Example sentences of "[adv] as it [vb -s] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Clearly , this must be the case so long as it remains the only easily available platform for interactive multimedia .
2 Edward Taylor 's urgent new opus has all the hallmarks of a hit , especially as it eschews the long , lingering shadows of some of the genre 's earlier efforts .
3 The logarithm of the number of men having at least s units of solidity will at first fall linearly with s , then more rapidly as it approaches the fixed upper limit of 1000 papers , beyond which no man has achieved . ’
4 In other words , the undersurface curves upwards as it approaches the trailing edge.In fact this is so prominent in the Flexifoil that the section could be said to be upside down !
5 Now as it approaches the witching hour of um the witching hour of ten to ten I suggest we all go and run about a little bit for for ten minutes and I 'll do something about some of the emotional effects and some of the therapies in the next hour for all those who 're interested hello tape recorder , there 'll be another hour in a minute .
6 Next , it will support the claim that corporate power is justifiable only in so far as it promotes the public interest , and accordingly that society is entitled to demand that company policies serve that interest .
7 Any tense which includes a component of the present tense such as the passé composé ( il a écrit ) is personal in so far as it acknowledges the present moment of the utterance .
8 The nominal value is meaningless and may be misleading , except in so far as it determines the minimum liability .
9 However , our basic model may be criticized in advance of this discussion in so far as it ignores the monetary effects of fiscal decisions and so may overstate the case in favour of macroeconomic management through this route .
10 Dan Graham has always been about geometry , at least in so far as it informs the quasi-architectural environments he makes ( have you yet been delightfully disoriented by the series of glass-walled , open-to-the-sky rooms he has constructed on the roof of the DIA Art Center 's Chelsea outpost ? ) .
11 In such highly evolved animals as insects the primitive segmentation , in so far as it affects the internal anatomy , has undergone profound modifications ; the segmental repetition of parts is nevertheless retained to some extent in the central nervous system , the heart , tracheal system and in the body musculature .
12 This volume however is both unusual and welcome because it deals specifically with the work of Julia Kristeva ; it is informative in so far as it indicates the cross-disciplinary implications of her work , and it maintains a balance between the introductory and the complex .
13 If the detent spring is weak it would probably jump out of second as well as it utilises the same spring .
14 The external skeleton is highly versatile ; it serves the tiny water flea as well as it does the giant Japanese spider crab that measures over three metres from claw to claw .
15 Well as it stands the related documents you have the option of keeping them or not .
16 The development of citizenship in the 1990s will no doubt continue to occupy the attention of politicians , and increasingly it will come to be debated by citizens , particularly as it enters the national curriculum .
17 Although I am sure that the Publishers Association is sincere in wishing to manage the book club rules as tightly as it manages the Net Book Agreement , we are all aware of the increasing confidence of the book clubs , who are bound to accelerate their invasion into the territory that booksellers have regarded as theirs .
18 First the spiral opens out as it does in a shell , but then closes up again as it approaches the other pole of the cell .
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