Example sentences of "[adj] as it [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Initially they make respectful small-talk about him , but their comments grow increasingly resentful as it becomes apparent he will not show up . |
| 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 | This academic study was seen as a means of extending , developing and enriching the student 's mind and , in as much as it fulfilled this function , had much to commend it . |
| 4 | It could well be that it was the very fact of the fading of life enjoyment which is experienced with the responsibilities of adulthood and parenthood — and this could have affected the very primitive man just as much as it does modern man — which precipitated the very first of man 's attempts to take control of his future and the progress of evolution , by becoming ‘ civilised ’ . |
| 5 | Stereotyped deviant behaviour is inevitably a social phenomenon , and concerns us almost as much as it does social psychologists or psychiatrists . |
| 6 | The market distrusts people businesses almost as much as it distrusts American companies with their main share listings in London . |
| 7 | The reason for this is that the money you receive back at the end of the year will not go as far or buy as much as it did 12 months earlier . |
| 8 | The choice of the right level at which to study a phenomenon is as important a strategic decision in biology as is the choice of the right organism or the appropriate control experiment , and it affects present-day research just as much as it did twenty years ago . |
| 9 | The second was formally liquidated in Europe between 1848 and 1868 , though the situation of the impoverished and especially the landless peasantry in regions of large estates in southern and eastern Europe often remained semi-servile , in as much as it remained subject to overwhelming non-economic coercion . |
| 10 | Timber may be an appealing material if you want a rustic look , but remember that it will need thorough treatment with a preservative to resist rot , and that , once in place , it will always be liable to algae growth in wet weather , making it potentially dangerous as it becomes slippery . |
| 11 | The government lost credibility and became increasingly unpopular as it became evident that it had failed to meet the targets which it had set itself in the March 1990 radical economic austerity plan [ see pp. 37312-13 ; 37371 ] . |
| 12 | " Has it ever struck you , Pinkie , what it would be like to belong to a class of objects which gets more valuable as it gets older ? |
| 13 | COOK 'S NOTE : This vinaigrette is unusual as it has equal quantities of vinegar and oil . |
| 14 | Of course the type of soil in the area plays an important part in good gooseberry growing , and the good heavy loam of Egton Bridge is ideal as it retains vital moisture . |
| 15 | Detailed ultrasound scanning has been shown to be cost effective as it detects most cases of Down 's syndrome as well as other life threatening conditions . |
| 16 | Between four and six episodes was Verity Lambert 's ideal length for a story , preferring the latter as it gave more opportunity for character development which , in her belief , audiences appreciated . |
| 17 | It is economical because it allows a high temperature to be maintained in just a small area , and useful as it encourages speedy germination of seeds and rapid rooting of cuttings . |
| 18 | But as far as being anal about my equipment , as some guys are , I do n't really give a shit as long as it sounds good and works . |
| 19 | ‘ As long as it sounds good when I go out on stage then it works for me . |
| 20 | Disliking the Tories more than he disliked Labour , he declared that on the defeat of Baldwin 's Government in the new Parliament , the King should ask MacDonald to form an administration , which he and his fellow Liberals would keep in office as long as it avoided extremist policies . |
| 21 | It clearly precludes the collection of data for its own sake , or just in case it might turn out to be useful ; and it requires that information shall be kept for only as long as it remains relevant . |
| 22 | You can substitute any name you like in place of PENGUIN , as long as it has eight letters or less , but do choose something safe . |
| 23 | If you do feel hungry , you can eat anything you like — as long as it has little or no fat in it . |
| 24 | It was released in 1990 , and is written in C. Secretary of the British APL Association , Anthony Camacho , claims that J is less complicated as it uses fewer symbols than APL — its syntax analyser takes up only one page of C , while other versions take up enormous amounts . |
| 25 | Alexandra grew even crosser as it became obvious that Matthew had been invited in his own right . |
| 26 | He would then turn down the fell and begin to race , faster as it grew steeper , more furiously as the half-ton of slate threatened to catch him up and ( as happened regularly ) crush against him , until , blown with exhaustion , he reached the unloading bays at the foot of the fell . |
| 27 | I add my voice to the condemnation of the activity of the Provisional IRA which has pertained in Northern Ireland for more than 20 years and which in this case was clearly sectarian as it killed seven Protestant workers . |
| 28 | On the other hand , this degradation of the bench must be a slow process , so that the rate of cutting of a marine bench may be expected to become slower as it becomes wider . |
| 29 | ( The timber roofing is not merely picturesque but intensely practical as it prevents heavy winter snowfalls from rendering passage over the bridge either impossible or very hazardous . ) |
| 30 | Sometimes it is called the laminar sub-layer , but that is less accurate as it contains large velocity fluctuations ; and are free to rise more rapidly from the wall than . |