Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [not/n't] [adv] as the " in BNC.
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1 | For the last century the Tay has been known not only as the largest , but also arguably as the best salmon river in Britain . |
2 | It will be argued here that the above-noted tendency of the infinitival construction to imply greater subjectivity and possibility of doubt indicates that know is being evoked not just as the state of " being aware of a fact " in these uses but also as the condition for being able to attribute to the direct object of know the event denoted by the infinitive . |
3 | As for the G protein-linked receptors , signal transduction through tyrosine kinase receptors is an energy-requiring process because ATP is consumed not only as the two receptors interact ( autophosphorylation ) , but also during the subsequent phosphorylation of PLC- γ 1 ( Box 2 ) . |
4 | Equally , in the words of Lord Wright in Grant v. Australian Knitting Mills ( 1936 P.C. ) ‘ there is a sale by description even though the buyer is buying something displayed before him on the counter ; a thing is sold by description , though it is specific , so long as it is sold not merely as the specific thing but as a thing corresponding to a description . ’ |
5 | As Lord Wright said in Grant v Australian Knitting Mills Ltd [ 1936 ] AC 85 : It may also be pointed out that there is a sale by description even though the buyer is buying something displayed before him on the counter : a thing is sold by description , though it is specific , so long as it is sold not merely as the specific thing but as a thing corresponding to a description , eg woollen undergarments , a hot-water bottle , a second-hand reaping machine , to select a few obvious illustrations . |