Example sentences of "as it [be] [verb] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | As it is made of lead , an indication of its age is the white powder which covers the surface after being buried in the ground for any length of time . |
2 | As it is getting towards summer they would like the work done as soon as possible and subject to a satisfactory estimate I can authorise you to carry out the work . |
3 | When these indicators are examined in more detail in relation to investment , productivity and competitiveness , the picture which emerges is not predominantly one of inadequate supplies of labour in manufacturing industry but one of the low productive efficiency of the existing labour force as it is employed in combination with other factors of production . |
4 | Borrowing is looked upon as a natural part of everyday life so long as it is kept within bounds . |
5 | Borrowing is looked upon as a natural part of everyday life so long as it is kept within bounds . |
6 | SNI may well be involved at this stage too — it already has a licence to HP 's SoftBench as it is implemented in Informix 's ToolBus , going back to June this year ( UX No 388 ) . |
7 | It may not be adjusted or working correctly or as it is operated by water temperature , it may be air locked . |
8 | The area 1 is a transfer of producer surplus to consumers ; it is not a net welfare gain as it is transferred from producers in the UK to consumers in the UK . |
9 | The law applicable to a contract by virtue of articles 3 to 6 and 12 of this Convention shall govern in particular : ( a ) interpretation ; ( b ) performance ; ( c ) within the limits of the powers conferred on the court by its procedural law , the consequences of breach , including the assessment of damages in so far as it is governed by rules of law ; ( d ) the various ways of extinguishing obligations , and prescription and limitations of actions ; ( e ) the consequences of nullity of the contract . |
10 | as it is written in scriptures of hope , |
11 | Some have accepted the Commission 's argument ( as it is presented in Britain ) that monetary policy is something politically neutral . |
12 | Science as it is presented in schools , he argues , seems irrelevant to most 13–16-year-olds , and if we are to recruit more pupils into scientific careers , then science should be shown to have some relationship to the issues that concern them . |
13 | This pattern — he indicated the gleaming iris of colours — this is your meaning as it is perceived by others than yourself . |
14 | A copy must be lodged with the Quotations Department and the Panel at the same time as it is posted to shareholders . |
15 | The main drawback , however , is its failure to reflect the relative financial attractiveness of projects , as it is biased in favour of the short term . |
16 | Sport encompasses things like hunting , all sorts of hunting : fox , hare otter , camel or whatever , just so long as it is conducted with hounds . |
17 | Any sound image will do , as long as it is distinguished from others in the system . ’ |
18 | Or even love , insofar as it is distinguished from sexuality . |
19 | Life , as it is lived in classrooms and on the terraces , has almost none of the characteristics of anarchy and impulsiveness that are often attributed to it . |
20 | THE centuries-old five-dice game of liardice — or liar 's dice as it is called in North America — has a modern problem . |
21 | Much of this hraun , as it is called in Iceland , is moss-covered and liable to break off underfoot ; it is very hard on boots — and ankles ! |
22 | Activity in giant cells in the pontine brainstem have been shown to precede eye movements in REM sleep in animals ( or paradoxical sleep , as it is called in rodents and cats ) while there is no evidence that cortical activity can influence these cells ' discharges . |
23 | Older Kashmiri women stick to the traditional Kashmiri form where the Kamiz ( or the Kurta as it is called in Kashmir ) is rather long , usually with a distinct waist , and the trousers are full , almost bulbous , with a deep and stiff cuff at the ankle . |
24 | The lesser rorqual ( or minke , as it is called in Norway ) is the largest of the cetaceans likely to be met with in inshore water around Shetland . |
25 | The reservoir behind it , Lake Powell ( or ‘ Lake Foul ’ as it is called by environmentalists , who think it dishonours his name ) flooded 186 miles of Grand Canyon , which Powell and others who saw it described as the most beautiful of all the West 's river canyons . |
26 | Like secularisation , this ‘ privatisation ’ , as it is called by sociologists , affects Christians because it affects everybody living in modernity . |
27 | It must therefore be recognised that a court which has jurisdiction under article 5(3) over an action in so far as it is based on tort or delict does not have jurisdiction over that action in so far as it is not so based . |
28 | The teachers need to be informed about the aims and content of foreign language teaching in the UK as it is controlled at present by exams such as GCSE and in the future by the National Curriculum . |
29 | There can be no question that the bishops are not in any way aware of this arrogation , as it is mediated in consciousness by their belief in , and conceptualization of , a static natural law which is accessible , even if with difficulty , to the conscience of everyman ; which same natural law no one should be allowed to violate , even if in error , when that law , if broken , is seen to threaten the very moral fabric of society . |
30 | of this species is accepted as it is described in Enumeratio Plantarum Zeylaniae of G.H.K. Thwaites . |