Example sentences of "[conj] only as [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A higher degree is certainly of value , if only as proof of intellectual ability , and can make the difference between getting an interview and not getting one . |
| 2 | The Alps were compelling , but only as part of the scenery , not as the winter activity playground they were to become . |
| 3 | It must never be used as a quick fix , but only as part of a dedicated care programme . |
| 4 | Emmie had always known it , really , but only as part of the long , beautiful dream she had about all her family . |
| 5 | This depends on such considerations as whether the wider context includes an indication of negation or counterfactuality , and also on the lexical character of the verb with which the adjective is in immediate construction , since the property of the adjective is not applied to the entity in isolation but only as part of the property complex constituted by the adjective and the verb properties taken together . |
| 6 | An individual can not , for instance , as such have a right of way over my land , but only as owner of some adjacent piece of land . |