Example sentences of "[verb] as it [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Xerox Corp chairman Paul Allaire said yesterday that profit in the second quarter from its document processing business ‘ could be somewhat below ’ the $1.12 per share the unit earned in the year-ago period : Xerox said nine-tenths of its total business is in document processing , and the remainder is in insurance and financial services , and that it is in the midst of realigning its US sales force for document processing , which along with continued weak economic conditions , are affecting its results ; it expects sales momentum to increase as it realises benefits of the sales reorganisation and still expects profit growth in document processing . |
| 2 | It is a disequilibrium situation which can not survive as it offers investors a profitable arbitrage opportunity . |
| 3 | A diet high in fresh fruit and vegetables is obviously to be recommended as it encourages digestion and elimination . |
| 4 | In Western philosophy , when knowledge or theory comprehends the other , then the alterity of the latter vanishes as it becomes part of the same . |
| 5 | The Great Central Railtour of June 1963 behind 4472 ‘ Flying Scotsman ’ , seen as it heads south from Tibshelf and is about to cross the Midland branch from Westhouses to Teversal . |
| 6 | This term is preferred as it signifies ill-treatment of a person . |
| 7 | But Shand is less sympathetic than Cutter , his rage has a dubious moral basis and the film is filled with venom and relish as it watches empires collapse . |
| 8 | We discover that prayer grows as it keeps pace with the moral and emotional changes within us . |
| 9 | The government of President Hastings Kamuzu Banda came under increasing pressure from Western governments to improve its human rights record as it took action to arrest the pro-democracy campaigner , Chakufwa Chihana , and to expel Mgr John Roche , Roman Catholic bishop-elect of Mzimba . |
| 10 | A wide luff tube is not used as it hinders waterstarts when full of water . |
| 11 | The magic faded away — slowly , over the millenia , releasing as it decayed myriads of sub-astral particles that severely distorted the reality around it … |
| 12 | Sometimes it went to sleep on the rag rug before the electric fire and snored quietly , or its paws would twitch as it chased rabbits in its sleep . |
| 13 | the boat is blessed as it leaves Falmouth |
| 14 | It started to rain as it grew dark outside . |
| 15 | containing as it does Professor Hoskins ' evocative explanation of the piece of the English landscape visible from the window of his study in Oxfordshire . |
| 16 | A rare German Shepherd dog has been stolen as it stood guard at a pub . |
| 17 | On Aug. 21 a meeting between Kenyan president Daniel arap Moi and US officials resolved tensions which had arisen over what the Kenyan authorities had perceived as the lack of proper consultation about the US operation , involving as it did US military aircraft overflying Kenyan airspace and the arrival of up to 300 US military personnel . |
| 18 | After this recommended detour to Ru Stoer , the road to Lochinver is resumed as it turns south and passes between the scattered buildings of the village of Stoer , occupying a bleak area of the coastal belt and itself having no features of special interest to warrant a halt , but blessed with a lovely bay and sandy beaches nearby . |
| 19 | Jobs are often not secure so any new technology which may improve productivity is resisted as it threatens employment . |
| 20 | The Islamic Interim Afghan Government ( IIAG ) , elected from the seven Pakistan-based mujaheddin groups in February 1989 [ see p. 36449 ] , was marred by disunity and came under heavy criticism from both Afghan opposition groups and the United States government as being unrepresentative , excluding as it did representatives of the eight factions based among 2,000,000 , mainly Shia , refugees in Iran , and largely lacking representation of field commanders based inside Afghanistan . |
| 21 | The analysis will show how ‘ new ’ scientific knowledge is defined and constructed as it becomes part of the wider public discourse of the press , and it will contribute to an understanding of the role of the press as a source for public understanding of science . |
| 22 | The importance of this scheme can not be over-emphasised as it provides pupils with set targets which will motivate them to work hard and raise the standard of their play . |
| 23 | CYPRESS : 400 TO GO AS IT CLOSES SAN JOSE WAFER FAB |
| 24 | However , incidence ‘ peaks ’ when heroin use has ‘ saturated ’ most of the population likely to try the drug , and then begins to fall as it approaches saturation point . |
| 25 | In other respects , Imagining Women does well by the visual image , including as it does sections on popular television , film and pornography . |
| 26 | This annual jamboree was an unwieldy but useful public relations exercise which needed careful preparation , including as it did representatives from the interested government departments , local authorities , police , fire and water authorities , the National Farmers Union and the Country Landowners ' Association . |
| 27 | Running my eyes down the contents list of volume three , however , makes me think that I am about to encounter uncharted waters , featuring as it does sequencing , the MIDI studio and something called SMPTE … |
| 28 | So sleazy , Pamella 's tale , featuring as it did madams , whores , procuresses , cash payments , unusual sexual practices , Arabs . |
| 29 | THE SLOW DECLINE IN IBM 's TURNOVER BEGINS AS IT LOSES $285m IN QUARTER |
| 30 | THE SLOW DECLINE IN IBM 's TURNOVER BEGINS AS IT LOSES $285m IN QUARTER |