Example sentences of "[noun pl] as it [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said that the British APT ( Advanced Passenger Train ) and the Canadian LRC ( Light , Rapid and Comfortable ) — which like the APT tilts as it enters bends — were failures . |
| 2 | This too encourages the flow of savings as it gives savers the confidence that their savings will earn a good rate of interest . |
| 3 | This is the famous ‘ baby boom ’ , shared more or less by all Western industrial countries ( not Eastern Europe or Japan ) , which has now produced almost as many books as it has people . |
| 4 | DEMONSTRATING the style for which West Yorkshire 's Keighley and Worth Valley Railway has become famous , standard Eight 48431 carries out passenger duties as it hauls Pullman dining stock up the five-mile branch . |
| 5 | The crash happened yesterday morning when the goods train left the rails as it entered Maidstone East station . |
| 6 | It raises almost as many questions as it provides answers , but it has not been challenged before us . |
| 7 | If that nose had pleased the gods as it pleased Caesar and Antony , a loose Alexandrian gnosticism might have prevailed instead of the Christian discipline imposed by the two Romes , the old one on the Tiber , and the new one on the Bosporus . |
| 8 | Twenty pleasant minutes retraced the morning 's steps and I stood beside the Land Rover waving goodbye and listening to the blue van 's familiar toots as it continued north . |
| 9 | It was used by American therapists , before being banned in 1985 , for marital problems as it encourages empathy and dispels hostility ; it is often called the ‘ hug ’ or ‘ love ’ drug . |
| 10 | Materialism brings in its wake as many problems as it does blessings . |
| 11 | The continuum of sexual threat and violence of which rape is one extreme , pervades the movies as it does life , but rarely takes centre stage . |
| 12 | The Parkside study relied upon readmissions which occurred within the three hospitals within the DHA and underestimates readmission rates as it excludes readmissions which happened outside the study area . |
| 13 | The ferry had reportedly sunk almost immediately on hitting coral reefs as it approached Safaga at around midnight . |
| 14 | From some different world , she heard the bird 's song cease abruptly in mid-trill , and the startled flutter of its wings as it took flight , followed by the soft rustle of a breeze through the bushes . |
| 15 | At a more advanced workshop , tutors with a professional interest may help explain techniques if this is required , though in the first instance the rough-and-ready style of amateurish video pays off more dividends as it intimidates beginners less than a smoothly polished film , and conveys the sense of ‘ being there ’ to the viewers . |
| 16 | The Health Service Centre should be your first port of call for all general career enquiries as it disseminates information on both basic and postbasic nursing education . |
| 17 | The neon sign made little clicks as it changed colour . |
| 18 | Secondly , I am glad to have the opportunity of relating the framework of our Further and Higher Education Bill , which has today been debated in another place , to the education for adults as it take place on the ground . |
| 19 | The only difficult character is the catfish , which during its formative life feeds upon aquatic insect life , but which will turn its attention to small fish and the tails of larger ones as it reaches maturity . |
| 20 | The December package also angered employers as it eliminated tax concessions and protection for the vehicle assembly industry , while imposing higher corporate income tax and social security contributions . |
| 21 | It just happens that published Welsh Office data on migration across the border is a good measure of the flight from cities as it affects Wales . |
| 22 | This is not required if the relevant condition is that the parent undertaking holds a majority of the voting rights and holds the same proportion of shares as it holds voting rights |