Example sentences of "as it [verb] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions took temporary workers on board insofar as it took steps to develop a coherent policy on their use for recommendation to affiliated unions ( see IRS , 1986b ) . |
| 2 | The government of President Hastings Kamuzu Banda came under increasing pressure from Western governments to improve its human rights record as it took action to arrest the pro-democracy campaigner , Chakufwa Chihana , and to expel Mgr John Roche , Roman Catholic bishop-elect of Mzimba . |
| 3 | Bob Walker of the manufacturing support department , who developed the course with Paul Swiety of the work study department , said : ‘ This is an important feature of the course as it helps people to understand that TNT has an impact across the whole structure of the Group at all levels . ’ |
| 4 | The extreme flexibility of the Course allows part-time students to change later to a full-time mode , just as it allows full-timers to drop down to part-time study . |
| 5 | This can be useful , as it allows Goblins to drive off charging enemy units with their Fanatics , and even enemy who are not panicked into fleeing away will be severely mauled . |
| 6 | All is not lost for the Albion works , as it supplies axles to DAF 's Belgian factory at Westerlo , which will continue in operation . |
| 7 | This urgent need for real cash is a continual threat to LETS initiatives , as it tempts people to devalue the notional currency . |
| 8 | Its drawback is the time involved , as it requires teachers to take register at each lesson by marking pink sheets that are then read into an optical mark reader . |
| 9 | In fact the terms ‘ form ’ and ‘ content ’ ceased to be operative and were replaced ( in so far as it makes sense to speak of replacement ) by the distinction between ‘ material ’ and ‘ device ’ . |
| 10 | Just as it costs peanuts to get oil out of a hole in the ground , it costs peanuts to put rubbish into one — so long as the oil , or the space , lasts . |
| 11 | When nicely balanced , these forces permit the star a lifecycle as it radiates energy to finish as a lump of heavy elements . |