Example sentences of "not [verb] as [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are not binding as authoritative directives , though the circumstances of the case may require giving them some weight if , for example , others innocently have relied on them . |
| 2 | The mastery of a new urban idiom or style was more important than the specific content of any one film , and , as we have seen , anything that departed too far from tradition was not regarded as good box-office . |
| 3 | Anemones are mainly plankton feeders and fish are not regarded as potential prey so there is no loss to the anemone in keeping all fish at bay by adopting such a strategy . |
| 4 | However , where the task is not regarded as important arousal has a different effect , merely causing distraction . |
| 5 | These are not regarded as just ideas in the mind , or a figment of the collective imagination , but as true . |
| 6 | Erm so it 's a question of how one can best do it , but initially it would be er the onus would go on the individual to use the the spaces not designated as short stay . |
| 7 | She saw unshadowed earth in yellow light , more vines , new shoots of what she did not recognise as young maize . |
| 8 | Too short a list means that the input words will quite often be missed , and too long a list can mean that the list of allowable candidate strings is vast , and will often contain words that most people would not recognise as English words . |
| 9 | Since one-day cricket does not count as first-class stuff — quite rightly , in the view of growling conservatives — there are no longer enough playing days for a man to pile up those 3,000 runs or those 200 wickets . |
| 10 | Thus , transcendentalist patterns of belief should not count as social representations . |
| 11 | Among the subjects the report would like to see companies publish in their annual reports are details on environmental policy ; environmental objectives ; information on action taken and the costs of passing environmental objectives ; compliance with regulations ; significant environmental risks not disclosed as contingent liabilities ; and key features of external audit reports on the enterprise 's environmental activities . |
| 12 | At present , however , this technique is very infrequently applicable to cardiac arrest survivors and is not recommended as sole therapy for this patient group . |
| 13 | Which only goes to show ( so it is said ) that existential propositions are general propositions , or else they do not qualify as genuine propositions at all . |
| 14 | Although this habit does not qualify as conventional tool use , the behaviour of the Egyptian vulture certainly does . |
| 15 | They can be objects of thought-acts in reflective consciousness , but they do not qualify as ontological existents . |
| 16 | THE family of Magheraberry life prisoner Bobby Corry have asked us to point out that they did not attend his wedding on Thursday to fellow prisoner Anna Moore and his brother did not act as best man as suggested in our report . |
| 17 | Baronworth Investment Services ( 081–518 1218 ) , which prints a weekly update of best buys , runs a special deal with accountants who can not act as direct agents for bond issuers , and splits any commission 50/50 , but emphasises that it does also recommend bonds that pay no commission . |
| 18 | But yesterday and last night , however they are related , are not related as causal circumstance and effect . |
| 19 | Robert Meister in his book Hypochondria writes : ‘ Those physicians who shrug off a suffering patient because they regard his condition as psychosomatic or hypochondriacal are not acting as professional healers … |
| 20 | But if Marx 's arguments were valid in their historical context , they should not be allowed to block the development of concrete proposals which , although not acting as historical blueprints , could help to more accurately define , and hence mobilise support for , socialist objectives . |
| 21 | Someone 's got to allow teachers to teach , not act as glorified security guards . |
| 22 | The Court of Appeal held that there was no ground for disturbing the award as the arbitrators and the umpire were all " experts " and it was evidently the intention of the parties that they should settle the value and not act as formal arbitrators . |
| 23 | In some of the other source studies discounting was quite appropriately not applied as all costs and benefits occurred within a year . |
| 24 | Few results were expected ‘ from the bombing of these British spa and provincial towns ’ which were not seen as fitting retaliation for the destruction in Germany . |
| 25 | The joint DES/DHSS nature of the Circular , the necessary involvement of health and social services professionals in the multi-professional assessment , and their part in providing for those with special educational needs , were apparently not seen as sufficient reason for including them in discussions . |
| 26 | All agree that the building they share in Aldershot , an outdated 60s 12-storey tower block , needs major refurbishment — closing it and moving to the Royal Logistic Corps training centre 20 miles away or converting it to an office block and building a new , smaller Army catering school alongside , are not seen as attractive options . |
| 27 | We made it clear that the list of authors was not intended to be comprehensive : ‘ We stress again that we are not recommending as set texts the books of the authors listed … |
| 28 | From the second-floor landing , a ladder-like stair , more steeply raked than those serving the lower floors , leads up to a large loft , wholly accommodated in the roof space of the main block , which was not exploited as living accommodation in the original conversion scheme . |
| 29 | While she does have the merit , in contrast to the majority of researchers , of making the distinction between an inner state and an outward act , her definitions do not emerge as analytic categories to be employed for comparative purposes — mainly because they do not avoid the problem of reification , raised below . |
| 30 | Now we learn that tampons are not classed as medical appliances and therefore not subject to the same stringent government legislation on manufacture and sterility which applies to say condoms which when you come to think about it are destined for the same anatomical region . |