Example sentences of "but [adv] as [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The comparison is relevant as people perceive noise not so much in terms of its absolute level but rather as the relationship of the noise to what exists normally .
2 We need to see teaching , therefore , not as the transmission of pre-existing knowledge to passive recipients , but rather as the provision of opportunities for children to continue to exercise their in-built drive actively to make sense of their experience and , thereby , to gain understanding of , and control over , the world in which they live .
3 The emergence of more professional search consultants coincided with the increased need for headhunting services to help rationalisation and reorganisation ; but arguably as the search industry was maturing , headhunting could attract better-qualified candidates , and as their earnings rose and headhunting became more profitable , executive search was increasingly being seen as a viable alternative to a line-management job .
4 Erm that in fact one of the odd points here is that when a person is convicted , that information is public , but nevertheless as the years go by and indeed er this has been recognized in for instance the rehabilitation of offenders act , it becomes private information and if someone 's looking for a job the fact that he was convicted of an offence many years ago should not be er er relevant .
5 As such he is popular , but not as an ideologue : with his late actor brother , Yujiro ( known as Japan 's James Dean ) , he formed one of the country 's most glamorous families .
6 Now , as if it had never happened before , Nicholas thanked the King , but not as the King wanted .
7 But just as no teacher would go into industry and tell employers how they should be running their business , so no employer would come into school to tell teachers how to teach .
8 But just as the concept of a ‘ classless society ’ clashes with backing for private education and health care , so the concept of an integral Britain is at odds with the Thatcherite penchant for demolishing or weakening existing national structures .
9 But just as the narrator has difficulty in piecing together the fragments of her story , so we as readers are never able to see the whole picture .
10 But just as the cameras start to roll for one particularly steamy scene in Rainbow 's secret movie , the director remembers she is not quite alone .
11 But just as the Americans looked to be heading to a heavy and humiliating defeat in their first ever game against Germany , they struck back with two goals in seven minutes to set up a tense finish .
12 But just as the removal of trees from the lowlands has created considerable opposition from environmentalists so has the policy of planting them across the hillsides .
13 But just as the invention of print prepared the way for the traditional novel ( Watt 1957:196–200 , Couturier 1991:93–144 ) , so the fictions characters produce in Verbivore are conditioned by the technological advances which have made them possible .
14 But just as the state appears unwilling to allow the market a totally free reign over the prospects of large companies , state support for small firms seems to recognize their value .
15 But just as the Midlands and England B found last week , battering offence against drilled defence equals a total lack of common sense .
16 But just as the people in Exodus 16 , when first given the manna , found it hard to come to terms with God 's meticulous generosity , so now they are blinded by the clarity of God 's judgement .
17 But just as the kettle was coming to the boil a black cloud billowed in through one of the open windows and enveloped the entire tea party .
18 But just as the housing market quivers to life , along comes a new threat to house prices and another axe for the mortgage lenders to grind .
19 But just as the auction was about to begin there was a commotion amongst the knot of gentlemen who had gathered around the foot of the stairs .
20 But just as the security net began to tighten in the grounds of the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh yesterday a group of Japanese tourists made an unscheduled appearance .
21 But just as the strength to be content was n't a grim determination of self-discipline in the face of varying circumstances , Paul 's strength to be ready for anything came from the work of God in his life .
22 But just as the microprocessor and open software standards are gnawing away at the foundations of the mainframe market , so massively parallel machines are beginning to chip away at the monolithic vector machines — once the parallel software catches up with the hardware .
23 But just as the loss of self is the precondition for the discovery of a more ‘ real ’ because unconflicted , unrepressed self , so the precondition for pastoral sublimity is the loss of history , and once again the landscape which crystallizes desire , in such remarkable images , is also effaced by it :
24 But just as the policy determinants of welfare are multiple , and sometimes unexpected , so individuals ' welfare is influenced by phenomena that have nothing to do with the activity of the state .
25 Some changes in practice , and in ways of delivering services , did take place , but usually as the result of initiatives by individual social workers or managers rather than as part of an overall department plan .
26 The Headquarter was originally at Rugby Cement Works where disused offices were placed at our disposal , but later as the unit increased this was moved to the Church rooms , and the unit was commanded by Captain Sammy Wenham .
27 It will be argued here that the above-noted tendency of the infinitival construction to imply greater subjectivity and possibility of doubt indicates that know is being evoked not just as the state of " being aware of a fact " in these uses but also as the condition for being able to attribute to the direct object of know the event denoted by the infinitive .
28 It was the fall of King Farouk of Egypt in July 1952 and the subsequent rise of Colonel Nasser , not only as dictator of Egypt , but also as the leader of Arab Nationalism , that invalidated the Chiefs of Staffs assessment of the Middle East .
29 I was completely certain she 'd never mentioned anything of the kind to the Colonel , but quick as a flash I said , ‘ Nonya , I know you 've done all you can .
30 The U V F which is now a much larger terrorist organization has responded by killing catholics and there 's tremendous fear now in both communities , there used to be just fear in the protestant communities , they were being attacked by the I R A , but now as the Cardinal has said there 's very big fear in the catholic community as well .
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