1·Presumably those of us who choose sugar-free drinks do so because because we think we can guzzle them without getting fat.
据推测，我们当中那些选择无糖饮料的人之所以这么做，是因为我们认为自己可以狂喝这些饮料而不会长胖。
2·He has his place in the Asian team not because he is white but because he is good.
他在亚洲队有一席之地，不是因为他是白人而是因为他很出色。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
3·She did it first because she wanted to, and second because I asked her to.
她做那件事，首先是因为她自己想做，其次是因为我要她做。
—— 《牛津词典》
4·He was through with sports, not because he had to be but because he wanted it that way.
他放弃体育运动了，不是因为他非放弃不可，而是因为他想要那样。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
5·He philosophized, he admitted, not because he was certain of establishing the truth, but because it gave him pleasure.
他承认自己反复推究不是因为他确定找到了真理，而是因为那给了他很多乐趣。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
6·Did people vote against her because she was a woman or because her name is Clinton?
人们投票反对她是因为她是个女人还是因为她叫克林顿？
7·They both laughed but it was not because the idea was laughable but because they both so liked it.
他们都笑了，但这并不是因为这个想法很可笑，而是因为他们都很喜欢它。
8·This is not only because he can speak English, but also because he is warm-hearted.
这不仅是因为他会说英语，还因为他很热心。
9·It's not only because walls have ears but also because it's not a virtue that we should never speaks ill of others behind their backs.
不仅是因为隔墙有耳，还因为这不是一种美德，所以我们才绝应该不在背后说他人坏话。
10·Pyramids, cathedrals, and rockets exist not because of geometry or thermodynamics, but because they were first a picture in the minds of those who built them.
金字塔、大教堂和火箭的存在并不是因为几何形状或热力学，而是因为它们首先是建造它们的人的脑海中的图画。