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》

I am not doing it for money, but because I love cooking.

我做这个不是为了钱，而是因为我喜欢做饭。

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Pour in some of the broth, but not all of it, because it will probably overflow.

倒入部分肉汤，不要全部，因为很可能会溢出来。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

He said the eighteen twenty compromise worked -- not because Congress passed it -- but because the states agreed to it.

VOA: special.2009.03.26

A bold claim would say, "The facts about death, if I thought about them, would change my behavior, but not because it would give me a reason to change my behavior-- " simply because it would influence my behavior."

一个大胆的观点会认为，“关于死亡的事实，如果我考虑了它们，就会改变我的行为，但不是因为它给了我改变行为的理由-,只是因为它影响了我的行为“

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

But it's not quite true, because typically what they actually do that, is they say it's adjusted for risk.

但是这是不对的，因为它们实际上就是存在这种情况，它们会根据风险进行调整。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

Tietjen was the judge who gave the raucous crowd what it wanted a Best in Show win for Stump but not because it was what the crowd wanted.

WSJ: Warning: Don't Pick the Wrong Dog

Getting video on a Portable Media Center is a fairly complicated task, but not because it's all that hard, it's just because no one has ever shown folks how.

ENGADGET: HOW-TO: BroadSnatching to a Portable Media Center

Lennon thought the song good but not brilliant because it concluded or resolved nothing.

FORBES: Sex and Love and The Business of "I Do"