Example sentences of "not [vb infin] [noun] as [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 That person may hold ‘ citizenship ’ as a legal , national status , but does not display citizenship as a quality .
2 Pauline Mitchell , head of housing , said : ‘ We do not have any areas for any particular people and we certainly do not identify travellers as a group .
3 If Jones has never heard of Tolstoy or read any of his books , it is meaningless to assert that Jones either likes Tolstoy as a writer or does not like Tolstoy as a writer .
4 Yanto did not like Sundays as a rule .
5 Most of the non-payees can not claim unemployment as an excuse , says members ' registrar Bob Russell .
6 Many Christians do not see Jesus as a sacrifice in the same way .
7 But even now , having gone through that process , they would not see men as the enemy , they feel that they do have a lot in common , for example , with maybe the conception of women organising in National Liberation struggles that was mentioned earlier .
8 ‘ They should not see television as a panacea for all financial ills . ’
9 ‘ They accept what has happened ; but they do not see anger as the fuel for vengeance .
10 The Greater York study did not designate Skelton as an area for expansion until two thousand and six , and no proposal exists in other plans for the making of an inset into the greenbelt on the basis of the need for expansion .
11 I do not romanticise agony as a virtue , nor imagine that it makes me superior .
12 Do not use time as an excuse , he wrote .
13 But , as Elinor was always telling him , Henry did not inspire confidence as a representative of the legal profession .
14 If you do want to enjoy a one-to-one relationship of a companionable or romantic nature there are various ways one can make contact , other people who want to do the same and they need not have marriage as an aim if that is not what you want .
15 So too an attempt to make a direct gift , which fails because the proper method of transfer is not employed , will not take effect as a trust .
16 Jacob can not approach Esau as a brother .
17 Further , repeating groups do occur in applications ( values in a ledger , for instance ) , but the normalisation process does not permit representation as an array .
18 Examining the reports of the Chief Constable of Birmingham between 1900 and 1940 , Tony Mason notes that football does not merit inclusion as a policing problem .
19 She could not offer advice as a grandmother , despite her long experience of children ; and now her own children had ceased to confide in her ‘ because they felt that the time had come when I ought to be ‘ spared ’ every possible worry .
20 Despite an earlier commitment to abide by the result , Savimbi indicated on Sept. 30 that he would not accept defeat as the outcome of the elections .
21 Aboriginals , it was true , could not imagine territory as a block of land hemmed in by frontiers : but rather as an interlocking network of " lines " or " ways through " .
22 ‘ I do n't regard Jews as a class , ’ he snapped back at his questioner , ‘ I regard them as a privileged misfortune . ’
23 I do n't want marriage as a lifeline .
24 There 's an interesting historical paradox in the impact of AIDS on the gay community because without the existence of an international gay community I do n't think AIDS as a disease could have had the rapid impact it 's had on gay men .
25 For instance : ‘ You should lose weight ’ , ‘ You should n't be so inarticulate at work ’ , ‘ You should n't pursue money as a goal ’ , ‘ You should be kinder to your mother when she phones for a long chat . ’
26 I noticed it was quite odd that he did n't use McGoldrick as a sweeper did he ?
27 In fact , whereas I would n't see art as a necessity , I would see the woman as a necessity .
28 But , when I was asked to go on a demonstration years ago , I did n't because I just do n't see gender as a problem .
29 ‘ I do n't see television as an institution , nor as a continuum of programming into which my work must be fitted .
30 ‘ Most people do n't face emergencies as a matter of course , and no one expects them to be anything but human . ’
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