Example sentences of "not [adv] [verb] it as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In respect of the foregoing it must be understood that the interpretation put upon the word ‘ selfishness ’ in this book is one which does not necessarily brand it as a vice . |
| 2 | In the case , however , of a mandatory life sentence for murder ( into which category all the present appeals fall ) the minister of state takes the judicial view into account but does not necessarily adopt it as the tariff . |
| 3 | I knew that I must live , must embody , this way-of-seeing — not merely hold it as an interesting idea . |
| 4 | Far from being a fault , it may be essential that he should accept massive bodies of conventional knowledge on trust ; not merely assimilating it as a chore , but thoroughly enjoying it . |
| 5 | When Ferrar received it he read it over and over and kissed and embraced it , saying that he could not sufficiently admire it as a rich jewel , and most worthy to be in the hands and hearts of all true Christians that feared God and loved the Church of England . |
| 6 | Generally , infertility does not come as a sudden cut-off point ; rather it declines gradually , and when it is observed we have to look for the cause in the interdependence breakdown , and not just regard it as a shortage of one or other nutrients . |
| 7 | We now come to a question that causes a great deal of difficulty , particularly to foreign learners ( who can not simply dismiss it as an academic question ) : how can one select the correct syllable or syllables to stress in an English word ? |
| 8 | You can not even see it as a star in your sky . |
| 9 | For a moment I did n't even recognise it as the same owl Derek and I had been round to see a few weeks before . |