Example sentences of "but [adv] as the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The comparison is relevant as people perceive noise not so much in terms of its absolute level but rather as the relationship of the noise to what exists normally . |
| 2 | We need to see teaching , therefore , not as the transmission of pre-existing knowledge to passive recipients , but rather as the provision of opportunities for children to continue to exercise their in-built drive actively to make sense of their experience and , thereby , to gain understanding of , and control over , the world in which they live . |
| 3 | Nizan 's refusal to empathise fully with his fictional characters was consequently envisaged not as part of a global strategy to adapt the novel to the demands of contemporary social experience , but rather as the ideological inability of a communist novelist to engage in a complicity judged by Sartre to be a fundamental aspect of the novelist 's art . |
| 4 | The emergence of more professional search consultants coincided with the increased need for headhunting services to help rationalisation and reorganisation ; but arguably as the search industry was maturing , headhunting could attract better-qualified candidates , and as their earnings rose and headhunting became more profitable , executive search was increasingly being seen as a viable alternative to a line-management job . |
| 5 | Most artists use graphite , but only as the preliminary means to a further end , for a simple sketch to then cover with paint . |
| 6 | Most artists use graphite , but only as the preliminary means to a further end , for a simple sketch to then cover with paint . |
| 7 | Erm that in fact one of the odd points here is that when a person is convicted , that information is public , but nevertheless as the years go by and indeed er this has been recognized in for instance the rehabilitation of offenders act , it becomes private information and if someone 's looking for a job the fact that he was convicted of an offence many years ago should not be er er relevant . |
| 8 | Now , as if it had never happened before , Nicholas thanked the King , but not as the King wanted . |
| 9 | But just as the mere thought of the long run is liable to blight any work on which one is engaged , so the thought of a tone distinct from though inseparable from the shit is guaranteed to bring even the most promising project to a halt . |
| 10 | But just as the loss of self is the precondition for the discovery of a more ‘ real ’ because unconflicted , unrepressed self , so the precondition for pastoral sublimity is the loss of history , and once again the landscape which crystallizes desire , in such remarkable images , is also effaced by it : |
| 11 | But just as the people in Exodus 16 , when first given the manna , found it hard to come to terms with God 's meticulous generosity , so now they are blinded by the clarity of God 's judgement . |
| 12 | But just as the narrator has difficulty in piecing together the fragments of her story , so we as readers are never able to see the whole picture . |
| 13 | But just as the overall form of our body remains the same , despite the constant replacement of the atoms and molecules of which it is made , so is the overall form of nature maintained as identifiably the same old physical universe , though the pattern may alter markedly over the course of time . |
| 14 | But just as the concept of a ‘ classless society ’ clashes with backing for private education and health care , so the concept of an integral Britain is at odds with the Thatcherite penchant for demolishing or weakening existing national structures . |
| 15 | But just as the Midlands and England B found last week , battering offence against drilled defence equals a total lack of common sense . |
| 16 | But just as the microprocessor and open software standards are gnawing away at the foundations of the mainframe market , so massively parallel machines are beginning to chip away at the monolithic vector machines — once the parallel software catches up with the hardware . |
| 17 | But just as the state appears unwilling to allow the market a totally free reign over the prospects of large companies , state support for small firms seems to recognize their value . |
| 18 | But just as the kettle was coming to the boil a black cloud billowed in through one of the open windows and enveloped the entire tea party . |
| 19 | But just as the auction was about to begin there was a commotion amongst the knot of gentlemen who had gathered around the foot of the stairs . |
| 20 | Mary and Reggie said , " Do sit down and join us , " but just as the six had repelled Mary and Reggie , so now did Mary and Reggie seem surrounded by an invisible current : Keep off . |
| 21 | The king 's body , together with a number of priceless gold and bejewelled kerises attached to the scarlet wrappings , was handed into the grotto , but just as the carved wooden cover was about to be hammered into place behind it , Lorne announced that it was imperative to film the door being closed from the inside . |
| 22 | But just as the removal of trees from the lowlands has created considerable opposition from environmentalists so has the policy of planting them across the hillsides . |
| 23 | But just as the policy determinants of welfare are multiple , and sometimes unexpected , so individuals ' welfare is influenced by phenomena that have nothing to do with the activity of the state . |
| 24 | But just as the invention of print prepared the way for the traditional novel ( Watt 1957:196–200 , Couturier 1991:93–144 ) , so the fictions characters produce in Verbivore are conditioned by the technological advances which have made them possible . |
| 25 | But just as the strength to be content was n't a grim determination of self-discipline in the face of varying circumstances , Paul 's strength to be ready for anything came from the work of God in his life . |
| 26 | But just as the cameras start to roll for one particularly steamy scene in Rainbow 's secret movie , the director remembers she is not quite alone . |
| 27 | But just as the " Miller 's " energies are concentrated in his sustained and masterful display as a raconteur , the spleen of the Reeve is released in his self-reflection and in his pointed but ultimately harmless fabliau . |
| 28 | But just as the Americans looked to be heading to a heavy and humiliating defeat in their first ever game against Germany , they struck back with two goals in seven minutes to set up a tense finish . |
| 29 | But just as the security net began to tighten in the grounds of the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh yesterday a group of Japanese tourists made an unscheduled appearance . |
| 30 | But just as the housing market quivers to life , along comes a new threat to house prices and another axe for the mortgage lenders to grind . |