Example sentences of "as it [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A fist flew towards him on the screen , filled it as it made apparent impact and then vanished away . |
| 2 | The only real characteristic of each day was that it was the same as the day before and to give any account of such days in strict sequence would make as tedious reading as it made tedious living . |
| 3 | The market distrusts people businesses almost as much as it distrusts American companies with their main share listings in London . |
| 4 | The CEGB disclosed the escalation in nuclear costs as it announced that operating profits are £603 million lower than expected at £355 million . |
| 5 | The electricity distributor yesterday cut tariffs by 1pc for 1.3m customers as it announced pre-tax profits of £111.2m . |
| 6 | The electricity distributor yesterday cut tariffs by 1pc for 1.3m customers as it announced pre-tax profits of £111.2m . |
| 7 | Disliking the Tories more than he disliked Labour , he declared that on the defeat of Baldwin 's Government in the new Parliament , the King should ask MacDonald to form an administration , which he and his fellow Liberals would keep in office as long as it avoided extremist policies . |
| 8 | I could see it running in her until it overflowed , and as fast as it ran more grief took its place until the lane and the streams ran with grief and all the valley was the colour of grief . |
| 9 | Last month Rainbow Warrior II was seized by the French navy as it led another protest to the atoll . |
| 10 | Genius , as it disdains all assistance , so it defies all obstacles . |
| 11 | Wall-mounted spotlights are useful , but the ability to reposition the light slightly as well as alter the direction of the beam is especially desirable as it enables different features to be highlighted as the seasons change . |
| 12 | A notice is preferable as it imposes greater protection than a caution ( which can be warned off ) but requires the consent of the landlord as the land certificate will need to be placed on deposit for the purpose of registration . |
| 13 | This is where AEA 's dual energy x-ray absorptiometry — DXA — comes in , as it offers orthopaedic surgeons a safe and accurate method to investigate the outcome of surgery at a much earlier stage . |
| 14 | Or , you can simply relax at the hotel as it offers excellent amenities for a comfortable holiday . |
| 15 | Detailed ultrasound scanning has been shown to be cost effective as it detects most cases of Down 's syndrome as well as other life threatening conditions . |
| 16 | This victory was to delight the masses just as it brought little pleasure to the newly energized forces of the political left , but , just as significantly , it was now also an occasional delight to a growing audience drawn from amongst critics , intellectuals , and the more respectable classes generally . |
| 17 | As for what it gets in return , Spain gets little farm money , as it has few rich farmers ( who get most from Europe 's upside-down farm policy ) and little research and development money , as it lacks high-class laboratories . |
| 18 | An organisation will be effective only so far as it helps individual members to achieve their own personal objectives , and a large part of the task of management is therefore concerned with this problem . |
| 19 | The latter — as in the former works — are shaped according to the job they had to do , i.e. rectangular ( not cubic ) tesserae depict the moustache as it falls either side of the mouth . |
| 20 | She said : ‘ Teleworking is innovative as it allows qualified women to come back to work in senior positions . |
| 21 | Blocking will not usually increase the probability of having to read data from a given track , except insofar as it allows more records to be stored on that track . |
| 22 | In our opinion , this operates in favour of defenders insofar as it involves minimal disclosure , the real matters in issue usually being covered by the opinion . |
| 23 | This position requires strong written and verbal communication skills as it involves close interaction with synthetic chemists , biologists and biochemists in addition to the other members of the Analytical Chemistry Group . |
| 24 | By reducing the probability that a firm will fail and by reducing creditors ' potential losses in the event of difficulty , this helps to reduce the costs a firm takes on as it takes bigger risks and nears bankruptcy . |
| 25 | The incentive to settle any claim exists insofar as it takes one file more off the solicitor 's desk and from the client 's point of view , gives him his damages ( or a proportion thereof ) sooner than would be the case if he requires to proceed to Proof . |
| 26 | As it takes some time to get the system going and prepare the animal for recording , any one experiment can run for many hours , and as a result neurophysiologists tend , even more than any other lab scientists I know , to be erratic nightworkers and ( at least when they are graduate students ) not well cut out for normal social relations . |
| 27 | As it takes several years for the effects of changing the number of trainees to become obvious the failure to implement Achieving a Balance is only now becoming evident . |
| 28 | As it reached each tree in turn , the tree gracefully bent over , curving its trunk so that both roots and branches touched the ground . |
| 29 | Questioning the nature of the issue under study is an important part of research as it clarifies initial concepts and examines the definitions employed . |
| 30 | The national gallery gets £2.75 million , the same as it received seven years ago and rather less than it received 10 years ago . |