointed not because they are great (although many of them are) but because they are important.

The people at a midnight show aren't there because they want to be but because they have to be.

Not because it was something I needed to be, but because it was who I was.