Example sentences of "as it be [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | That is the bit to destroy as it is stopping the development of the picture . |
2 | But it is not such a quantum leap to understand two cooking media as it is to grasp the principles of some multi-task ovens which appear to have nearly as many functions as the ubiquitous Swiss army knife . |
3 | Thirdly , if the marriage is dissolved the disposition may be one where no gratuitous benefit is intended ( see Inheritance Tax Act 1984 , s10 ) as it is to settle the claim of the former spouse ( see Chapter 2 , p20 ) . |
4 | In perpetuating a financial structure which offers tremendous advantages to large firms , it is as important to consider the role of the state in maintaining the idiosyncrasies of the financial system as it is to debate the extent of state control over commercial banks . |
5 | Here lies the root of Callinicos , project — the buttressing of Marxism as the ‘ true radicalisation ’ of the Enlightenment ; and here I suspect lies also his ultimate discomfort with Modernism — prone as it is to slip the leash of a guiding politics and dance under the less biddable star of the Aesthetic . |
6 | What the dissolution meant , beyond a new fund of building material , it is difficult to gauge , impossible as it is to quantify the impact upon religious feeling , charitable works and education the monasteries and nunneries had had . |
7 | Purely in competitive terms it is probably just as difficult to win the Paduca Classic or any other US Tour event as it is to win the Masters . |
8 | Identifying indisputable winners , it suits Proportional representation : which system ? the great uncritical majority of the British electorate , inclined as it is to regard an election as some sort of sporting contest . |
9 | In the British and the American cases it is as necessary to contextualise the production of knowledges about the inner city as it is to unpack the glossary of terms of urban regeneration used in contemporary political discourse . |
10 | Dinner is provided as long as it is requested the morning of the day you dine . |
11 | It is as easy to knock Allen as it is to knock the cults he embraced . |
12 | It is as important to clarify the ethical judgments being made as it is to understand the basis for technical decisions . |
13 | For the historian it is equally illegitimate to overlook what they had in common as it is to neglect the differences . |
14 | activates the lights as it 's approaching the crossing . |
15 | and as it 's checking the list for the roads in the town |
16 | His mission , in so far as it was to reconcile the Nationalists and Communists , was a failure and indeed could hardly have been expected to be otherwise . |
17 | The area was highly unsuitable as it was considered a watershed for the Lee Valley . |
18 | One of my friends , Elizabeth Brockhurst , a Catholic convert , was billeted on Plymouth Brethren : she was not permitted to play her wireless , as it was considered a contraption of the Devil . |
19 | One side of Beryl 's been left as it was to show the difference between before and after . |
20 | One thing was clear : it was as important to clear away the vegetation close to the ramparts as It was to maintain the ramparts themselves . |
21 | In other words , once the magazine has come into his possession , the man as it were acquires the right to treat the images on its pages in whichever way he chooses . |