Example sentences of "as they pass " in BNC.

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31 Members of the national Parliament charged with acting as ‘ watchdogs ’ on behalf of the citizens become engaged in acts of total deception as they pass the problems of their constituents up the line to ministers who are no longer in charge .
32 As soon as they pass their driving test , they can get out of the supervised test car and hop into a two or three litre car and off they go down the road to possibly death and destruction .
33 After they had gone through the ordeal of giving evidence , their father , who was found guilty of eight serious charges with nine being left on the file , was put on probation and allocated to a hostel not two miles from where his last victim lives and where he can be seen by the family as they pass through the town centre .
34 I 've found that when the water is heavily coloured after a rain storm this is often the case and fish will be caught in bursts as they pass up and down the swim .
35 The salts dissolved in the oceans do not reside there permanently , rather they cycle through them as they pass from crystalline to sedimentary rock .
36 Testing may involve an examination of individual items as they pass through each procedure in the system or the selection of different items for each procedure tested .
37 This finding has led to the suggestion that the hepatocyte pallisade may represent a lineage system within which cells mature as they pass from a peri-bile ductular position ot mature perivenular hepatocytes .
38 During inhalation , the NO is absorbed by erythrocytes as they pass through the lungs and is thought to be inactivated by tight bonding to the haem , which is subsequently metabolised to methaemoglobin .
39 And the major manufacturers erm , there is a major trade in ingredients , between the multi-nationals as they pass things across .
40 They can be dis distinguished on the basis of their single channel conductance with respect to barium , which they pass barium a al as well as they pass calcium .
41 The figures produced by the County Surveyor in a September nineteen ninety one committee report , show anticipated traffic changes at six points on these roads as they pass through Harrogate and Knaresborough .
42 A helicopter , the authority said , would not only help the speedy identification of vessels which fail to respond to radio requests for information as they pass through the Pentland Firth , but would also carry out oil pollution surveillance flights .
43 wildly as they pass ,
44 No , I 'm sure that they that so long as they pass the audition they are always welcome .
45 There were also reports that some had jumped on the trains as they passed through East Germany , or that the numbers could have included previously uncounted children .
46 The German barrage seemed to be slackening off a bit , though the Allied guns were still firing over our positions , their shells shaking the trees as they headed toward the German trenches with a loud swish as they passed overhead .
47 Each step seemed to take an age as they passed the forge .
48 None of them looked up as they passed .
49 Without speaking he lifted his cap as they passed .
50 H well , back to obscurity , ’ a Tory MP muttered to his colleague yesterday as they passed a journalist who failed to leap forward and solicit their views on the party leadership .
51 Both Greene and Cloke were jeered as they passed the post and cries of ‘ cheats ’ greeted them as they rode their mounts back to the unsaddling enclosure and were hauled before the stewards .
52 It is built on the shape of the letter ‘ E ’ , not necessarily as a compliment to Queen Elizabeth but for the satisfactory symmetry it afforded to the most important east-facing front which the world and his wife could view as they passed by .
53 As they passed through the gate into the yard , he added : ‘ If I was you , lad , I would n't be too nosey . ’
54 The cheering swelled as they passed the stands , and as they turned down the hill for the second circuit Taaffe could no longer restrain Arkle , who took up the running .
55 She led the way up a flight of stairs , shouting a greeting as they passed the entrance to the ball-scryer 's receiving room on the ground floor .
56 Chirac did n't even know where to go while Le Barre was speaking on an empty white platform with no chairs , and when it was his turn to speak he had no chance of a good clean start because he had to shake hands with Le Barre as they passed on the stairs .
57 When the teller announced the Magharba vote at 1235 , implying a Magharba majority , the Zuwaya immediately protested that Magharba were present who had no right to vote : after a check of identity cards some men left and they began the vote again , this time counting both groups of supporters as they passed behind their goals .
58 A few of the wooden hangers had rusted wire hooks which bent and broke as they passed .
59 ‘ That 's it , ’ said the Headmaster as they passed by him .
60 From their conversation , as they passed down the corridor , they were well pleased with the advice they had received .
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