Example sentences of "[noun] as it be [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , it is obviously as much a waste of funds to give money to privatisation of the coal industry as it was to give money for the poll tax . |
| 2 | It is just as desirable to schedule pits , tips and earthworks as it is to schedule buildings and artifacts before uncontrolled enthusiasm hides them from generations . |
| 3 | Modigliani stopped her taxi as it was crossing Montparnasse and implored to be allowed to ride with her , and even that was relayed to her readers . |
| 4 | For like millions of other readers he was following the slow northward progress of the escaped eagle as it was reported day by day in most of the popular newspapers . |
| 5 | It is just as easy — and as pointless — to criticize the American press for misunderstanding the Piggott style as it is to criticize Piggott for flirting so dangerously with defeat . |
| 6 | Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway A mixed passenger and goods train belonging to the Bishop 's Castle Railway Company ran into a coal train belonging to the Great Western Company as it was passing Stretford Junction , owing to the driver of the passenger train being unable to bring it to a standstill on seeing the signals against him . |