Example sentences of "as it [verb] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The turbine had arrived from the works , and also the alternator , which by now I had learned was merely another name for a generator , though of a fancier kind as it made AC whereas a generator made only DC . |
| 2 | In fact it became standing room only as Mr Duncan Broady , curator of the Greater Manchester Police Museum , gave a fascinating lecture about crime in the period , particularly as it affected Manchester and Salford . |
| 3 | By road take the motorway N1 heading west from Bern , taking care in 12km ( 7 ½miles ) not to take the exit for Kerzers and Neuchatel but to continue on the motorway as it curves south and becomes an ordinary national road a short distance from Murten Murten lies beside the lake which bears its name , close to the linguistic frontier between French and German speech . |
| 4 | He provides a first-hand account of the board 's modus operandi as it developed recommendations that differed little from the promulgated National Institutes of Health guidelines but were turned into ‘ the first DNA legislation in the United States ’ . |
| 5 | It was used by American therapists , before being banned in 1985 , for marital problems as it encourages empathy and dispels hostility ; it is often called the ‘ hug ’ or ‘ love ’ drug . |
| 6 | A diet high in fresh fruit and vegetables is obviously to be recommended as it encourages digestion and elimination . |
| 7 | The Church of the Latter Day Saints abhors divorce and abortion as much as it does alcohol and caffeine . |
| 8 | If that nose had pleased the gods as it pleased Caesar and Antony , a loose Alexandrian gnosticism might have prevailed instead of the Christian discipline imposed by the two Romes , the old one on the Tiber , and the new one on the Bosporus . |
| 9 | After this recommended detour to Ru Stoer , the road to Lochinver is resumed as it turns south and passes between the scattered buildings of the village of Stoer , occupying a bleak area of the coastal belt and itself having no features of special interest to warrant a halt , but blessed with a lovely bay and sandy beaches nearby . |
| 10 | Routh v Jones was followed by Romer J in Jenkins v Reid [ 1948 ] 1 All ER 471 in which a restraint on a medical assistant to an ordinary country general medical practice was struck down because , as it prevented practice as " a physician , surgeon or apothecary " , the plaintiff would be unable to practice as a consultant in the geographical area covered by the restraint . |
| 11 | She looked at the strong hand as it shifted gears and continued resting on the lever . |
| 12 | as it indicates opinion or allegiance . |
| 13 | A certain amount of fat in your diet is good for you , as it provides energy and insulation , but too much of the wrong kind can be bad news for your figure and your cholesterol levels . |
| 14 | An overall cleaning materials budget accessible to several departments is useless as it invites irresponsibility as expenditure can not be traced . |
| 15 | However , my Presidency has impressed upon me the Sea-Change in recent years of governmental policy as it affects University and College finances . |
| 16 | Two further projects focus directly on management behaviour as it affects approaches and strategies towards employees . |
| 17 | These not only include the now standard pharmacological treatments , but also the patterns of institutional care , and , Warner ( 1985 ) would argue , the broader social environment as it affects reintegration and the social role rehabilitation of the individual ( including the labelling , stigma and social isolation which may occur ) . |
| 18 | Selection favoured beaver genes that made good lakes for transporting trees , just as it favoured genes that made good teeth for felling them . |
| 19 | Food containing insoluble fibre is satisfying as it needs more chewing than other foods and , as it absorbs water and swells in the stomach , it is filling . |
| 20 | While the greening of the electorate was rapidly taken aboard and she was impressed by the fact that acid rain could damage international relations as surely as it did stonework and trees , what caught her imagination were the profound implications of what was happening to the chemistry of the deeper atmosphere . |
| 21 | Consciousness exacted its price : as surely as it increased freedom so it diminished it . |
| 22 | The Hooded Cobra depicted in a coiled or undulating position is symbolic of the spiralling , vortex-like pattern of movement of Universal Energy as it permeates matter and proceeds to nourish and vivify it . |
| 23 | Rainwater gushed around that ‘ face ’ as it opened jaws that yawned with the ferocious , rasping hatred of some monstrous insect . |
| 24 | Britain needs chemists as much as it needs doctors and as a result there will be high employment prospects for chemistry graduates in the future . |
| 25 | The important thing to remember is that it does n't matter in the slightest what this garment looks like , as long as it boasts practicality and water-resistant qualitites . |
| 26 | The Myrcan stave was almost invisible as it smashed bones and cracked skulls , hurling the animals into the river , and Darmid 's sword wreaked havoc also . |
| 27 | I would commend the motion as it stand Chairman and hope that the that the council will vote for it . |
| 28 | Well as daft as it seems Dennis as you probably know in this sort of game you 're on the roads very late at night and when you 're on the roads very late at night , you get a lot of bored policemen |