Example sentences of "but [verb] [pers pn] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | As soon as I see that a patient 's breathing pattern is changing dramatically or that the eye movement behind the closed lids is altering , I instruct him to be aware of and to understand all that is happening but to see it as if on a film or television screen , so that he is completely detached and feels no physical or mental distress whatsoever . |
| 2 | Surprisingly , Franco did not make an example of him as he had done in previous such instances of " insubordination " , but appointed him as Ambassador to the Holy See . |
| 3 | The people took most of the money , but decried it as a decade of greed . |
| 4 | A purpose of Clarkson 's History was thus not only to delineate a common pattern of consciousness but to promote it as a contribution to energising the internal networks of antislavery for future struggles . |
| 5 | How can you change ask , ge get to that , but say it as an open question . |
| 6 | The doctor , a man named Champney , realised he could do no more for her but , on hearing of the stranger ( Mary Ashley did not know Tawell , but described him as a Quaker ) , he set out to trace him . |
| 7 | Newspaper reports of a " secret " meeting between Mandela , Tambo and President F. W. de Klerk on Dec. 17 caused embarrassment for the ANC , which later admitted that a meeting had taken place but described it as " a long-scheduled meeting of the working group looking into the suspension of armed actions " . |
| 8 | There were , in short , pious men and women who not only failed to find it blasphemous , but regarded it as an integral part of their belief — as integral , say , as Peter 's role is to the Church of Rome . |
| 9 | AN OFF-DUTY police inspector saw the alleged killer of Marie Wilks but dismissed him as a good Samaritan , the M50 murder trial was told yesterday . |
| 10 | The critics were quick to recognise the anguish in the writing , but dismissed it as ‘ hopeless pessimism ’ or ‘ a shameful nightmare which one only wishes to forget as quickly and as completely as possible ’ . |
| 11 | The Chinese also evaluated Microsoft Corp Windows NT but dismissed it as an incomplete and immature platform . |
| 12 | Some studies have used marks on shells that would disappear if shells decrease in size ; it is known that molluscs can remain living for long periods without detectable growth ; and some studies have recorded negative growth but dismissed it as apparent error . |
| 13 | In that case Form N79 listed the five allegations of breach of the order of the court which were in fact admitted , but listed them as allegations . |
| 14 | He did not in the simplest sense romanticise fact but used it as a way of making his readers see a complex and various world . |
| 15 | He noted that its heavy brow-ridges gave it an ape-like appearance , but rejected it as a ‘ missing link ’ because of its large capacity . |
| 16 | Many easterners see these ideas as a poor substitute for concessions on trade , but welcome them as a step towards membership . |
| 17 | Unlike Richard he was not brought up in Welsh but learnt it as a foreign language . |
| 18 | At the heart of the problem is the fact that the Government is selling off 10 different companies but presenting them as a single package . |
| 19 | This not only allows him to indulge in more of those awkward movements , which make his first solo such a wonderful parody of classical dance , but shows him as the pathetic clown , always the butt of everyone 's laughter . |
| 20 | Unlike Mr Melding , he does not regard this campaign as a stepping stone on the route to Westminster , but sees it as an extension of his involvement in local politics . |
| 21 | The group professes agnosticism on the monarchy , but sees it as the ‘ apex and symbol ’ of an unfair and ineffective system . |
| 22 | It remains highly questionable why such a sensational and unrealistic play should be thought worthy of attention in the first place , but this is perhaps indicative of attitudes within the theatre that mental handicap is a good basis for plays written by writers who have no understanding of mental handicap but view it as a subject of horror around which some dramatic scenario can be created . |
| 23 | With the short notice Lesley was unprepared for this event , having been on holiday the previous 2 weeks , and was disappointed in her own performance but enjoyed it as an international event . |
| 24 | They appear to regard them as useful for acquainting teachers and brighter pupils with industrial life , but to discount them as a means of selecting employees . |
| 25 | Cambridge 1 Millwall 0 DION DUBLIN , Cambridge 's top-scorer , started the game on the bench but finished it as the match-winner , following an inspired double-substitution by manager John Beck at half-time . |
| 26 | The practical point , of course , is never to parade all the facts at the beginning but to use them as a military commander might unleash the cavalry squadrons he has kept hidden below the brow of the hill . |
| 27 | In them he is no longer fighting against his instinctive understanding of the region , traditions and spirit of his home country , but embracing it as a source of inspiration , and eventually using it as a touchstone against which the characters and even life itself are to be judged . |
| 28 | But to describe him as a " deliberate plagiarist " may overlook another , but unknown fact : that he was assured , at the time he used the material , that the originator 's consent had been forthcoming . |
| 29 | They did not engage in an abstruse discussion of the technicalities of Trinitarianism but saw it as a paradigm of the religious experience of God . |
| 30 | At the beginning of the nineteenth century , building societies began to accept investments from people who did not want to buy a house , but use them as a way of investing their savings and obtaining an income in the shape of interest . |