Sentence examples for like not because from inspiring English sources

In our case, we attend music classes, soccer, dance classes and the like, not because I have grandiose ideas of my children becoming the next Chopin or Pele or Paula Abdul, but because I find it is generally best for everybody involved if this stay-at-home-mom (SAHM) does not, in fact, stay at home.

Join something you like, not because it's something to do.

Your next fashion resolution is to only wear things you actually like – not because they're safe, not because they cover up a part of your body someone once told you was fat, not because you think you won't be mocked in them, not because they make you invisible, not because you always have done and not because you think you "should", for vague and unspecified reasons.

Despite his predilections, he liked the wines he liked not because they were made according to a certain philosophy, but because he thought the wines tasted better.

This year, at least, the Oscar voters should have more paid more attention to what ordinary people liked, not because it would have made for great television, but because it would have made for better nominations.

The England wicketkeeper is a man I really like, not least because he is utterly charming.

Pick a color you like, not just because it's in style.

Not because they like us, not because they trust us and not because they believe we can keep secrets".

People vote for them because they like them, not because they have talent".

The RNIB advert was initially rejected for fear Facebook users wouldn't like it, not because users had complained.

A guy may act awkwardly around you because he doesn't like you, not because he doesn't know what to do.