Example sentences of "[verb] as it [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It will act as it did last Friday , with determination and sensitivity . |
| 2 | Before long what has been described aptly by one penologist as a malfunction began to appear as it became evident that suspended sentences of imprisonment were being used in place of non-custodial penalties , especially probation orders and fines . |
| 3 | Göring 's popularity in particular suffered as it became evident that , whatever successes German troops were having in distant parts , as head of the Luftwaffe , he was unable to guarantee the protection of the homeland . |
| 4 | The verb to love is difficult to define as it covers such a range of emotion . |
| 5 | Other more exotic applications for the device will appear as it undergoes further improvement . |
| 6 | It is all too bland , and the constant reference to the reader as ‘ he ’ is rather tiresome , implying as it does that there are no differences in the reading behaviour and tastes of boys and girls . |
| 7 | Of the two promises made by the duke , it is the second which has received most attention , implying as it does that the duke had been poaching the earl 's retainers . |
| 8 | Of the two promises made by the duke , it is the second which has received most attention , implying as it does that the duke had been poaching the earl 's retainers . |
| 9 | ‘ Flags & Emblems ’ suggests he could be right , boasting as it does ten numbers that are every bit as abrasive and sharply barbed as their predecessors . |
| 10 | Not only De La Rue but also maker of specialist papers Portals should benefit as it has more than half the world market for the secure cotton-based papers used for money and money orders which it is already selling to about 120 countries . |
| 11 | DELL PLAYS THE FIELD LOOKING AS IT REVIEWS ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF CASH |
| 12 | The company had to halt as it became impossible to make any progress through the press of bodies . |
| 13 | On the clean sound , reverb really does make a difference , adding as it does greater depth to any guitar 's tone . |
| 14 | Under her direction , the squad became a very close-knit affair comprising as it did four cousins , six nephews and a younger brother ( 42 ) . |
| 15 | This approach to surgical research is again unacceptable , ignoring as it does much excellent research that is responsible for real improvements in patients ' care . |
| 16 | Everything he draws , she sees as it unfolds thousands of miles away in Hampstead . |
| 17 | The old pals reunion at White Hart Lane … that 's Spurs v Swindon finished as it started all square … former Town favourite David Kerslake set up the Spurs goal for Jason Dozzell … and then another old County Ground hero Colin Calderwood went and gave away a penalty … it looked like a handball at first but Calderwood was guilty of pushing … |
| 18 | If anything , his face was even more horrific , lacking as it did all but a travesty of humanity ; despite his animation , it still most resembled a helmet , a metal helmet with visor down , roughly shaped to conform to the outlines of a human face . |
| 19 | Their jit jive music keeps the listener moving as it blends high energy , finger-picking good guitar melodies with deep African rhythms and percussion . |
| 20 | Happily this is not a serious drawback and the set is strongly recommended , containing as it does some of the most sensitive and intelligent Fauré playing on CD . ( ) |
| 21 | Never before , and probably not for a very long time again will it be possible to recreate such an exhibition , containing as it does important paintings from major Western and Russian museums and private collections , as well as outstanding works from circa fifty provincial and specialised museums in the former Soviet Union . |
| 22 | However , a democracy can vote as it feels fit , and the Tories are in very real danger of losing the next election as homeowners desert to the opposition parties . |
| 23 | This figure is non-committal as to the precise mechanism likely to lead to the generation of passive margin upwarps as it illustrates secondary convection as well as non-uniform ( depth-dependent extension ) and the effects of lateral heat flow into unthinned lithosphere . |
| 24 | Duncan enjoyed the moment of take-off , that split second when the bird starts to fly as it comes free of the land . |
| 25 | This might have seemed odd , coming as it did less than a week after Franco 's bellicose public references to Gibraltar . |
| 26 | What ‘ Back In Denim ’ is really saying as it launches spiteful attacks on Duran Duran and mourns David Cassidy 's retirement , is that Pop Music Is Important , as much a part of our lives , our personalities as the polluted air we breathe and the clothes we choose to wear . |
| 27 | A keen breeze had sprung up and they watched as it chased fallen leaves along the pavement , blowing them into little heaps against the red brick wall . |
| 28 | Watching the stars dim as it turned first grey and then pink . |
| 29 | According to this interpretation , the associability of each stimulus element might be expected to decline as it becomes associated with others , just as a CS as a whole is thought to lose associability as it becomes linked with a US . |
| 30 | The Tribunal had held that the offer , involving as it did such dramatic alterations to employees ' contracts , was not reasonable . |