Example sentences of "but [adv] [adv] as [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Coleridge was the first to recognize that ‘ Freshmen always begin very furiously ’ ; but so long as Middleton was at hand to guide and encourage , he overcame the weakness of will and habit of procrastination which were always ready to disable him . |
| 2 | But so long as Mary of Guise 's position was upheld by her daughter , no amount of rhetoric could conceal the fact that in attacking the regent they were attacking the queen , and religious sincerity did not get them off the hook of treason ; thus , for example , when they seized the coining-irons of the mint in Edinburgh in July , it was an intelligent enough political and military act , but their efforts to justify it on the grounds that they were serving their country by stopping the regent 's debasement of the coinage rang all too hollow . |
| 3 | But so long as millionaires , or their corporate equivalents , are the only ones who can readily own newspapers or television companies , it is certain that the media will not accurately reflect either the range or the balance of opinions , ideas and beliefs within society , and consequently that there can not be a properly balanced and open debate on political issues within society . |
| 4 | These are generally considered unsuitable for modern treatment of the mentally ill , but so long as demand for beds is high it is difficult to do more than try to upgrade and improve them . |
| 5 | The promotion was nothing more than a device to give Richard Sharpe some status on the Prince of Orange 's staff , but so far as Sharpe himself was concerned he was still a Rifleman . |
| 6 | In terms of conventional undergraduate courses , I see no great pressure for a further extension of the modular pattern , but so far as universities and colleges are concerned , I foresee an explosion in the modular approach at the Continuing Education level . |
| 7 | New technology might have improved the print and production quality , but as far as Sutton was concerned nothing else had changed . |
| 8 | But as far as Jesus himself , and the events surrounding his life , are concerned , there is an absence of definitive knowledge . |
| 9 | So , they can miocenia gravis can association erm with other diseases , but as far as cancer is concerned it does n't in the ordinary sense associate with cancer . |
| 10 | But as far as freebies are concerned , as you know our cage driller machine , that 's now into it 's third year of development , I have an assurance from the college that we could be we could use it on the day . |
| 11 | I shall always want to be a part of the event in some form or another — as a committee man or hanger — on but as far as captaincy is concerned this is definitely it . |
| 12 | Langbaurgh council leader Arthur Taylor said : ‘ We can not speak for other authorities , but as far as Langbaurgh is concerned , we have no debt with Caldaire . ’ |
| 13 | IT MAY be creeping up the ratings but as far as Britain 's teenagers are concerned , Eldorado is the pits . |
| 14 | But as far as efficiency is concerned the work could be done without nearly so many . ’ |
| 15 | There were problems about being the carrier of bills , final demands , and offensive advertising material , but as far as Caro knew Bryony overcame her scruples sufficiently to deliver all mail except for a succession of very obvious plain brown envelopes , which were frequently sent to one particular address on her route . |
| 16 | But as far as producer Ilya Salkind was concerned , it was money well spent . |
| 17 | ‘ We may do the odd Christmas special , but as far as series go , this is it , ’ says Harry , who does n't believe in letting new ideas develop into a formula . |
| 18 | I use loads of different conditioners but as far as shampoo goes . |
| 19 | I mean , the line-up in the film was terrific , but as far as Yul Brynner was concerned there would have been no film without him . |
| 20 | As a student in Vienna you were obviously highly motivated , but as far as conducting went there was n't much direct instruction ? |
| 21 | Object Linking and Embedding , better known as OLE ( as Kahn commented ‘ the only object-oriented thing about OLE is its name ’ ) is taking the initial baby steps towards object technology , but as far as Microsoft is concerned all object roads lead to Cairo . |
| 22 | She won her subsequent litigation but as far as penis envy goes , it was a bitter experience . |
| 23 | But as far as Great Britain Ltd was concerned and building a food industry that would have a major part to play in China and Brazil and other developing countries , I was sorry the shareholders took the view that they did . |
| 24 | But as far as ENSA is concerned , the whole thing is on an official level . |
| 25 | Seizures of cannabis and amphetamines were dropping as the hard drugs began to dominate the scene , but as far as amphetamines are concerned it must be remembered that the seizure figures relate only to illegal imports . |
| 26 | Politically the post-1945 world has not been unified , but bi- polar , and organised round two superpowers which may just be describable as jumbo-sized nations , but certainly not as parts of an international state system of the 19th-century or pre-1939 type . |