Example sentences of "but as it " in BNC.
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| 1 | What 's aught but as 't is valued ? |
| 2 | Lately none of these groups have been present in the park , but as it gets warmer they will return . |
| 3 | Wood can be lightened with oxalic acid , but as it is a poison it would be better to use a proprietary two part bleach . |
| 4 | But as it has retreated towards its heartland in the Tay , Dee and Spey valleys , most sporting estates have imposed a voluntary moratorium on shooting . |
| 5 | We did try a night cap in a ‘ classical music pub ’ but as it was in the underground of a shopping arcade , and the clientele seemed more interested in chomping through their steak and chips than appreciating Karajan 's version of the Emperor Concerto , we just had the one . |
| 6 | If I 'd had control over everything I would have had a full Wales tour in the summer and then we would n't have needed to have the practice games , but as it is we are giving them the advantage and I wanted to try to do something about that . ’ |
| 7 | This latest derivative is a cheaper and tamer Turbo , true , but as it comes under the two vital company car tax breaks points ( 2000cc and £19,250 ) , its role is clear . |
| 8 | Today 's town patrols have not been very busy , but as it is hot and it 's summer , they are n't too concerned . |
| 9 | The north wing of the school would have made three extra units , but as it was rented out to the health club , the new owners decided to maintain this arrangement . |
| 10 | It looked awful at first — so bad it was wonderful — but as it dried it revealed an incredible gradient of colour . ’ |
| 11 | She would have had great difficulty establishing herself , but as it is she has sold her pottery successfully through shows and through galleries . |
| 12 | But as it emerged , his was the performance which caught fire quicker than any , helped by the deftly-timed efforts of a double doing spectacular somersaults . |
| 13 | In January 1987 , yet another judge stated that the March ruling was , in fact , in breach of statute but as it had not been appealed against it had to stand . |
| 14 | But as it is I feel before the world as Sidney before Stella ( Sonnet L ) |
| 15 | The drum disappeared beneath him and Marie thought he 'd lost it but as it shot to the surface Gazzer yelled : ‘ It 's pulling him free ! ’ |
| 16 | She wished desperately that Ellen were in London that she might send Lizzie to judge how Oreste fared and what he understood , but as it was she had no means of knowing . |
| 17 | It would be otherwise if I had my husband with me and my first-born but as it is I feel neither one thing or the other . |
| 18 | But as it was , Mrs Eckley was announced and Wilson stood up . |
| 19 | If he had been young , nothing would have kept him from joining the Tuscan troops but as it was , he felt an old man and useless . |
| 20 | Were he among familiars it might help him but as it is he can not place himself here and it is pitiful to see how lost he is . |
| 21 | Guests paid £25 per head for the two-hour function , but as it overran by three minutes , they gladly paid out an additional £25 . |
| 22 | While his father was still alive , the Prince Regent had married secretly a Roman Catholic widow , Maria Fitzherbert , but as it was without his father 's consent , it was contrary to the Royal Marriage Act of 1772 , so in 1795 , he married his cousin , Caroline of Brunswick , and a daughter was born , Princess Charlotte , but George IV and Caroline grew to loathe one another , so from 1796 they lived apart . |
| 23 | If I were sending you off without a decent breakfast you could say that , but as it is … ’ |
| 24 | But as it happens , I have something to convey to you . ’ |
| 25 | But as it happens , I do have something to say . |
| 26 | I wondered how I should broach this subject but as it happened , Dame Edna opened her heart . |
| 27 | There is truth in this proposition ; but as it stands it is vague and ambiguous . |
| 28 | But as it rushed up the side of the church steeple Carol had a fright . |
| 29 | She wished frantically to go faster , and the broomstick sped away ; but as it spurted past , the weathercock made a savage peck at it , and Carol , glancing round , saw that it had snatched a bunch of twigs out with its beak . |
| 30 | It is easy now to regard this wonder at an enemy 's humanity as naïve , but as it is the business of war to foster the naïveté on which it thrives , so there can have been few people in England during the isolation years of 1940–42 who did not take the impersonal nature of their enemy for granted . |