Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] as it [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Regis was so vast it absorbed the Writers Internationale just as it absorbed the British Congress of Funeral Directors . |
| 2 | As a safety measure , the warhead completes its arming process only as it nears the target . |
| 3 | In other words , the undersurface curves upwards as it approaches the trailing edge.In fact this is so prominent in the Flexifoil that the section could be said to be upside down ! |
| 4 | The obvious solution is to stop filling scarce space with bulky rubbish just as it left the bin : switch to recycling and incineration . |
| 5 | TIMING was not on the side of Thames Television yesterday as it unveiled the £57million purchase of American TV production house Reeves . |
| 6 | The conditioner has a single rotor with pivoting U-shaped tines which toss the grass upwards as it leaves the cutting blades . |
| 7 | The Lieutenant 's horse was tossing its head , snorting , raising its bright hooves high as it trampled the crop . |
| 8 | This ideology relating to gender roles underpins the structure of sociology much as it does the structure of social life . |
| 9 | It makes a good windbreak too as it filters the wind , rather than encouraging destructive eddies . |