Example sentences of "as it [verb] [adj] [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 A fist flew towards him on the screen , filled it as it made apparent impact and then vanished away .
2 A notice is preferable as it imposes greater protection than a caution ( which can be warned off ) but requires the consent of the landlord as the land certificate will need to be placed on deposit for the purpose of registration .
3 This is an area where a diesel car scores very well and as it uses less fuel than a petrol car , it emits less noxious gas .
4 It is not widely grown in Britain , as it requires strong land and considerably higher temperatures than other cereals .
5 Young skin is less able naturally to protect itself as it contains less melanin and therefore has less tanning ability .
6 This figure is non-committal as to the precise mechanism likely to lead to the generation of passive margin upwarps as it illustrates secondary convection as well as non-uniform ( depth-dependent extension ) and the effects of lateral heat flow into unthinned lithosphere .
7 At the same time as it stimulated Political activity and consciousness among the provincial nobility , the process leading to Emancipation also speeded the emergence of a more socially diverse public opinion .
8 World heavyweight boxing ends the year much as it started this year and almost every other year — in total chaos .
9 Iron was used for the shank as it provided greater strength and longer life than bronze would have done .
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