Example sentences of "[noun] as it [verb] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , such a policy could not be seen in isolation as it had implications for practice more generally , including procedures and training . |
| 2 | The wind was rising again , mocking the arrival of spring as it lashed rain against the windows . |
| 3 | This however was no ordinary wedding as it took place on the Healthcare annual incentive to Mexico . |
| 4 | She was making for the telephone box outside the Broken Dolls Hospital when she heard the puttering of a motorcycle engine as it reduced speed in the gutter behind her . |
| 5 | " Even if you have a copy of the old ( September 1988 ) Catalogue , have a look at this year 's edition as it contains details of 15 new titles and information on many more books , packs , videos and projects . |
| 6 | The Kinshasa demonstration followed calls from the opposition alliance , the Sacred Union , for popular protest in support of the national conference as it rejected proposals for its replacement outlined by Prime Minister Jean Nguza Karl-I-Bond . |
| 7 | The recent history of liberal response to urban deprivation as it affects groups like women is littered with the unmet commitments and unfulfilled promises of such initiatives : each highly circumscribed ; each mediated through the transitory commitment of part-time interlopers in communities in which they do not live , among women whose lives they do not share ; and all controlled elsewhere . |
| 8 | On the other hand , Woolworth to Comet group Kingfisher bounced 3p to 544p as it reported profits in line with forecasts . |
| 9 | The scythe of time creates superiority of title as it does seniority of age . |
| 10 | Few people noticed the event as it took place in an uninhabited part of Kamchatcka and caused no known casualties . |
| 11 | Pre-rinse A short cold rinse , useful if you are likely to fill the machine up in dribs and drabs during the day as it prevents food from drying on to the dishes and cutlery . |
| 12 | Mr Sugar 's other main company interest , Tottenham Hotspur , was in demand as it climbed 14p to 103p over speculation that chief executive Terry Venables might buy Mr Sugar 's stake in the club . |
| 13 | Carlton was undeterred by HTV 's news as it jumped 6p to 754p . |
| 14 | THE Australian pack looked a mighty outfit as it blew Scotland to the four corners at both scrummage and line-out during their recent two-test series ( see pages 22 & 23 ) . |
| 15 | Class B1 No. 61094 passes beneath the former LD & EC viaduct remains at Horns Bridge as it approaches Chesterfield with the early afternoon train from Leicester which would be recessed at Chesterfield before forming the 16.20 departure for Sheffield . |
| 16 | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the law relating to provocation as it affects cases of murder . |
| 17 | The car joined the evening traffic as it swung south-east towards Moscow . |
| 18 | Half-year results from British Gas left the group a penny weaker at 329p although RTZ , the world 's biggest mining group , added 4p to 721p as it produced profits in line with the City 's expectations . |
| 19 | The world has about 3000 times as much groundwater as it has water in rivers and lakes , and groundwater is far cleaner . |
| 20 | While the question of refugees highlighted the dilemma facing the government as it established freedom of movement [ see above ] , it also provoked problems in Romania 's foreign relations , especially with Hungary . |
| 21 | The ferry had reportedly sunk almost immediately on hitting coral reefs as it approached Safaga at around midnight . |
| 22 | I watched the smoke rising from the liquid as it changed colour from red to purple and at last to green . |
| 23 | The concept of the ‘ biographical career ’ is central to this approach as it allows consideration of the uniqueness of individual biographies , the meanings which individuals attach to the concepts of age and ageing , and how these change over time ( Johnson , 1978 ; Fairhurst and Lightup , 1982 ) . |
| 24 | To have one 's hand fixed by an elastic band to the telephone receiver was the norm as it encouraged continuity of business — if it was n't used too frequently . |
| 25 | Access will not be limited to formal applications made under the Act but we will be seeking to develop ‘ live access ’ that means by sharing information as it becomes part of the file . |
| 26 | The company dropped the bombshell as it plunged £711million into the red in the first half of the year . |
| 27 | Rex felt the knee as it made contact with his groin . |
| 28 | By contrast , this study concentrates on the issue of public understanding as it affects scientists in conservation organisations . |
| 29 | He could n't dismiss the images , he could n't stay Time 's hand as it turned page after page of that memory-album until tears flooded his eyes at the scenes recalled : his mother , her brown hair screwed into a bun at the back of her head , taking him to see a house at Edgeworthstown where she said a famous woman writer had lived ; he had n't paid much attention , not being interested in books then , but when he grew older he read Maria Edgeworth 's novels and went again for himself to gaze at her home . |
| 30 | The Health Service Centre should be your first port of call for all general career enquiries as it disseminates information on both basic and postbasic nursing education . |