Example sentences of "[adv] as it [verb] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said the atmosphere at each gathering had been one of calm , loving concern , and this would continue for as long as it took to get the children home . |
| 2 | ‘ Again , I lived with Mike for as long as it took to get the divorce and then I arranged the wedding . |
| 3 | The heating is switched on only for as long as it takes to dry the washing . |
| 4 | I do n't care if it 's a rubbish route so long as it 's got an E-number . |
| 5 | Just as it favours conserving the existing definition of sexual intercourse for rape , the Committee seeks to retain the crime of buggery to deal exclusively with anal intercourse . |
| 6 | The bourgeoisie as a class found enormous difficulty in combining getting and spending in a morally satisfactory manner , just as it failed to solve the equivalent material problem , how to secure a succession of equally dynamic and capable businessmen within the same family , a fact which increased the role of daughters , who could introduce new blood into the business complex . |
| 7 | Then it ran , dodging between sandy hillocks , black-tipped tail undulating behind as it attempted to escape the constant buzzing of irate birds . |
| 8 | The judge erred in law in holding that in mortgage proceedings if a mortgagee failed to seek an order for costs then the mortgagor could apply for the costs to be taxed on an appropriate basis ; if no order was made the mortgagor could require that the costs of the mortgage proceedings be referred by the master taking the account to the taxing master for taxation pursuant to R.S.C. , Ord. 62 , r. 24 ; ( 3 ) that a provision in the mortgage deed providing expressly or by implication the basis on which costs were to be taxed was not then binding on the court and the judge also erred when he held that in mortgage proceedings a provision entitling the mortgagee to an indemnity against all costs , charges and expenses was void so far as it purports to exclude the jurisdiction of the court under section 51 of the Supreme Court Act 1981 . |
| 9 | The chapter sets the tenor for the whole work in so far as it tries to examine the social conditions under which blacks became involved in sport , first in the USA and then in Great Britain . |
| 10 | The great agricultural revolution of our own times , in which drainage has played no small part , has accelerated the decline of the small farmer just as surely as it has imperilled the ecological system previously sustained by communal wetland management ; and , at the last , it has begun to destroy the basic resources of the land , as ever deeper drainage has created mineral problems in the soil , wastage of peat , and an increasing dependence upon pumping . |
| 11 | ‘ It 's forgotten , ’ I said , but my own hand was trembling a little as it reached to take the unsteady , hairy hand he offered across the table . |