Example sentences of "as they pass " in BNC.
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| 1 | And so long as they pass them through Rannoch to the west if need be . |
| 2 | He falls in a heap , and as they pass every dog on the right of the line raises a leg and pees on him . |
| 3 | The works of the masters have usually lost background lines , most times by diffusion , as they pass behind foreground incidents . |
| 4 | The exterior surface of most ammonoids is covered with ribbing — dense on some species , sparse on others — the ribs often split into two or more smaller ribs as they pass over the back of the whorls . |
| 5 | Cosmic rays strike against atoms in the atmosphere as they pass through , and thus generate more charged particles and other forms of energy , and it is these secondary radiations that reach the Earth 's surface . |
| 6 | As they pass 'd by , but nothing still they said . |
| 7 | On parents ' evening/parents ' consultation sessions it 's a good idea to invite neighbouring schools serving other phases to send displays of photographs , children 's work , brochures , prospectuses etc to be arranged for the parents to view as they pass through the school during the evening . |
| 8 | As a consequence of increasing cohabitation , extramarital childbearing , divorce , remarriage and the rise of lone parenthood and step-families , children today are likely to experience a growing variety of family settings as they pass through childhood . |
| 9 | St Augustine came to the conclusion that we can measure time only if the mind has the power of holding within itself the impression made by things as they pass by even after they are gone . |
| 10 | The two parties walk in opposite directions and exchange car keys as they pass midway or , better still , at a rendezvous at the conspicuous landmark of Lady 's Pillar . |
| 11 | Also , we observed that males close to the breeding site seem deliberately to sit out on roads , where they have a clear view , and wait to jump on females as they pass . |
| 12 | The particles travel close to the speed of light and as they pass through the bending magnets they emit radiation , covering wavelengths typically from 0.1 to 106 nanometres , and collimated into the plane defined by the circular machine . |
| 13 | As they pass it remains there , still and unwavering in its gaze into the lighted room . |
| 14 | Listen out for their traditional cry of ‘ Shiver me timbers , Guv ’ as they pass each other along the grand canals of the West End . |
| 15 | ‘ … as they pass the three-furlong marker , it 's still the Guppy , who 's made every yard of the running , behind him a group of horses led by the grey Prince Charming , Cy McCray has yet to move on Breakdancer , Shine On has an awful lot still to do … ’ |
| 16 | mounting must be nylon as they pass through the plastic case . |
| 17 | MOTORISTS forget everything they have learned about road safety as soon as they pass their driving test . |
| 18 | A cloud chamber is good for detecting low energy , electrically charged particles as they leave behind a trail of liquid drops as they pass through the mist in the chamber . |
| 19 | As they pass round the Polos and packs of Durex . |
| 20 | Their eyes are wide open as they pass the object round . |
| 21 | It is the lens which completes the refraction of the rays of light as they pass through the posterior chamber ( which is filled with a jelloid substance , the vitreous humour ) . |
| 22 | Teachers have constantly to buttonhole each other as they pass in the staffroom and tack extra things to do on to the bottom of each other 's already overlong agendas . |
| 23 | Some join Chaos but others attack the Chaos armies as they pass . |
| 24 | The lack of any hard eclipse at high frequencies suggests that the eclipse is due to scattering or absorption of the radio waves as they pass through ionized matter surrounding the companion star . |
| 25 | Feynman discusses the idea of putting a lamp between the two slits to illuminate the electrons as they pass by . |
| 26 | This can make it difficult for management to exercise control because orders tend to become more distorted as they pass through more layers ; 90 per cent compliance at each stage in the hierarchy implies less than 50 per cent compliance from one end to the other over seven stages ( see Williamson , 1975 , ch. 3 ) . |
| 27 | The greatly affluent in sumptuous equipage , as they pass the cheerful dwelling of the careless rustic … involuntarily sigh as they behold the modest care-excluding mansion of the lowly contented ; and often from the belief that solid comfort can be found only in retirement , forsake their noisy abodes , to unload their oppressing inquietudes in the tranquil retreat of the rural shelter . |
| 28 | Instead of hatchets they have fans and as they pass through the soldiers ' camp they hit the soldiers and say : " There you are dead . " |
| 29 | Think of the turbulence between those vehicles there , you know the air displacement as they pass . |
| 30 | Such an organisational structure entails long chains of command , with the consequence that there is great potential for the distortion of instructions from senior managers as they pass down the hierarchy . |