Example sentences of "but as [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The majority of the routes on the Ormes were not climbed as sport climbs , but as traditional routes where the second played a crucial role . |
| 2 | Here it is sufficient to note that the analysis presented above offers a plausible interpretation of several distinct relationships by treating them not as unique isolates but as interlocking parts of a larger pattern with a clearly defined structure . |
| 3 | The county 's National League sides supplied all but one of the Essex team , but as odd ones out go , they do not come much more newsworthy than Grant Peters . |
| 4 | But as collective sentiments change , it is ‘ human criminality ’ , comprising only offences against other people , which shocks collective sentiments and attracts a punitive response . |
| 5 | It 's always been around in comic culture , but as cynical publishers try to cash in on the success of Howard Chaykin 's gross Black Kiss , there 's so much of it that the powers that be have noticed . |
| 6 | They ‘ function not as technical specialists but as polyvalent managers ’ , and expect to have technicians assigned to them to do detailed and routine tasks . |
| 7 | Issuers of letters of credit now view themselves , not as purchasers of bills of lading , but as mere examiners of the bills ' facial compliance with the terms of the letter of credit . |
| 8 | But as advanced technology becomes more and more prevalent , we have to engage in analysis and diagnosis — that is , in ‘ information ’ — even more intensively or risk being swamped by the data we generate . |
| 9 | Some of these documents remain not only as important records of passed time but as superb images in their own right . |
| 10 | But as substantial generators of vital extra income , they are also important . |
| 11 | Not only have they suffered the nightmares of the civil war , but as each day has passed , they 've known that their daughter has moved a stage closer to death . |
| 12 | Perhaps no one would deny this ; but as each generation of students arrives more defiantly or hopelessly monoglot , as a whole new discipline ( called ‘ Comparative Literature ’ ) has come into being to cater for those exceptional persons who can read more languages than one , the need for a classroom manual to redress this state of affairs becomes ever more urgent . |
| 13 | But as each generation passes , the contribution of your genes is halved . |
| 14 | But as Political Editor Peter Hayes reports , all is not what it seems . |
| 15 | But as political battles rage around conference halls , the war for diversity may be collapsing in the fields . |
| 16 | But as Belgian employees are given extensive rights after being with a company for 12 months , many employers prefer to employ a high number of temporary staff , which may include foreigners . |
| 17 | This implies that technological change should be seen not as an isolated activity , but as integral part of firm operations , and that change is evaluated via its contributions to market success . |
| 18 | The government was unable to agree to any wage increases , despite union demands for 20 per cent rises , but as partial compensation higher subsidies would be given for rice , flour and other basic commodities , totalling R250,000,000 . |
| 19 | This explanation understands ‘ realism ’ and early or proto-modernism not to be diametrically opposed to one another , but as two sides , form and content , of the same modernizing process in the aesthetic sphere . |
| 20 | But as two months had already elapsed since the end of the previous contracts , this would mean that for some weeks the players would be getting more than the permitted £4 a week maximum . |
| 21 | Early waterwheels were made of wood , but as cast iron developed the miller made use of this new material for his machinery . |
| 22 | But as quantitative method is not a primary interest of this book , I shall move on in chapter 4 to the interpretative phase of this kind of research . |
| 23 | But much of it is reflected back off the Earth 's surface — at a different wavelength — not as short wave , but as long wave radiation . |
| 24 | The Mensheviks and SRs were portrayed not only as counter-revolutionaries but as vicious saboteurs , the treachery of Stalin 's various rivals was traced to their earliest participation in the party , and Stalin 's role in and before the revolution was inflated out of all recognition . |
| 25 | In theory delegates met not as Nonconformists but as evangelical Christians who were free of state control because outside the Established Church . |
| 26 | Conscripts were trained to a high pitch and could be called upon in war , not merely as reserves but as front-line troops . |
| 27 | But as new houses generally do not have chimneys , the use of ‘ angithis ’ ( coal stoves ) means a lot of smoke . |
| 28 | Prior to 1964 at least five areas , including the Amberley/ Pulborough marshes , normally held winter peaks of 100–200 birds , but as new reservoirs are flooded the pattern will doubtless change . |
| 29 | But as all opposition and criticism were suppressed , it was hard to make real judgements as to how popular these measures made the Shah regime outside the new , growing middle class which benefited most . |
| 30 | S/Z comes very close to meeting that requirement , but as one continuation of Saussurean logic it seriously undermines the classical structuralist continuation of this same logic . |