Example sentences of "but only as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An unchanged cabinet had been widely expected , but only as a temporary measure because of the uncertainty caused by the courts . |
| 2 | An unchanged cabinet had been widely expected , but only as a temporary measure because of the uncertainty caused by the courts . |
| 3 | It is true that employee numbers have been reduced by around an eighth over the last few years but only as a by-product of the printer 's massive £130m capital investment programme . |
| 4 | We could try it , of course , but only as a side-line . |
| 5 | Authority was never given for the benefit of the person in authority , but only as a tool to serve those under that authority . |
| 6 | ‘ Because you are in your thirties , I will arrange for you to have an amniocentesis test , but only as a matter of course . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ You could , I suppose , but only as a sort of game . |
| 8 | I shall be here as well , of course , but only as a silent witness . |
| 9 | The rest of the time , they were not disposed to look at Peter as a human being , but only as a rector , a creature of whom standards of motive and conduct were expected that they did not expect of themselves . |
| 10 | Indeed , I worship the little devil , but only as a travelling companion . |
| 11 | I was almost going to join prior to leaving England , but only as a conditional member . |
| 12 | It is generally accepted — but only as a rule of thumb — that an average of two-and-a-half to three OTS ( opportunities to see ) is a fairly minimal level for a burst of TV advertising . |
| 13 | He knew what he did not know about her , but only as a blank . |
| 14 | I have studied its history because it is the land of my birth and I feel I know it well , but only as a student , not as a patriot , not even as an exile . |
| 15 | Heaven is here on earth , but only as a taster . |
| 16 | He said he was in contact with the Chief Constable of Warrington who told him that the Ball family would welcome him at the funeral , but only as a private individual . |
| 17 | In the US , the protected class includes a person whose disability represents no handicap to employment but is treated by employers as if it did ; or whose disability is a handicap to employment but only as a result of the attitudes of others towards it ; or who has no disability at all but is erroneously treated by employers as disabled . |
| 18 | In He will sing tomorrow , " singing tomorrow " is in relation with the subject in the present , but only as a probable potential : " he " is represented as subject to certain conditions in the present ( his time-table , his own will ) which make his singing tomorrow predictable : in a way , one could say that right now he is represented as a " probable tomorrow-singer " . |
| 19 | She had never been engaged as an emergency medic , but only as a first-aid post . |
| 20 | They are on CAP 's agenda for the first time , but only as a footnote , as part of a number of so-called ’ additional measures ’ still to be settled . |
| 21 | Both can occur as syllabic , but only as a result of processes such as assimilation and elision that I have not yet described . |
| 22 | Research revealed that people were prepared to buy raisins , but only as an ingredient for the store cupboard . |
| 23 | I was not interesting in myself , but only as an example . |
| 24 | Compensation for cross boundary flows suffered from a number of flaws and disincentives : a Compensation was not made in cash but only as an adjustment to a district 's RAWP target after a two-year time lag . |