Example sentences of "as it [verb] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Once she had turned the corner and the house was hidden from view , she jumped off her bike and pushed it through the maze of potholes that pitted the drive as it meandered the half mile to the main gates . |
| 32 | Nevertheless , in so far as it addressed the complex issue of home-school relationships in multi-ethnic contexts , it was an important initiative which deserves to be extended in some form . |
| 33 | If the detent spring is weak it would probably jump out of second as well as it utilises the same spring . |
| 34 | 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 . |
| 35 | 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 . |
| 36 | They heard , like thunder , the explosion of its power as it struck the distant road , and saw the highway break and rise in two sections like two sides of a lifting bridge . |
| 37 | He allowed a long streamer of mucus to hang from his mouth , watching as it struck the white enamel of the sink and trickled slowly into the plughole , leaving a crimson slick behind it . |
| 38 | He heard the whirr of the bolt and shouted with pleasure as it struck the leading dog just behind the head , digging deep and slicing its spinal column . |
| 39 | The powers of the Federal government inevitably increased as it became the chief customer for the war materials poured out by industry . |
| 40 | The brilliance of the recent verbal firework display he put on at Westminster enchanted his party — just as it alarmed the Labour Party that John Smith proved such an easy target for him . |
| 41 | This was the era of competitive capitalism and the laisser-faire state which simply sought to guarantee freedom of contract and trade at the same time as it dismantled the restrictive apparatus of the feudal economy and secured public order at home and defence from abroad . |
| 42 | The performance should not be accepted as good consideration , since , as it discharged the previous contract , it was not a detriment at all . |
| 43 | The coach arrived early in the afternoon , and as it approached the front entrance Silas went out to meet it . |
| 44 | Gradually the tears stopped , but still he held her , one hand warm against the ridge of her spine , the other gentle as it stroked the silky length of her hair . |
| 45 | It is necessary , therefore , for each part of the universal Church to act ‘ as it believes the whole Church should act in obedience to Christ ’ . |
| 46 | Nevertheless , the film deploys sounds and images with intense effect as it explores the inner experience of a little girl closed off from the world , for whom her family is a cage tightened around her and preventing her from communicating with the world . |
| 47 | It is related to the development of a resurgent caldera to the south of Snowdon and is considered to be of late stage fumerolic origin as it predates the Caledonian deformation ( Reedman and others , 1985 ) . |
| 48 | 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 . |
| 49 | As it happened the new ramp section was only just rescued from a bulldozer in the nick of time as the skate scene said a final goodbye to Andover skatepark . |
| 50 | 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 . |
| 51 | A more appropriate image of Britain as it approaches the twenty-first century is of the economy governed by a not-so-hidden engine , working for greater inequality , both in rewards and life chances . |
| 52 | 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 . |
| 53 | Now erm as it approaches the witching hour of twenty to eleven , I 'll try and finish off erm reasonably briskly . |
| 54 | This stretch is attractive at first , with Christ Church Meadow on one side and a cricket pitch on the other , but as it approaches the larger river the Cherwell divides into two channels separated by a flat overgrown island , deserted except for a row of college boathouses . |
| 55 | I join the column as it leaves the wooded area and the Commandos continue the advance in file on both sides of a narrow road . |
| 56 | However , you 'll see that Le Preziose is opaque from the start thanks to all those eggs blended in by Buitoni , and as it cooks the yellow colour becomes more intense and golden . |
| 57 | It was travelling fast and wobbled as it hit the bumpy piece of road under the railway bridge . |
| 58 | Many a time had Preston 's youthful slumbers been disturbed by the sound of the deluge from Nan 's bedroom window as it hit the corrugated iron roof of their garden shed and the wild feline howls as their coitus was so balefully interrupted . |
| 59 | This reversed the action of the pitch , elevator and tail rotor channels so that the model handled in exactly the same manner inverted as it did the normal way up . |
| 60 | Following as it did the enormous publicity that surrounded the child abuse allegations in Cleveland , Nottingham , and Rochdale , Orkney Islands Council were strangely unprepared for the wide interest their own case attracted . |