Example sentences of "as it [vb -s] on [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such a belief , resting as it does on vast assumptions about the nature of state power , is fraught with great risks and disappointments . |
| 2 | It perceives the full complexity of the protection task , encroaching as it does on private family territory with an uncertain knowledge base and poor predictive instruments ; and it deplores the hostile climate in which such delicate work must be carried through . |
| 3 | The degree of competition in a market is an imprecise concept , as it depends on those factors which force firms to take account of the possibility that their business will be lost to rivals if they do not satisfy their customers . |
| 4 | Go on , Jungle , it 's Sunday , knock it off , you want to shout as it rattles on 24 hrs per day . |
| 5 | ‘ The general public has a deepseated distrust of science and technology , and insists on ‘ civilian control ’ of science and scientists just as it insists on civilian control of the military ’ . |
| 6 | Because it 's not as simple as it looks on this sheet . |