Example sentences of "[conj] as it [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Mnchener is suing Atlantic Richfield for nearly $150m , alleging that the company knew that the products the unit was developing would never be commercially viable , and according to the Wall Street Journal citing electronic mail messages , one of which says that as it appears the development ‘ is a pipe dream , let Siemens have the pipe , ’ and another that says ‘ We will attempt to finesse past Siemens the fact that we have had a great deal of trouble in successfully transitioning technology from the laboratory to the factory ’ ; Atlantic Richfield denies attempting to mislead Siemens over the unit . |
| 2 | A black , beady eye caught the light as it moved on short , powerful legs and toes , and as it crossed the clearing it paused for one brief moment to utter a shrill and prolonged , ‘ Kee … wee … | . ’ |
| 3 | Because you can never go back to yesterday , if you came in last year or five years ago , ten years ago or longer , some of you have been in the truth for many , many years and it is nearer now than it ever was when you first came along and joined Jehovah 's people and as it says the night is well along and if any of us have ever worked on the night shift , I think we 're all well aware are n't we that when the night is well along and |
| 4 | There was an emergency Cabinet meeting shortly after 11 p.m. , and as it progressed the storm clouds that had been gathering all Saturday evening came to a head . |
| 5 | The blood is hot and corrosive , and as it splatters the adventurers ( there is no way of evading it ) it burns the skin , irrespective of armour , magical protections and the like , causing burning and bleeding wounds . |
| 6 | Since receiving this correspondence , I have met with David Wilson who is the Regional Coordinator Child Protection based in the Social Work Department HQ at Shrubhill House , Shrub Place , Edinburgh EH7 4PD , Tel 031-553-8294 to further clarify the requirements of the Child Protection Committee particularly in relation to and as it affects the Community Education Service and also to learn of his role in relation to this . |
| 7 | Halfway down he knew it was n't going to stop so he switched everything off , kept the brakes on to the end , and as it hit the grass he let the brakes off . |
| 8 | These are attached when the bird is less than 10 days old , and as it grows the ring becomes impossible to remove . |
| 9 | The parent star is a red giant nearing the end of its life , and as it runs the gamut of fusion reactions , exhausting one element after another , the spectrum of particles it emits becomes exotic . |
| 10 | For a moment he thought that a sprinkling of light fell wherever Fael-Inis walked , but as it touched the floor it vanished , and he could not be sure that he had seen it at all . |
| 11 | South America could easily have had a marsupial anteater , alongside its marsupial sabre-tooth " tiger " , but as it happens the anteater trade was early filled by placental mammals instead . |
| 12 | The original ego that we possessed in infancy has the potential for growth and development , but as it encounters the realities of objects in its environment , such as the mother , good experiences will be stored in the memory and bad experiences will be mentally internalised in an unconscious fashion as internal objects . |
| 13 | Pilot David Moore from Gloucestershire was at the controls of the forty seven year old Spitfire as it took part in an air display near Manchester on Saturday.The fighter plane looped the loop but as it neared the ground it plummeted down , bursting into flames.Firefighters were on the scene immediately , and confirmed that the pilot was dead.David Moore , who was 47 , flew with the Royal Navy for ten years before joining Rolls Royce as a pilot in the mid 1970s.He flew the company 's executives around Europe … but in his spare time he enjoyed piloting vintage planes like the Spitfire , which was owned by Rolls Royce.Today at the family 's home near Stroud , David Moore 's widow was coming to terms with the tragedy : |