Example sentences of "as it [vb -s] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am glad that so many more knitters are using double jacquard as it does make a super skirt . |
| 2 | It gives scope for the hobby-electronics enthusiast to try out his own ideas , and for those who do n't the design as it stands provides a useful power supply unit . |
| 3 | The shark catches it by its feet , but as it tries to get a better grip the young bird is released and flaps into the air over the shark 's back . |
| 4 | It is certain the board would prefer to see Mr Weir re-elected as it tries to keep a united front over the next few months when it has to produce new proposals for its future which are acceptable to the Scottish Office and the Office of Fair Trading . |
| 5 | It is motorised so that it can rapidly circumnavigate the platform , measuring distances by trigonometry as it moves to record a human head can take as little as fifteen to twenty seconds . |
| 6 | Despite such caveats , the deal looks sensible for BT , which should reassure the British government as it prepares to sell a third tranche of shares in the partly state-owned company . |