Example sentences of "[noun] as it [vb -s] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These show that it takes Dagenham nearly twice as long to produce a Sierra car as it does Ford 's Genk plant in Belgium . |
| 2 | Use of ‘ joint reward system ’ deserves special mention as it indicates management problems in implementation . |
| 3 | He said that the British APT ( Advanced Passenger Train ) and the Canadian LRC ( Light , Rapid and Comfortable ) — which like the APT tilts as it enters bends — were failures . |
| 4 | This too encourages the flow of savings as it gives savers the confidence that their savings will earn a good rate of interest . |
| 5 | Mr. Livsey : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make a statement on the National Health Service review as it affects Wales . |
| 6 | I do not believe in using the deep trance state in any form of therapy as it involves hypnoamnesia , a state in which the patient will neither be aware of what is going on at the time nor able to recall it afterwards . |
| 7 | These two distinctive features are , of course , there for a reason : they allow the bird to capture much more air , which gives it a much better pushing force as it gains height . |
| 8 | This is the famous ‘ baby boom ’ , shared more or less by all Western industrial countries ( not Eastern Europe or Japan ) , which has now produced almost as many books as it has people . |
| 9 | On the particular issue of regional migration as it affects Greater York , I would suspect and we can probably put some information in to confirm this that the linkages between Greater York area and other county areas within er Yorkshire and Humberside , vary . |
| 10 | Parliament , had it been required to do so by the European Court of Human Rights , could have made a small , interstitial alteration of the law by , for example , merely amending the relevant section of the Birth and Death Registration Act 1953 ; or used the opportunity to undertake a wholesale revision of the law as it affects transsexuals . |
| 11 | Peppercorn K1 2–6–0 No 2005 reflects the morning sun as it passes Bolden Colliery with the Northumbrian Mountain Pullman on 22 January 1983 . |
| 12 | IXI SIGNS HAL , RISKS WRATH OF SUN AS IT COURTS SPARC USERS |
| 13 | It will be seen that the top line of activities repeats the first stage of the company strategic plan as it affects R&D . |
| 14 | DEMONSTRATING the style for which West Yorkshire 's Keighley and Worth Valley Railway has become famous , standard Eight 48431 carries out passenger duties as it hauls Pullman dining stock up the five-mile branch . |
| 15 | In addition , there is a revolution going on in Japan in the financial services sector as it faces deregulation . |
| 16 | Elsewhere in this Report there is some discussion of the question as it affects cathedrals . |
| 17 | J R Hall ( Points of View , 12 February ) is right to suggest that British Rail would be able to make a profit if the Government took full responsibility for funding the provision and maintenance of railway infrastructure as it does roads . |
| 18 | " Even if you have a copy of the old ( September 1988 ) Catalogue , have a look at this year 's edition as it contains details of 15 new titles and information on many more books , packs , videos and projects . |
| 19 | Until the nineteen-fifties this stream continued alongside Harcourt Bridge Road to join the River Nadder at Long Bridge , but has now been diverted , looking more like a canal as it dissects Elizabeth Gardens . |
| 20 | The recent history of liberal response to urban deprivation as it affects groups like women is littered with the unmet commitments and unfulfilled promises of such initiatives : each highly circumscribed ; each mediated through the transitory commitment of part-time interlopers in communities in which they do not live , among women whose lives they do not share ; and all controlled elsewhere . |
| 21 | on delivery from BREL York to Ilford , new class 321 emu No 321334 is reflected in the waters of the River Ouse as it passes Offord Cluney , near Huntingdon , on 31 March 1989 . |
| 22 | they write the lecture as it takes place |
| 23 | It raises almost as many questions as it provides answers , but it has not been challenged before us . |
| 24 | By road take the motorway N1 heading west from Bern , taking care in 12km ( 7 ½miles ) not to take the exit for Kerzers and Neuchatel but to continue on the motorway as it curves south and becomes an ordinary national road a short distance from Murten Murten lies beside the lake which bears its name , close to the linguistic frontier between French and German speech . |
| 25 | The scythe of time creates superiority of title as it does seniority of age . |
| 26 | Two further projects focus directly on management behaviour as it affects approaches and strategies towards employees . |
| 27 | ARTISOFT ENHANCES LANTASTIC AS IT UNVEILS VERSION 5 OF THE NETWORK OPERATING SYSTEM |
| 28 | It was used by American therapists , before being banned in 1985 , for marital problems as it encourages empathy and dispels hostility ; it is often called the ‘ hug ’ or ‘ love ’ drug . |
| 29 | Materialism brings in its wake as many problems as it does blessings . |
| 30 | Pre-rinse A short cold rinse , useful if you are likely to fill the machine up in dribs and drabs during the day as it prevents food from drying on to the dishes and cutlery . |