Example sentences of "[verb] as it [verb] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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 . |
| 2 | Under her direction , the squad became a very close-knit affair comprising as it did four cousins , six nephews and a younger brother ( 42 ) . |
| 3 | Everything he draws , she sees as it unfolds thousands of miles away in Hampstead . |
| 4 | Significant other : no wonder the phrase has such a popular current usage , combining as it does two all-time favourites of late philosophical jargon — the semiotic sign and the mysterious alien . |
| 5 | A title which includes Sexism and Deviance must rate as unparalleled in its ‘ shock horror ’ value , combining as it does two of the current ghouls on the contemporary school scene . |
| 6 | North Yorkshire 's national reputation for education and industry links is confirmed as it hosts two major conferences . |
| 7 | The dt route suddenly appeared to be promising , though there is still a long way to go as it takes 20 to 40 times this to make a muon in a particle accelerator . |
| 8 | Following as it did two years of bitterness caused by the government 's political intervention in food distribution , the tax provoked an immediate and direct response from large sections of the movement . |
| 9 | The disc is an unusual one , featuring as it does seven works originally written for other instruments , from Rachmaninov 's Prelude in G minor to Bach 's Partita in D minor , all in Hall 's own transcriptions . |