Example sentences of "as it takes [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By reducing the probability that a firm will fail and by reducing creditors ' potential losses in the event of difficulty , this helps to reduce the costs a firm takes on as it takes bigger risks and nears bankruptcy . |
| 2 | The incentive to settle any claim exists insofar as it takes one file more off the solicitor 's desk and from the client 's point of view , gives him his damages ( or a proportion thereof ) sooner than would be the case if he requires to proceed to Proof . |
| 3 | ‘ And as it takes half an hour to drive to Royal Wrigglesworth we must assume that Sir Vivien 's Lagonda would have driven through the village at about eight . ’ |
| 4 | As it takes some time to get the system going and prepare the animal for recording , any one experiment can run for many hours , and as a result neurophysiologists tend , even more than any other lab scientists I know , to be erratic nightworkers and ( at least when they are graduate students ) not well cut out for normal social relations . |
| 5 | The dt route suddenly appeared to be promising , though there is still a long way to go as it takes 20 to 40 times this to make a muon in a particle accelerator . |
| 6 | As it takes several years for the effects of changing the number of trainees to become obvious the failure to implement Achieving a Balance is only now becoming evident . |