Example sentences of "[noun sg] as it [vb -s] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The shrinkage of lava as it cools produces joints .
2 East Midlands Electricity today announced a major reorganisation of its core electricity business as it aims to save £10m annually in operating costs .
3 This is no mean achievement as it means achieving Guild membership consistently for five successive years .
4 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 . "
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 That idea raises three interlinked questions , answers to which should enlarge our understanding of social change as it has affected family relationships .
8 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 .
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