Example sentences of "but [vb -s] as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The Color Purple ’ is written in the form of letters to God but transcribes as a diary which is a style close to the way Celie speaks , although her later writing matures , it does not lose its frank appeal ! |
| 2 | Hanson , Britain 's largest break-up specialist retains certain parts of the conglomerates which it has taken over , but has as a result itself became a conglomerate — as discussed in the previous subsection . |
| 3 | Now it is no longer used for worship , but acts as a useful starting point to the day 's walking . |
| 4 | Often the houseparent is a married woman whose husband goes out to work but acts as a father to the children in the evenings and at weekends . |
| 5 | Newfoundland is not only the the island on the south coast of but includes as a continent . |
| 6 | Robert Romanyshyn 's central thesis is that psychological life is not part of the material world or of an inner subjectivity separate from that world but exists as a form of mediation between the two . |
| 7 | It is the deepest wish of the author , a member of the Wildlife Association of Southern India , that this embargo will become a permanent situation and that a national consciousness will not permit the continued destruction of the Cobra , which performs not only a biologically and environmentally essential function but exists as a symbol of life itself . |
| 8 | ( This is not actually the case , but serves as a calculations reminder . ) |
| 9 | It should be emphasised that in India metaphysics , or that which is beyond the measurement , and therefore clarification of physics as a scientific discipline , is never merely abstract speculation but serves as a theoretical framework supporting a body of spiritual discipline . |
| 10 | The employment they take may have no connection With their previous skills or employment but serves as a temporary measure to raise self-esteem by doing something positive . |
| 11 | The constitutional monarch , as head of state , has limited powers ( including the appointment of formateurs to negotiate the formation of new governments ) , but serves as a unifying influence in a linguistically divided country . |
| 12 | Regular or prolonged contact between two groups who speak mutually unintelligible languages may result in the formation of a pidgin — a language which is nobody 's native language but serves as a means of communication for a limited range of purposes related to the contact situation . |
| 13 | He says , ‘ … the child weeps in play as a patient , but revels as a player ’ ( p. 549 ) . |
| 14 | Finally , the tripartite system of accountability is ‘ amenable to a high degree of central influence and control ’ , but operates as a bipartite structure with ‘ occasional genuflections towards the local authority ’ ( Uglow , 1988:130 ) . |