Example sentences of "as it [verb] [adv] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of the three gradation schemes under discussion , the Canadian is the simplest in so far as it creates only three degrees of offence . |
| 2 | As it takes about two years to convert an idea to law through our parliamentary system , new legislation is often implemented at a time when the circumstances which gave rise to the idea have substantially altered . |
| 3 | Gordon Williamson 's Aces of the Reich is an excellent example of the latter type of book , including as it does over 100 biographies of Third Reich personalities who made their mark , not in politics or high command , but up at the ‘ sharp end ’ . |
| 4 | This will generate lower transactions costs than arbitrage as it requires only one sale of shares and one purchase of futures — assuming that the investor would have closed out his or her long position in shares at the delivery date anyway , or is content to roll over the long futures position until they would otherwise have sold their share portfolio . |
| 5 | The impact angle was very shallow and the aircraft was apparently under some control as it settled only three feet over a horizontal distance of 420 feet . |
| 6 | Despite its low calibre , the weapon was hard to control firing on-full automatic , as it threw out 1,500 rounds per minute . |
| 7 | You will understand then something of the climate prevailing around Darlington Hall by the time of my father 's fall in front of the summerhouse — this occurring as it did just two weeks before the first of the conference guests were likely to arrive — and what I mean when I say there was little room for any ‘ beating about the bush ’ . |
| 8 | By selling 12 times as much wine as it did only five years ago , Australia outsells the US , and with the exchange rate currently working in our favour , prices are getting cheaper all the time . |
| 9 | He was surprised at its strength as it curled sic three inch long body around his index finger , and squeezed . |