Example sentences of "and not as [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 We learn to see God as he really is , and not as we have imagined him to be .
2 ( 180 ) … and seek to express ourselves as we are , and not as we would have our friend to think us to be .
3 Sister Mary Leahy , who organised the prayer week at Seacroft , explained the purpose of these personal interviews ; ‘ Prayer is a relationship with God , so as a prayer guide , I would want to help people to recognise God in their lives — relating person to person — speaking to God and listening to him — coming to God just as they are and not as they think they ought to be . ’
4 Obviously this is achieved by attending to lift stoppages as they occur and not as they are reported and , in addition , the lift monitoring devices record all events affecting the operation of the lift which provides a detailed case history , which in turn leads to speedy and accurate diagnosis and correction .
5 But things turned out as they were bound to do and not as I expected ; there was a typically whole gastrula on my dish the next morning , differing only by its small size from a normal one ; and this small but whole gastrula developed into a whole and typical larva …
6 The Realist approach , he remarks , gets its name from precisely this point : that it deals with human nature as it is and not as it ought to be , and with historical events as they have occurred , not as they should have occurred .
7 In short , where planning consent is given for a development or change of use , the question of nuisance will thereafter fall to be decided by reference to a neighbourhood with that development or use and not as it was previously .
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