Example sentences of "as it [verb] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | I nearly slipped on the convex peel as it made a squishing sound underfoot , doing small damage to my shoe . |
2 | As it made the historic journey from being a charity team for Irish immigrants in Glasgow 's East End in 1888 to being a European Cup winning team in 1967 , there is a widely held myth that the club resents spending money and keeps its funds in the infamous biscuit tin , a closely guarded money chest under the Parkhead bed . |
3 | The court quashed the Minister 's decision on the ground that he should have considered the school 's application in the wider context and not only as it affected the particular school . |
4 | SEDGWICK , the international insurance broker , yesterday revealed the extent of the difficulties posed by tough market conditions and falling interest income last year as it announced a sharp drop in annual profits . |
5 | The fall at drinks and confectionery group Cadbury Schweppes was limited to just 2p to 468p as it announced the much-expected cash call to fund further acquisitions in the US . |
6 | Oblique-slip margins are considered in detail in various papers in Ballance and Reading ( 1980 ) ; the introductory article by Reading ( 1980 ) is particularly useful as it presents a general review of sedimentation patterns in relation to topography . |
7 | The first visit by prospective parents is important as it creates a lasting impression . |
8 | With an almost lazy climb the solid fuel missile , grapple irons extending as it left the short barrel , reached its zenith and fell back with a clang , hooking on to the deck railing . |
9 | The inadequateness of the term , however , insofar as it offers a univocal description of an extremely heterogeneous section of the world , also means that a suitable alternative general category can not by definition be produced . |
10 | The literary tradition is valued in so far as it offers a critical evaluation of this transformation and its consequences . |
11 | The potential value of the research is not just theoretical , as it offers a new perspective from which to evaluate the innumerable problems which beset development programmes . |
12 | BRITISH Airways yesterday became the latest casualty of Black Wednesday as it revealed the slumping pound had helped cause profits to crash 80 per cent in the third quarter . |
13 | The child , as it gains a progressive mastery of language , grows gradually into an awareness of what it is capable . |
14 | The sensation rocked through her , and she wanted only to remain there , feeling the suggestive thrust of his tongue as it explored the inner softness of her mouth and gently , expertly made her intensely and inescapably aware of the hard , pulsing heat of his virile manhood pressing insistently against her thighs . |
15 | Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary , Kevin McNamara , says Britain should mourn the two deaths , as it proves the political system in Ulster has disintegrated . |
16 | The American Civil War , the first ‘ modern ’ war with ultimately more than a million men under arms , divided families and friends as much as it split a great nation in two . |
17 | The early history of the album is unknown , although it was in America at one time , as it bears a tantalising price of $35 inscribed in the upper right corner of the first page . |
18 | This programme however is far more attractive as it features the great Marguerite Long in music by the three 20th Century French composers with whom she was closely associated . |
19 | Throughout this painting I choose to work within the arch as it forms a natural frame , concentrating the eye on the activity of the light on the steps , allowing an intensity of contrast to be created . |
20 | Throughout this painting I choose to work within the arch as it forms a natural frame , concentrating the eye on the activity of the light on the steps , allowing an intensity of contrast to be created . |
21 | To get to the Bungles in the first place needs a certain pioneering spirit as it involves a seven-hour drive from Kununurra , and the last three are over rough terrain that can be tackled only by four-wheel-drive vehicles . |
22 | The interaction is strong , as it involves the electric field of the radiation and the electric charge of the electron . |
23 | It is not fair to expect your local delicatessen to do it for you as it takes a long time to slice the whole ham and Parma must be cut thinly . |
24 | Therefore , as it takes a considerable amount of time to scan the tapes looking for rarely occurring variants , we have selected one particular variable of this kind , which we call meat/mate , and have studied this quantitatively outside the main projects in a different way . |
25 | The lorry changed into a lower gear as it reached the final slope . |
26 | Year round it is popular for walks as it exudes an elegant serenity inspired of the water and the graceful trees . |
27 | His superbly detailed pencil drawing ( below ) of a loving mother elephant protecting her baby was an obvious choice , as it symbolised the protective spirit we all feel towards these magnificent creatures . |
28 | 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 . |
29 | The difficulty was that Labour could have found itself supporting military action against a fascist state at the same time as it threatened a general strike against war . |
30 | His friends viewed the affair with interest as it gathered a fair head of steam . |