Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [adv] as it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are confident that IBM is indeed primarily interested in the morphing business even as it metamorphoses itself into a new and presumably reinvigorated enterprise . |
| 2 | That shoulder obviously still him a problem he seems to be holding it a little bit awkwardly as it comes in to Speedy now . |
| 3 | I do not mean to imply that the biochemistry is primary , or any more fundamental in the reductionist sense than the physiology ; what I am saying is that changed biochemistry translates into changed physiology just as it does into changed behaviour . |
| 4 | The Lepismatidae have acquired an additional anterior articulation which , with other changes , enables the mandible to move by adduction and abduction in the transverse plane rather as it does in most mandibulate Pterygotes . |
| 5 | Tigers do not know that humans beings have no sense of smell , and when a tiger becomes a man-eater it treats a human being exactly as it treats wild animals , that is , it approaches its intended victims up-wind , or lies up in wait for them down-wind . |
| 6 | As with the unregistered design right as it applies to other articles , the semiconductor design right is automatic and does not require registration . |
| 7 | We value this regular service highly as it has been a source of up-to-date information which is readily available on a weekly basis . |
| 8 | It makes a good windbreak too as it filters the wind , rather than encouraging destructive eddies . |
| 9 | As a safety measure , the warhead completes its arming process only as it nears the target . |
| 10 | The pillar of gas and sand was pulled out by the wind , darkening the sand under its shadow and forming a curtain of haze under its base like you see under a heavy cloud sometimes as it starts to get rid of its rain . |
| 11 | Hungary lost much foreign creditor confidence as a consequence of the general deterioration in its economic performance just as it approached a period when it needed substantial foreign loans to service its debts , finance its convertible currency account deficit and replenish hard currency reserves . |
| 12 | Within the Common Market , Britain in 1989 seemed as much the odd nation out as it had been in 1979 at the time of the rancorous Dublin summit , unable to prevent major changes within the Community by responding in a negative , bad-tempered way . |
| 13 | In the south of France , and especially the southeast , the legacy of Ancient Rome represented the overwhelming influence on Gothic architecture just as it had on Romanesque here before this . |
| 14 | The sun left a red stain behind as it retreated below the horizon . |
| 15 | The animal is knitted as a single motif just as it appears on the graph . |
| 16 | ‘ The division faces another difficult year ahead as it completes its fundamental restructuring and positions itself to become a viable business in niche markets , ’ the company declared . |
| 17 | The ice made a crackling sound now as it froze harder and the wipers shifted it . |
| 18 | The obvious solution is to stop filling scarce space with bulky rubbish just as it left the bin : switch to recycling and incineration . |
| 19 | I had to put the project aside for a while , he wrote , as the rent had to be paid , not to speak of alimony , school fees and the rest , and , coming back to it after a considerable period , much longer , unfortunately , than I had anticipated , and I will not even try to apologize since you gave me a completely free hand — anyway , he wrote , trying to ignore the damp spots left on the page of his pad by his sweaty hands , anyway , coming back to it after all that time I realized that it would be quite impossible in practice to separate the valuable and the worthless , the public and the private , and that , in a sense , one would have to think in terms of either publishing the whole thing exactly as it stood , or not doing it at all . |