Example sentences of "as it [verb] [adj] [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | As it reached each tree in turn , the tree gracefully bent over , curving its trunk so that both roots and branches touched the ground . |
| 2 | Stephen 's voice had risen , as it had that morning in the garden , and again Kate thought that he was trying not to cry . |
| 3 | Thus the subject matter of this chapter , combining as it does both practices in the teaching of the arts and LEA 's INSET policies , has hitherto been virtually unresearched . |
| 4 | The bluefin is heavily fished as it fetches high prices in Japan where it is sold for as much as $40 a pound . |
| 5 | The government itself became larger and more concentrated in its operation as it assumed increasing responsibilities in areas such as education and defence . |
| 6 | And since I am raising this question of the universalizing and the depersonalizing of egoism as it becomes poetic dedication in poetry , I 'd like to do this by offering you a contrast , and I choose as my contrast Alexander Pope , another poet who was obsessively concerned with his own role as a poet — in his satires in this case . |