Example sentences of "but [prep] [adv] [adv] as " in BNC.
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1 | She could n't reach very far , but for as far as she could , the window was clean , bright . |
2 | Patrick earl of Bothwell made two bonds of manrent , one to Mary in August 1543 for a yearly pension of £1000 , the other to her great rival regent Arran in January 1546 , not for the normal term of his life , but for as long as Arran remained governor . |
3 | The silence may not last — but for as long as it does , the government has a chance to strengthen France 's macroeconomic foundations . |
4 | Er but for as long as all of us sit here we will always be looking for further improvements . |
5 | The mark-ups are rather higher than he 'd like , but for as long as the walking stick remains an art form , Keith 's in business . |
6 | But for as long as there 's an Oxford University , some things will never change . |
7 | By themselves the facts are neutral but in so far as moral views about the proper role of the media are based upon presumptions about facts , our empirical findings are bound to have moral implications . |
8 | But in so far as such voters may have their partisanship reinforced the trends do present a major hurdle to the election of a Labour government . |
9 | But in so far as I achieve awareness from your viewpoint I feel the pull towards your goals , and even when I resist , I do so very much as I push away inclinations of my own which are dangerous to my long-term ambitions ; a choice between your goals and mine belongs among my choices of ends . |
10 | In so far as sensations are ‘ things excited in our minds ’ , they seem to have the character of particulars ; but in so far as the same sensation can be excited by any one of numerous objects , they ( the sensations ) seem to have the character of universals . |
11 | But in so far as his criticism is based on the right to freedom of expression and its particular relevance where a local or central government authority is concerned , I consider that aspect in the next section of this judgment . |
12 | ‘ That is not the case , but in so far as any of those children were abused by their father , she will accept the offer , ’ said spokesman Andrew Fenton . |
13 | Both reformers and opponents had expected a more striking change in the size of the electorate but in so far as it introduced a new class to political influence the Great Reform Act deserves to be considered a revolution no less and perhaps more — than do the events of 1830 in Paris . |
14 | These are variously indebted , but in so far as authorship is attributable they are the joint work of the writer of the paper and Euan Reid . |
15 | There is not space to discuss here even briefly the many controversial issues raised in the literature on corporatism , but in so far as territorial politics are concerned , it must be observed that even if there was or is a trend towards greater centralisation of political representation , this does not at all mean that there might not also be a functional deconcentration towards the periphery in specific cases . |
16 | According to Gregory , Chlodomer 's kingdom was divided equally between Childebert and Chlothar , but in so far as this division can be reconstructed it appears not to have been confined to the two brothers ; there are grounds for thinking that Theuderic also may have profited from the murders . |
17 | Such Methodenstreite ( battles of methods ) divided the world of the social scientists , but in so far as they entered the natural sciences — even the biological ones on the sensitive issue of evolution — they reflected an intrusion of ideological preferences rather than professional debate . |