Example sentences of "but [verb] [pron] [noun] as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From January 1983 he became an active member of the library committee but described his role as an " executive " or " coordinator " of what the committee decided as policy . |
| 2 | Elizabeth never married but used her spinsterhood as a diplomatic bate — Robert Dudley , the Earl of Leicester , was very close and , after his death , his stepson , the Earl of Essex , became close , but he was executed for treason when it was learned that he had entered into a conspiracy . |
| 3 | Sgt. Robertson in V7116 claimed a damaged , but identified his victim as a Do17 , while Plt.Off . |
| 4 | Environmentalists dubbed it a failure for this reason , but acknowledged its importance as the first occasion on which all major world governments had agreed that global warming was a reality . |
| 5 | He first appears speaking prose ( As You Like It , I.ii.149 ) , but when Orlando not only defeats his wrestler but reveals his identity as the youngest son of Sir Rowland de Boys , the Duke moves up to verse to give his displeasure more force ( 224ff . ) . |
| 6 | His death in 1930 halted the immediate ascendancy of his version of socialism , but facilitated his canonisation as the prophet of a distinctly Latin American Marxism . |
| 7 | It is worth growing for the effect of its foliage alone , but doubles its value as a garden plant in late summer with graceful pale green stems that grow some 5ft tall . |
| 8 | Should I not , when confronting such decisions , carry on as before but take his advice as a factor counting in favour of the decision he recommends ? |
| 9 | His arduous training programme in the run-up to the Games means he has no choice but to quit his job as a driver with Middlesbroughbased civil engineers TPM McDonagh , though he has been told he can return afterwards . |