Example sentences of "[noun sg] as it [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first public meeting in Cambridge was warned by the Dean-designate of St Paul 's , the Reverend Professor Inge , that unless controls limited the reproduction of the ‘ urban proletariat ’ , it ‘ may cripple our civilisation as it destroyed that of ancient Rome ’ . |
| 2 | Synthetic thread is very strong and should be used with synthetic or stretch fabric as it has more elasticity . |
| 3 | As far as nudity was concerned they quickly accepted it in Josephine 's act as it seemed such a natural part of her but their attitudes were quite prudish when confronted with the nudes backstage . |
| 4 | It is important not to soak potatoes , as this leaches out the vitamin , and not to overcook cabbage and other green vegetables , as heat gradually destroys Vitamin C. Rosehip tea is also an excellent source of this vitamin , as is fresh lemon juice , which is permissible on this diet as it contains little sugar . |
| 5 | Indeed , she told me that she looked forward to practising them each evening as it formed such a peaceful interlude in her anxious life . |
| 6 | Last month Rainbow Warrior II was seized by the French navy as it led another protest to the atoll . |
| 7 | It has remained the accepted practice that all important governmental decisions emanate from the central departments in Whitehall , a practice which is of great help to the political leadership as it collects all the levers of policy-making and administrative control into one , compact , signal box . |
| 8 | Tracey added , ‘ The order was a good test for our facility as it employed several items of our equipment . |
| 9 | The erosion of consensus politics overtook local government as it did many other areas of public life . |
| 10 | The process Examine.Request was considered to be the transaction centre as it triggers many courses of actions in the system . |
| 11 | To say it is a hidden village is an understatement as it took some hawk-eyed map reading and signpost spotting to get us there in the first place . |
| 12 | Despite its state-centrism , it is worth quoting at length as it catches some key specifics of the practices of the communications industries ' project for global consumerism . |
| 13 | The latter — as in the former works — are shaped according to the job they had to do , i.e. rectangular ( not cubic ) tesserae depict the moustache as it falls either side of the mouth . |
| 14 | The report will be used by the Woolwich instead of the mortgage valuation report as it includes all the information which usually appears in that report . |
| 15 | Chlamydia trachomatis provides the one bright light on the horizon as it satisfies most of the criteria needed for a causative agent in non-gonococcal infection . |
| 16 | This orang utan demonstrates its ability to grasp efficiently with both hands and feet — a useful trick as it spends most of its life in the trees . |
| 17 | M0 is sometimes called the wide monetary base as it includes those assets that are , or could be , used as cash reserves by the banking system . |
| 18 | Let us look at this problem of the nature of phenomena in more detail as it explains some of the difficulties faced by social researchers . |
| 19 | Similarly , the personnel function in these firms often has amazing power as it manages each individual 's assessment . |
| 20 | Ms Gordon said the recruitment agencies were enthusiastic about broking as it meant less time was spent pairing applicants with jobs . |