Example sentences of "[pron] but [prep] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this sense , the placement in industry will not be viewed as an end in itself but as an essential ingredient in the process of change with the quality of the outcome being dependent on the design and management of the whole process . |
| 2 | It serves , not as a monument to itself but as an aid to collegial communication . |
| 3 | From this perspective Levinas proposes the possibility that the much lamented ‘ subject ’ be brought back not as the ontological subject which seeks to reduce everything to itself but as an ethical subject defined in relation to the other : ‘ Ethics redefines subjectivity as this heteronomous responsibility in contrast to autonomous freedom ’ . |
| 4 | It is not difficult to see how capitalist entrepreneurship might prosper under such ethical norms : not by making monetary gain an end in itself but as an almost incidental product of thrift . |
| 5 | The casualty team worked extremely hard to save them but after an hour and a half we had to abandon |