The phrase "as it exists rather" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It seems to be an incomplete thought and lacks context for proper usage.
Example: "The theory is complex, as it exists rather than in a simplified form."
Alternatives: "as it currently stands" or "in its present form".
Above all, the voters had made the choice to work through a lousy system as it existed rather than to see it collapse, to hold it to account, to force it to live up to its professed righteousness.
And thus remarkably thoughtless to base an analysis on the industry as it exists today, rather than how it might well look in three, five and 10 years.
The intent of this disengagement is not to abstract from an object of cognition as it exists, but rather to look at the object as it is in itself.
"We are fully aware of the health harms associated with cannabis use, but contend that a rational policy must pragmatically manage the reality of use as it currently exists, rather than attempt to eradicate it using punitive enforcement".
You also suspect that Ms. Paglia may be railing against art as it is taught in universities rather than as it exists in the real world.
The Congressional Oversight Panel, the Elizabeth Warren-led group keeping tabs on the bank bailout, said in an October report that "it increasingly appears" that the Obama foreclosure plan "is targeted at the housing crisis as it existed six months ago, rather than as it exists right now".
I want you to convince me that what you refer to as the Free Syrian Army actually exists rather than is a label we apply to a rag-bag group of clans and tribal forces with no coherent force.
What is missing from this literature is an attempt to look at cyberweapons governance "in the round", understood as a concern with what currently exists, rather than what might be future optimal solutions (Stevens, 2016b).
First, one need not show a fiduciary relationship to establish that an agency relationship exists; rather, fiduciary duties arise as a result of circumstances establishing the agency relationship.
First is the need is to accept the facts as they exist, rather than as Lockheed and self-interested bureaucrats in the Pentagon would prefer them to be.
