Example sentences of "as it [verb] [verb] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ending the decades-long full employment tradition , IBM Corp on Tuesday formally laid off 1,400 employees at its Kingston and Poughkeepsie , New York mainframe plants , as it continued to notify workers of layoffs at its East Fishkill plant , where 4,000 jobs are to be cut in a combination of layoffs , transfers and voluntary redundancy by May 31 . |
| 2 | It is the last bastion against all these evils , and will remain so as long as it keeps acquiring books it does not have when they are found and brought to it . |
| 3 | He said it was essential that world business " should have an institutional mechanism enabling it to speak with a powerful voice as it seeks to influence governments and international organisations . " |
| 4 | The shrinkage of lava as it cools produces joints . |
| 5 | Her mocking laughter sounded as clear now as it had done months earlier . |
| 6 | But notice that position A is socially preferred to B or C , involving as it does lower prices and greater output for both products . |
| 7 | The exhibition displays the as yet unwritten history of painting in the two Germanies , combining as it does abstract expressionists like H.Bachmayer , H.Prem and H.Sturm from the Munich ‘ Herzogstraße ’ group with works by C.Claus , G.Kozik , M.Morgner and S.Volmer from Chemnitz in Saxony . |
| 8 | Christopher also seemed to indicate that the United States and its allies were considering a programme to provide Russia a kind of social safety net as it moves to free markets . |
| 9 | Irvine , California-based AST Research Inc warns that it expects third quarter after-tax margins to be in the range of 3% to 4% as it follows pricing strategies intended to lead to increased unit sales while it reduces operating expenses as a percentage of sales — its strategy for pricing and market share expansion is expected to hurt its near-term earnings it said , noting that the new Premmia line , launched in the UK yesterday , is priced 10% to 20% below rival models ; it also said it was evaluating its pricing , especially in Europe . |
| 10 | Choose a mineral water that is available in glass bottles , but do not consume too much Perrier , as it seems to cause problems for some people . |