Example sentences of "but as [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | But as a boy the cloud hung over me . |
2 | Stephen 's problem , in short , was that he was not living as a son but as a slave in bondage to fear . |
3 | I do not think of it as a quest in the normal sense but as a drowning or shipwreck in the infinite . |
4 | The departments either reported to a finance director or planning director on the main board or a planning director positioned just below the main board but as a member of an executive committee . |
5 | But as a member of the Swindon LETS — or Local Exchange Trading System — she CAN pay with a brand new currency . |
6 | Geography played an important part for Gould in identifying and determining the range of species , but as a subject per se it was of little interest . |
7 | But as a whole it has yet to be cracked . |
8 | This was an exhibition with great intent but as a whole , it did not hang together well . |
9 | Dustin declared that he had accepted the part , not because of the screenplay nor the $425,000 he would receive , but as a favour to Peter Yates . |
10 | But it is a probability that they perceive them , not like a dog sniffing its way along a scent path , but as a motorway , illuminated by very particular lighting signals . |
11 | He remounted immediately and set off in pursuit of the other runners , but as a Gold Cup trial the race was a mess , and the announcement that Jonjo O'Neill was once more to replace Mullins for the big race came as no surprise . |
12 | If it were not for the fact that he was one of the favourites you 'd have been delighted but as a Gold Cup winner I had to feel a bit disappointed . |
13 | Schizophrenic speech provides a metaphor for metaphor , and it is in this sense that its use in Out may be understood , not as a valorization of the psychotic condition but as a literalization of the figure . |
14 | as a linear , uni-directional , push-and-pull , cause-effect movement but as a circular , interdependent , progressively complex , and self-modifying system in which the effect of changes in one part can be traced through the whole of the system |
15 | A Rover-engine Stag may well be a better car than one with Triumph power , but as a hybrid it will never be so valuable . |
16 | But now to be ‘ orientated ’ is widely seen not as helpful guidance but as a test one has to submit to . |
17 | Mr Ramaphosa said that the prisoners ' release should not be construed as an act of goodwill by Mr de Klerk , but as a reflection of the ‘ dismal ’ failure of ‘ the apartheid regime ’ to emasculate the will of the black majority . |
18 | Ray 's unambiguous homosexuality could not satisfy Minton 's complex needs , but as a lodger , he proved to be easy and independent . |
19 | If calomel is given in cholera it should obviously not be in pills , as Dr Dunstaple suggests , but as a powder for the sake of better diffusion . " |
20 | This is the moment when bad theology enters , not — notice this carefully — as a reason for doubt but as a rationale for the doubting which has already been going on . |
21 | Angela could hardly keep back her tears as she was towelled down , but as a Brownie smiles when in trouble she did her utmost not to give way to her bitter disappointment . |
22 | It is as if , with the name , an extra dimension of personality is added — not merely as a pious recollection of the great , but as a stimulus ( at times a goad ) to the one so named . |
23 | SS continues to show labour supply , but as a function of the net wage . |
24 | But as a competitor , you do not think about politics and you just hope everyone will be there . ’ |
25 | He returned to the Arab quarter , and saw the poverty , no longer as picturesque , but as a by-product of French colonial prosperity . |
26 | Providing children eat a reasonable variety of foods they do n't really need extra vitamins but as a safeguard it 's recommended to give drops containing vitamins A , C and D from six months to two years and until the age of five if a child is fussy about what she eats . |
27 | The generations of Marxists who have lived through the grievous experience of Fascism and who , in another order of things , have experienced Stalinist degeneration , appraise the concept of democracy in a different way [ from Lenin ] , and not in opposition to socialism and communism , but as a road towards them and as a main component of them . |
28 | But as a speaker you will be asked to pay only £100 . |
29 | the reproduction now functions as the original , the live performance is measured against the recording , and technical equipment is seen not as an external aid to reproduction but as a characteristic of the musical original , employed as part of the artistic conception ( ibid : 236 ) . |
30 | Officers were no longer members , and increasingly education came to be seen not as a separate or specialized concern of local government but as a service to be considered alongside housing , transport , or rubbish collection . |