Example sentences of "as [adj] but [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She posed the question as casually as possible but the school teacher recognised its significance . |
| 2 | I naturally charged him as little as possible but the money he earned went on other things — fresh meat from the butcher , extra milk and biscuits . |
| 3 | It is , of course , important to improve the trial process as much as possible but the trial can not be expected to offer an alternative to testing by way of re-investigation for reasons similar to those that led us to reject prosecutorial review as an alternative . |
| 4 | Well erm you kept it out as long as possible but the weather spoilt it and the more you turned it , the bla blacker it came . |
| 5 | It is in the purchaser 's interests for dismissals to be as early as possible but the vendor runs the clear risk that the sale may not complete . |
| 6 | The wind was still as vicious but the thunder had passed them by and the voice of the seas changed , waves breaking over the catamaran with less force . |
| 7 | Their 31-year-old marriage has been described as unconventional but the reality is that they live entirely separate lives . |
| 8 | Even when The Lost Prince was first published it was often criticised as sentimental but the richness of the story depends on its emotional tone , on the strands of love , devotion and dependence in Marco 's love for his father and on the underlying sense of honour which is communicated in different ways by Lorestan , Marco and the Rat . |