Example sentences of "[num] as it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But whether his artistic life was , as a few think , exemplary , or , as rather more think , a fearsomely cautionary fable , it is at all events a matter of some solemnity , and the amused weariness of we-have-heard-it-all-before will not serve in 1985 as it did in 1920 or 1940 or even , scandalously , as late as fifteen years ago . |
| 2 | Shells were measured to the nearest 0.1 mm , using a vernier caliper , and the sample mean calculated for collections of 100 shells ( later reduced to 50 and then 30 as it became apparent that increasing the number of measurements did not improve the accuracy of the mean ) ( Fig. 23 ) . |
| 3 | A rare view of GN ‘ Large Atlantic No. 4420 as it speeds past Pilsley box heading north in 1939 . |
| 4 | To ask the Minister of Agriculture , Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement about the United Kingdom trade deficit in 1991 as it applies to food and drink . |
| 5 | In this approach , it is assumed that the initial conditions are determined by the functions and which represents the wave in region II as it reaches the boundary , and by which represents the wave in region III as it reaches the boundary . |
| 6 | The crisp Highland air makes for a fine display of steam form K1 No 2005 as it hauls the Royal Scotsman along the shore of Loch Eil on the Fort William to Mallaig line in 1988 . |
| 7 | From Table 4.1 we can see that the ‘ total working and available for work ’ in Northern Tyne side was roughly the same in 1984 as it had been in 1972 , i.e. under 300 000 . |
| 8 | In this approach , it is assumed that the initial conditions are determined by the functions and which represents the wave in region II as it reaches the boundary , and by which represents the wave in region III as it reaches the boundary . |
| 9 | Opposition to Home Rule was put on ice for the duration with the Bill , but opposition was as genuine in 1918 as it had been in 1914 . |
| 10 | The company , which has been beset by overwhelming demand for its budget lines , says that it expects to balance supply with demand for most of its products during the current quarter — although it shipped more than twice the number of machines in fourth quarter 1992 as it did in the 1991 period , the backlog has continued into the current quarter . |
| 11 | In both these cases , should the child appear before a children 's hearing again , then , reading section 4 as it stands , no questions can be asked and no answers received on the earlier offence or the previous hearing or any review hearings or the disposal . |
| 12 | Illus.4 shows the opening of Act 5 as it appears in both quartos . |
| 13 | Their final work , a book on the geology of Scotland , though never completed in their lifetimes , was published in 1930 as it stood at the time of their deaths . |
| 14 | Will regional programming continue under Channel 3 as it did under ITV ? |
| 15 | However , the contested takeover of Imperial by Hanson was not referred to the MMC as it did not adversely affect competition or the ‘ public interest ’ . |
| 16 | The test kit had a range of pH6 to 8 , but the reading of my existing tank was obviously below 6 as it went instantly yellow . |
| 17 | I asked her to meet the press off the back of the BAC One-Eleven as it came to a stop in front of us . |
| 18 | The extremely utilitarian front end of the Sprinters is displayed against the massive ironwork of the Forth Bridge by No 150284 as it heads south working the 13.40 Dundee to Edinburgh train on 29 August 1988 . |
| 19 | Unfortunately Infinitary rule 1 as it stands is not strong enough to give us a complete system when the set of basic values is infinite . |
| 20 | On board the B-17 as it climbed eastwards from Great Ashfield were the men responsible with Tommie taking the firing honours . |
| 21 | Out of curiosity , he caught one as it flew past his head , broke the wax seal , and unrolled the paper . |
| 22 | The number is easy to divide by 8 as it consists for the most part of successive multiples of 8 . |
| 23 | Erm , oh I 've got another piece back that I 've twenty nine , twenty nine as it goes |
| 24 | A visitor to the GC from distant Birkenhead comes in the shape of 8F No. 48441 as it climbs the bank at Arkwright hauling an up mixed freight on 28th November 1964 . |
| 25 | Thereafter , the party made steady progress during the late 1930s as it campaigned for a policy of collective security against the threat of European fascism almost , it seemed , in the face of the complacency of Neville Chamberlain 's National government . |
| 26 | Captain Henrick Kurt Carlsen waves from the Flying Enterprise , which he refused to leave for seven days in 1951 as it foundered in the Channel after a storm . |
| 27 | Captain Henrick Kurt Carlsen waves from the Flying Enterprise , which he refused to leave for seven days in 1951 as it foundered in the Channel after a storm . |
| 28 | After only 18 days the female spat out the fry ; there were an awful lot of them ( over 60 as it turned out ) , and they were very small — they had to be — for that many to fit into the buccal cavity of such a small fish . |
| 29 | The slick , which formed after the vessel hit rocks and broke in two as it waited to dock in heavy seas off La Coruna , was being driven East into the Bay of Biscay towards popular resorts like San Sesbastian . |
| 30 | Could I then ask the clerk to read the words that have been proposed to be added to number two as it stands on page one eight five . |