Example sentences of "as it be [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At first the language helper repeats each phrase for you as it is played back and you write it down , but your aim should be that when you have worked out a phonemic script for the language you teach the language helper to transcribe texts for you . |
| 2 | However , unless you have some knowledge of the subject , it is just as easy to pay too much as it is to pick up a bargain . |
| 3 | Sapphire , the Black woman who is light-skinned enough to pass for White is pregnant by her White fiance ’ , but again the child does not appear as it is annihilated along with its mother . |
| 4 | But in the Arctic , summer is just past its peak , with the pack ice as far north as it is likely to be , although in a month the first skin of new ice will tinkle and shimmer as it is broken up by the morning breeze . |
| 5 | Alloxan is a diabetogenic drug that is known to produce free oxygen radicals as it is broken down . |
| 6 | Three related projects comprise this research programme , each of which explores some aspect of contemporary change and development in British society as it is reflected in , and affected by , different kinds of local areas . |
| 7 | Admittedly , one has to stoop down to smell a low shrub , but that is not such a problem for most of us as it is to struggle through to the middle of a bed . |
| 8 | Life is not as glamorous as it is cracked up to be on Tour . |
| 9 | Simplicity of operation is paramount and to that effect the machine will begin replay of a CD soon as it is powered up . |
| 10 | And it would seem that in this matter of dispersals the book ‘ trade ’ is a more honourable calling than the so-called library ‘ profession ’ , at least as it is carried on by its present avant garde . |
| 11 | Feeding is difficult and laborious , and it is not easy to keep the rick waterproof , even with a plastic sheet , as it is used up . |
| 12 | The up-front payment mentioned in Clause 1 of this Schedule will be used to set off this advance payment until such time as it is used up . |
| 13 | Oxygen is much less soluble in water than carbon dioxide and in order for fish life to be sustained it must be replenished as fast as it is used up . |
| 14 | As it is drawn up , swags appear between the rows of rings , forming a scalloped hemline . |
| 15 | Broadly , they break down into two main types : one where the water is heated and stored hot in a hot water cylinder or tank ; the other where cold water is heated instantaneously as it is drawn off . |
| 16 | An appeal for funds is being established now so that there will be enough money in the kitty to be able to commence work on the locomotive as soon as it is taken out of service next year . |
| 17 | Use that ‘ eye ’ to hold the end of the Spectra line as it is pulled back through the length of the braid until an inch or 25mm emerges . |
| 18 | In particular , the programme , as it is set out , perhaps puts rather too much emphasis on ‘ knowledge-based systems ’ . |
| 19 | I consider it worth setting out in extenso the Commission 's position in that regard as it is set out in paragraph 3.1 of the communication : |
| 20 | Every log , as it is picked up , can be examined as an individual work of art — shape , grain , colour , weight — before being placed carefully on the fire in the correct position , to give its own artistic display of pyrotechnics . |
| 21 | Ideally someone in the ferreting party will be given the task of removing each rabbit as soon as it is caught up . |
| 22 | In WORDWISE + , text can be viewed in large-scale lettering on screen as it is keyed in and the user can go through the text , using the arrow keys on the keyboard , making any necessary amendments . |
| 23 | The practitioner utilizing this block steps up to meet the kick as it is coming in , thus meeting it before it has gained full momentum and power . |
| 24 | ‘ All this modelling is n't half as glamorous as it 's made out to be . |
| 25 | you get a bit of paint on it I 'd have a job to get it off so I take them off , then put them on just as it 's going off , you know , so you got ta |
| 26 | So make sure it 's safe , take your casualty from the cause , you may have to resuscitate , now if a person swallows something by mouth , there 's two types of poisons , one can go by mouth and one is er corrosive and the other is non-corrosive , but at the same time you have a liquid or tablets , now if it 's a corrosive liquid that you have swallowed or somebody has swallowed , it 's burning as it 's going down , and may I say in first aid you never ever on any circumstances make anybody sick er especially poisons , can you imagine if it 's burnt going down it 's probably perforated the food pipe and somebody comes along and overdoses on the water , because you can give sips of water for corrosive , well it 's because you 're trying to keep the airway open , if it 's burning , corrosive is burning you 'll get swelling , so this is why you give sips of water , but if you give too much your casualty will be sick and if it 's burnt going down and perforated the tubes and they 're bringing it up again it 's gon na burn coming up and go into those perforations that and cause further damage . |
| 27 | And i i it magnifies the sound as it 's coming through so you 're lying there and you think , there 's somebody in the back ! |
| 28 | Each room has a colour TV — ideal for checking out if Italian football is as good as it 's cracked up to be . |
| 29 | " Well , as long as it 's put back where you found it . |
| 30 | Well erm it , oh well I mean it is better in as much as it was sticking out like that |