Example sentences of "[adj] as it [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | If you do feel hungry , you can eat anything you like — as long as it has little or no fat in it . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Eating live yoghurt may also be worthwhile as it contains some of the ‘ useful ’ members of the gut flora , and may help to reestablish a healthy balance among the inhabitants of the gut ( see p 194 ) . |
| 5 | Then three-quarters of Rokeya 's olive-shaded face appeared bearing the same expression of suffering as it had all the years Lee had known her , relieved only by the same amethyst earrings and necklace of variegated amethyst chunks . |
| 6 | The two-parter was also fun as it gave all of us a chance to act in conflict and be a bit more expansive , because otherwise , if you think about it , all we were doing most of the time was feeding lines to other people . ’ |