Example sentences of "as it [verb] [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Last month Rainbow Warrior II was seized by the French navy as it led another protest to the atoll . |
| 2 | This victory was to delight the masses just as it brought little pleasure to the newly energized forces of the political left , but , just as significantly , it was now also an occasional delight to a growing audience drawn from amongst critics , intellectuals , and the more respectable classes generally . |
| 3 | The latter — as in the former works — are shaped according to the job they had to do , i.e. rectangular ( not cubic ) tesserae depict the moustache as it falls either side of the mouth . |
| 4 | This position requires strong written and verbal communication skills as it involves close interaction with synthetic chemists , biologists and biochemists in addition to the other members of the Analytical Chemistry Group . |
| 5 | As it reached each tree in turn , the tree gracefully bent over , curving its trunk so that both roots and branches touched the ground . |
| 6 | The report , Open Borders , Broken Promises , claims that Poland faces " a future of economic exploitation and further environmental decay as it seeks international capital with which to rebuild its industry and economy " . |
| 7 | It is no surprise to discover its presence , since it must surely belong to a very early stage in the mental development of the human species ; indeed insofar as it represents one aspect of the principle of treating like as like , it can be seen as common perceptual property for all sentient organisms . |
| 8 | Stephen 's voice had risen , as it had that morning in the garden , and again Kate thought that he was trying not to cry . |
| 9 | They doubt whether the Court of Appeal would reach the same conclusion today as it had last year about the reliability of the convictions , since the Guildford case had raised questions on the adequacy of reviews of possible wrongful conviction . |
| 10 | I find that an extraordinary statement of policy , because I had always believed that , in so far as it had any justification at all , the Labour party 's commitment to unilateralism , to the closure of bases , to the withdrawal from NATO , was based on a principle — on a deeply held conviction that those things were wrong . |
| 11 | It is economical because it allows a high temperature to be maintained in just a small area , and useful as it encourages speedy germination of seeds and rapid rooting of cuttings . |
| 12 | On the clean sound , reverb really does make a difference , adding as it does greater depth to any guitar 's tone . |
| 13 | The team certainly lived up to its reputation as it whipped first place from under the noses of the Golden Wonder team at the end of the last game . |
| 14 | It might be that if a bird tried to defend too large a territory the amount of energy it would gain from its territorial habit would actually decrease , as it spent more energy on extra defence than it gained from extra food supplies . |
| 15 | This can not be done from behind a desk as it requires direct observation of the operation , sometimes for an extended period , to find out what is actually done on site as well as what should be done . |
| 16 | And since I am raising this question of the universalizing and the depersonalizing of egoism as it becomes poetic dedication in poetry , I 'd like to do this by offering you a contrast , and I choose as my contrast Alexander Pope , another poet who was obsessively concerned with his own role as a poet — in his satires in this case . |
| 17 | Shipping , including Isle of Wight ferry and hydrofoil crossings , was halted on Southampton Water last night after inert gas leaked from the tanker Mobil Petrel as it discharged crude oil at the Fawley Esso oil refinery . |
| 18 | The consultation on the plans to devolve 80 per cent of school budgets to head teachers closes today as it faces growing opposition from education authorities . |
| 19 | We can immediately rule out the adiabatic HDM model as it predicts insufficient structure on small scales , even taking into account nonlinear evolution . |
| 20 | Their trip was sponsored by a number of organisations , including LASMO , which was particularly keen to support the trip , as it places considerable emphasis on supporting environmental initiatives . |
| 21 | Between four and six episodes was Verity Lambert 's ideal length for a story , preferring the latter as it gave more opportunity for character development which , in her belief , audiences appreciated . |
| 22 | She heard a car go up the road and then still heard it as it travelled some way along the road at the top , and realised the wind must be coming from the south for the sound to come to her so distinctly . |