Example sentences of "as it [vb -s] [adv] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of the three gradation schemes under discussion , the Canadian is the simplest in so far as it creates only three degrees of offence . |
| 2 | As it takes about two years to convert an idea to law through our parliamentary system , new legislation is often implemented at a time when the circumstances which gave rise to the idea have substantially altered . |
| 3 | Gordon Williamson 's Aces of the Reich is an excellent example of the latter type of book , including as it does over 100 biographies of Third Reich personalities who made their mark , not in politics or high command , but up at the ‘ sharp end ’ . |
| 4 | He cites ‘ the interest of scholarship and fair-mindedness ’ , which are as it happens rather grand terms , but is it not rather a matter of free speech than of insinuation or imprecation ? |
| 5 | The rule is plainly phonological , as it affects phonetically similar pairs that are not morphologically or semantically related , as in table 5.2 . |
| 6 | As it tolerates very low temperatures too , it is also most suitable for the cold water tank and the garden pool . |
| 7 | So while crickets , grasshoppers and cicadas are easily heard by such creatures as ourselves , these same airborne vibrations may actually be seen , as well as heard , by the fellow members of their own species , much as we are able to see the air shimmering with heat as it rises off hot rocks . |
| 8 | The mosaic from Roxby , Lincs. , ( Fowler 1818 , no. 3 ) , has not been included as it shows more certain affinities with pavements in southern Lincolnshire and the area around Water Newton , Cambs. , ( Smith 1969 , 108 ) . |