Example sentences of "[not/n't] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Programmes were long over , but the white screen with the volume down served not badly as a night light ; any of the lamps in the shoebox room kept Sam awake , and total darkness made him frightened . |
| 2 | Eventually , I found a young hospital registrar who said , not entirely as a joke : ‘ I expect we 'll find a cupboard for her ’ . |
| 3 | It 's er almost two years ago now that erm , and it , I 'd like you to wait , but not entirely as a consequence of B C C I 's er , demise , that Citra published a code of practice to Treasury Management and a guide to the Chief Officers who were members of that Institution . |
| 4 | Not necessarily as a second best : over and again in the culture of homosexuality , differences of race and class are intensely cathected . |
| 5 | It will bear the history of that oppression , not necessarily as that which disables desire ( though it may ) , but as desire itself . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , I would advocate studying some subject in depth , not necessarily as an undergraduate , so that you can feel you have really mastered it at some stage in your career . |
| 7 | It is built on the shape of the letter ‘ E ’ , not necessarily as a compliment to Queen Elizabeth but for the satisfactory symmetry it afforded to the most important east-facing front which the world and his wife could view as they passed by . |
| 8 | On the other hand , the Christians ( who could also echo the philosophers ' sentiments ) read the story of the Fall of Adam and Eve as implying a flaw in human sexuality , not necessarily as a cause of sin but as a prime expression of selfish egotism . |
| 9 | In more severe disorders , more intensive psychotherapy or psychotherapeutic treatment may help ; if not , control by drugs or even personal containment may be necessary ( that is to say , detention not necessarily as punishment but in protection of society and its members ) . |
| 10 | In this context , the well-known late sixteenth-century comments about the best English being spoken in the London area should be understood for what they are , and not necessarily as a sign of standardized pronunciation . |
| 11 | Syndiotactic polymers are also sufficiently regular to crystallize , but not necessarily as a helix , rather in glide planes . |
| 12 | Secondly , the struggle between Keynes and ‘ orthodoxy ’ has been depicted too much as a battle of theory , not enough as a conflict between rival conceptions of the art and duty of government . |
| 13 | Norman Davis will be remembered by many with affection not only as a very great scholar but also as a most delightful and faithful friend . |
| 14 | ‘ OWING To its natural beauty , protected situation and other attractive features , Windermere is popular not only as a holiday resort , but as a permanent summer and winter residence . |
| 15 | Americans looked upon Britain not only as a poor relation , ignoring the causes of her poverty , but a dangerous one as well . |
| 16 | Ali knew the importance of a clean farewell , not only as a health measure , but as good commercial sense . |
| 17 | The thesaurus functions not only as a retrieval aid , but also as a reference facility . |
| 18 | The 10,000 metres of film recording Hitler at the grandiose military parade and celebrations for his fiftieth birthday in April 1939 consciously sought to portray him not only as a ‘ statesman ’ , but also as ‘ the future military leader , taking muster of his armed forces ’ . |
| 19 | Certainly he saw the Pinkie campaign not only as a military endeavour , but as something in the nature of a religious crusade ; Scotland would be snatched not just from alliance with France , but from the yoke of Rome . |
| 20 | GOOD drawing ability used to be considered important at school , not only as a skill that might give expression to a child 's aesthetic and artistic inclinations , but also one that would be useful in practical ways — in recording flora and fauna in nature study , for example . |
| 21 | Leapor , then , experienced domestic service not only as a servant but as a mistress . |
| 22 | In light of these passages from other poems , Mopsus can be seen not only as a pastoral retreat from ambition , but also a firm recognition of the hazards of patronage . |
| 23 | In 1839 this political credo was given definitive form in the Idées Napoléoniennes , which served not only as a resumé of the history of his uncle but sketched , in some detail , a possible future regime . |
| 24 | The Polish Solidarnosc , an unequivocal worker movement , opposed the regime not only as a class force but as the authentic voice of the Polish nation . |
| 25 | Citizenship should , it is suggested , be regarded not only as a burden , or even as a set of rights or entitlements , but also as an opportunity for self-fulfilment and a reciprocal relationship between citizens and the state . |
| 26 | Questions of genre , of the organization of repetition and difference , seem fundamental to television , not only as an institution and a discourse , but also as a form of subjectivity . |
| 27 | The Netherlands views itself not only as a trader and distributor of LPG but as a major user . |
| 28 | In our conversation , John Eudes emerged not only as a listener but also as a guide , not only as a counsellor but also as a director . |
| 29 | In our conversation , John Eudes emerged not only as a listener but also as a guide , not only as a counsellor but also as a director . |
| 30 | Another point is that the information management unit was intended not only as part of a construction industry course for students at universities and polytechnics , but was also aimed as a course to assist construction industry personnel already in industry . |