Example sentences of "[noun sg] as it [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The appeal to doctrines of reincarnation is an almost essential fall-back as it shifts the burden of full responsibility from our shoulders . |
| 2 | Lord Justice Higgins ' widow , Bridget , daughters , Mary , Lucy and Cait , and sons John and Matthew , led the cortege as it left the church for burial at Milltown Cemetery in Magherafelt . |
| 3 | This last convention is invaluable in early training because it helps to stabilise balance during the transfer from one foot to the other and is also valuable in such ballets as Birthday Offering as it echoes the period and style of Glazounov 's music . |
| 4 | This is a convenient practice as it avoids the need , for example , for speculation as to how the injured person 's condition will develop from the time of the initial injury or for speculation as to what his financial loss up to the date of trial at least will be . |
| 5 | Twoflower helped the wizard to his feet and they crouched by the altar stone , watching the manic figure as it battled the questing arms . |
| 6 | The lack of effect of age on survival in our study has significant implications for workload as it confounds the view that treatment of elderly people with severe acute renal failure is not indicated . |
| 7 | Failing that , the parent bird 's most useful strategy is to attack the climbing killer as it approaches the nest-site . |
| 8 | There have already been suggestions that Wang 's deal with IBM to sell the RS/6000 has not lived up to expectations — in June 1991 IBM took a stake in the financially troubled company , in return for which Wang agreed to sell the AS/400 and RS/6000 machines ( CI No 1,697 ) , but late last year said that it would not be adding to its stake as it had the right to do under terms of the agreement . |
| 9 | There have already been suggestions that Wang 's deal with IBM to sell the RS/6000 has not lived up to expectations — in June 1991 IBM took a stake in the financially troubled company , in return for which Wang agreed to sell the AS/400 and RS/6000 machines ( UX No 39 ) , but late last year said that it would not be adding to its stake as it had the right to do under terms of the agreement . |
| 10 | Mounting pressure was brought upon judges to interpret the law as it suited the government , and when the courts refused to be cowed , the police resorted freely to administrative action . |
| 11 | I was just feeling the early morning sun as it warmed the beads of sweat that dripped down my two days ' stubble . |
| 12 | A different objective can be chosen : for example a rise in the wages of stilled workers at the expense of the less skilled who will be laid off by management as it pursues the objective of survival . |
| 13 | It moved in the same half — crouched , shambling run as it had the night before , quietly , stealthily , purposefully . |
| 14 | that a simple explanation for the explosion probably lies in the condenser , which cooled evaporating xylene as it left the reaction and was specially designed to accommodate up to 50 kg of deposited tetrachlorobenzene , without blocking . |
| 15 | The only sounds were the mortar explosions and the unmistakable noise of a shell passing overhead , followed by the characteristic thump as it hit the ground . |
| 16 | Each whirring stroke of the razor-edged steel would have sliced clean through a human limb with almost as much ease as it cut the air . |
| 17 | It changed as the Dornier accelerated away from them , and took on a rhythmic throbbing as it left the ground . |
| 18 | In any case , if the bat is to receive any reasonable echo at all from a distant target , the out-going squeak as it leaves the bat must be very loud indeed , and the instrument that detects the echo , the ear , must be highly sensitive to very quiet sounds — the echoes . |
| 19 | This is an extremely beneficial tool as it eliminates the guesswork from roasting joints , because the cooking period is determined by the temperature you wish the core of the meat to achieve . |
| 20 | The growing half-span is thrusting forward full of vigour as it symbolises the growth of a business , an idea , a project or an enterprise of any sort . |
| 21 | We might also note the aspect of intensity , which refers to the degree to which the vision possesses the visionary and those surrounding him/her , and durability , which refers to the persistence of the vision , ranging even beyond the career of the visionary as it infuses the behaviour of an organization for generations . |
| 22 | The injection is not a conventional vaccine as it treats the infection rather than being used as a preventive measure . |
| 23 | She liked the sizzling sound of the water as it hit the stones when someone threw it from the bucket . |
| 24 | ‘ Each leaves for water as it leaves the nest , ’ Clare wrote of moorhen chicks . |
| 25 | The ‘ whump ’ of Clement 's boot as it strikes the ball is as different a noise from an ordinary punter as Domingo is from Kylie . |
| 26 | The T154 had entered high cloud and severe turbulence as it crossed the Ural mountain range on its journey eastward . |
| 27 | I am confident that these changes will make GDA an even more effective organisation as it faces the challenges and opportunities of the year ahead . |
| 28 | The German shelling lasted about twenty minutes , one gun continued to fire , starting with a clear crack , then the sound of the shell passing over , followed by the explosion as it hit the ground . |
| 29 | The great Chertsey Road had been in construction for some while as it involved the building of three new bridges over the River Thames at Chiswick , Richmond and Twickenham , but it was completed in 1933 , and the entire achievement was formally opened by Edward , Prince of Wales , who drove along the route , cutting ribbons at each of the three bridges . |
| 30 | But Palmer 's log that day contains a significant remark : ‘ Bart [ Czirr ] suggests that we use palladium as the metal cathode as it has the ability to let hydrogen diffuse through it at will . |