Example sentences of "[noun] as it [vb -s] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The shrinkage of lava as it cools produces joints . |
2 | Irvine , California-based AST Research Inc warns that it expects third quarter after-tax margins to be in the range of 3% to 4% as it follows pricing strategies intended to lead to increased unit sales while it reduces operating expenses as a percentage of sales — its strategy for pricing and market share expansion is expected to hurt its near-term earnings it said , noting that the new Premmia line , launched in the UK yesterday , is priced 10% to 20% below rival models ; it also said it was evaluating its pricing , especially in Europe . |
3 | East Midlands Electricity today announced a major reorganisation of its core electricity business as it aims to save £10m annually in operating costs . |
4 | This is no mean achievement as it means achieving Guild membership consistently for five successive years . |
5 | X/Open says it is taking DCE on the same terms as it has taken object specifications from OMG . |
6 | Debt-laden disco operator European Leisure is suspending dividend payments as it struggles to service bank loans in the face of heavy debts and the recession.The group is still in the black but trading in the first two months of the year has been ‘ difficult and stable ’ . |
7 | He said it was essential that world business " should have an institutional mechanism enabling it to speak with a powerful voice as it seeks to influence governments and international organisations . " |
8 | Christopher also seemed to indicate that the United States and its allies were considering a programme to provide Russia a kind of social safety net as it moves to free markets . |
9 | The fact that unsatisfied demand is itself a complex and unresolved problem for librarians does not diminish the problem as it relates to stock logistics . |
10 | That idea raises three interlinked questions , answers to which should enlarge our understanding of social change as it has affected family relationships . |
11 | Awareness of the possible truth of paradox is a most helpful way in to appreciating the nature of religious language as it wrestles to express experience . |