Example sentences of "as it [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ICELAND Group today warned that the UK food market is becoming increasingly competitive as it announced a jump in profits . |
| 2 | The LPU entered this process as it believed a trade union would . |
| 3 | PEUGEOT Talbot , the UK subsidiary of the big French car-marker , yesterday warned shareholders that trading would remain difficult this year as it revealed a slump in annual profits . |
| 4 | In other words , the system of competitive vote bidding acts like a ratchet encouraging ever more government services at the same time as it penalises a government prepared to take " tough " decisions that may hit particular interests in the short run even though these decisions may work to the advantage of all in the longer run . |
| 5 | Indeed , it is most unlikely that Israel will give up its nuclear capability in the foreseeable future , so long as it foresees a threat to its land from its neighbour . |
| 6 | And none of this would matter Chairman I do n't think er whether E two whether E two was in or out of the structure plan only matters in so far as it bears a part of the making of local plans and the making of planning applications in the county . |
| 7 | The assassins rushed out of the tunnel , their feet ringing on the stones , emerging onto the promontory in time to catch sight of the punt as it rounded a pillar . |
| 8 | Although the Labour Left may have considered this official conversion to Socialism somewhat belated , it was attracted to the Peace Alliance only in so far as it represented a continuation of previous Unity campaigns . |
| 9 | This key point about the exchange of bank deposits must be committed to memory by readers as it forms a basis for understanding the nature of the foreign exchange market and operations of banks within it . |
| 10 | Equally , however , Sturge found the Civilization Society 's policy ‘ inadequate to meet the case but as it involves a violation of my peace principles I can take no part in it ’ . |
| 11 | Each aircraft climbed and peeled-off to port as it reached a position overhead the memorial site . |
| 12 | ( I never bought earlier mags , so who is he/she , as it caused an uproar in the last issue ! ? ) |
| 13 | The last straw was when a totally serious Westite Unionist remarked that , as it was a shooting matter , he recommended that it should be left to the army to investigate as it had a lot of experience of shootings of one kind and another . |
| 14 | The officers lost sight of the car as it crossed a hump-back bridge . |
| 15 | This was a difficult decision as it meant a drop in their poor standard of living . |
| 16 | It is clear then that the DUP will receive the votes of the working-class loyalists so long as it retains an image of being more unionist than the Officials , unless there should be an alternative to the right of the DUP . |
| 17 | The neck features a volute behind the nut in order to maximise strength at this infamous weak spot , although I suspect that this is done more in the service of art than anything else , maintaining as it does a classic line . |
| 18 | In this context , in a more general sense , a return to a more convergent exchange rate policy within Europe , providing as it does a background of stability to encourage exporters , would be welcomed again at some stage in the future . |
| 19 | The transition from the glass to the rubber-like state is an important feature of polymer behaviour , marking as it does a region where dramatic changes in the physical properties , such as hardness and elasticity , are observed . |
| 20 | The latter site could be something of a watershed , possessing as it does an example of a type B arrangement , one of the earliest examples of star-like squares enclosed by a circle , a saltire design , and a simple geometric meander ( pI . |
| 21 | Ms Jackson is not advocating allowing your child to play in a busy road , or watching as it tips a bottle of bleach down its throat . |
| 22 | From point-blank range the first bullet hit him in the stomach , doubling him up as it punched a hole just to the left of his navel , ploughing through intestines before lodging close to his spine . |
| 23 | Incredible as it sounds a weekend package with Cresta can cost you less than a flight to Paris in the normal way . |
| 24 | Inside the grand , evil smelling hall , a cassocked figure could be seen panting and swaying as it heaved a paper sack of chicken pellets from off the hall table onto the floor . |
| 25 | Use of trade exhibitions is on the increase and firms increasingly need to establish a more scientific method of managing this function as it requires an understanding of how an exhibition stand communicates itself to the public . |
| 26 | The Bank , as we know , came up with another offer later in the year which must go down as historic as it entailed a zero increase for a nineteen month period . |
| 27 | The seventy-one-year-old steel cantilever span narrows down to two lanes as it crosses a channel that connects the Gulf to the Mississippi . |
| 28 | The Russians themselves have developed a ‘ killer ’ satellite that explodes as it passes a target spacecraft . |
| 29 | She shuddered , half leaning into his plundering mouth as it burned a fever into her throat . |
| 30 | He could not recall agreeing to this at all , but as it offered a chance of avoiding his own intervention , he nodded fervently , and took some more almond soup . |