Example sentences of "but [adv] [verb] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , they know that your Company is not a lame duck , but widely described as one of the best managed in the industry . |
| 2 | There is evidence , however , to show that these differences in school attainment at age 7 do not decrease , but rather increase as children get older . |
| 3 | This key factor is the crisis of legitimacy — ignored by the orthodox account , but rightly identified as crucial by Bottoms , and Fitzgerald and Sim . |
| 4 | Dorothy looked determined rather than festive ; she would have been in her forties at the time but already stood as though planted , like an elderly woman . |
| 5 | His acceptance speech , made on the following evening , was well delivered but generally perceived as lacking in detail . |
| 6 | Are they like heavy colds — something unpleasant but best ignored as they will soon go away ? |
| 7 | The eldest brother refused to have his hands tied but coolly watched as his brother 's carcase was rolled away . |
| 8 | But just consider as I say , when you flash people , that you 've got to maintain the separation distance . |
| 9 | But once established as individual musical personalities — ‘ it seemed natural for us to work together . ’ |
| 10 | He was not clever or epigrammatic in the Union manner and only occasionally witty , but always spoke as though he had something to contribute to the debate . |
| 11 | ‘ Ancient person , ’ [ began Gooseneck ] , ‘ for whom I All the flattering youth defy , Long be it ere thou grow old , Aching , shaking , crazy , cold ; But still continue as thou art , Ancient person of my heart . |
| 12 | This must be not only encouraging but also perturbing as we are only able to accept a small number for tuition . |
| 13 | Also to the drivers , who not only drove with such care that the passengers were n't inconvenienced in any way , but also doubled as bike handlers to get the bikes on and off the trailer , inevitably a dirty job . |
| 14 | President Clinton has given his staff two months to draw up a balanced solution to the continuing controversy over the logging of the Pacific North-West old-growth forests — fiercely opposed by conservationists , but strongly defended as economically essential by many local people . |
| 15 | ‘ Everything 's probably all right , but please do as I say . ’ |
| 16 | A man does not by nature wish to earn more and more money , but simply to live as he is accustomed to live and to earn as much as is necessary for that purpose . |
| 17 | It did n't run , but almost idled as it came , the whistle confounding Chant 's thoughts , and making him stumble . |
| 18 | My master , who had found a similar one on the port side , first tried his cloak but then cursed as it went into the lake and he had to stop the hole with the heel of his boot . |
| 19 | At last she sat down , her expression hostile but tightly controlled as she looked at him . |
| 20 | This should be avoided on radio , but otherwise speak as you normally speak-do not try for a " BBC " or any other accent . |
| 21 | Second , the individual 's stance has a history : the ‘ attitude ’ is not fixed , but rhetorically unfolds as the historical context of controversy unfolds . |
| 22 | The old person is more likely to experience the effects of chronic grief which are made worse by continuing life events but seldom balanced as in younger years by new attachments . |