Example sentences of "as it [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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31 This can not be done from behind a desk as it requires direct observation of the operation , sometimes for an extended period , to find out what is actually done on site as well as what should be done .
32 Just as it requires careful planning to ensure the correct orientation of a pedagogical grammar , so the progression of the lessons too must be carefully planned .
33 The government itself became larger and more concentrated in its operation as it assumed increasing responsibilities in areas such as education and defence .
34 During the seventies this form of finance became comparatively more attractive as it offered variable rates of interest ( which are tax deductible ) and the short nature of these loans was mitigated by the banks ' willingness to roll-over these loans on request .
35 DELL PLAYS THE FIELD LOOKING AS IT REVIEWS ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF CASH
36 AS IT LAUNCHES JAPANESE LAN MANAGER FOR UNIX SYSTEMS
37 What ‘ Back In Denim ’ is really saying as it launches spiteful attacks on Duran Duran and mourns David Cassidy 's retirement , is that Pop Music Is Important , as much a part of our lives , our personalities as the polluted air we breathe and the clothes we choose to wear .
38 And since I am raising this question of the universalizing and the depersonalizing of egoism as it becomes poetic dedication in poetry , I 'd like to do this by offering you a contrast , and I choose as my contrast Alexander Pope , another poet who was obsessively concerned with his own role as a poet — in his satires in this case .
39 What the west midlands would like to know is whether he will now do what he has not already done , that is , repudiate the motion of the TUC to reject alien investment — as it describes Japanese investment — in this country .
40 Shipping , including Isle of Wight ferry and hydrofoil crossings , was halted on Southampton Water last night after inert gas leaked from the tanker Mobil Petrel as it discharged crude oil at the Fawley Esso oil refinery .
41 The model is couched in ex-ante terms as it specifies expected security returns as a function of the expected return on the market portfolio .
42 In this chapter we have only really attended to the negative , critical , edge of left theory in so far as it challenges rival perspectives on parties and pressures .
43 A keen breeze had sprung up and they watched as it chased fallen leaves along the pavement , blowing them into little heaps against the red brick wall .
44 DEC says it wo n't shy from promoting and advertising the add-on to potential customers , as it believes large corporates and telecommunications firms , some which specify SVR4 in any case , are already interested in the personality .
45 Babies have very immature immune systems and rely upon breast milk to make up for this deficiency as it contains protective factors .
46 Sometimes it is called the laminar sub-layer , but that is less accurate as it contains large velocity fluctuations ; and are free to rise more rapidly from the wall than .
47 This figure is non-committal as to the precise mechanism likely to lead to the generation of passive margin upwarps as it illustrates secondary convection as well as non-uniform ( depth-dependent extension ) and the effects of lateral heat flow into unthinned lithosphere .
48 Tidy up borders , but wait until spring before taking dead foliage off herbaceous plants , as it protects new shoots .
49 The consultation on the plans to devolve 80 per cent of school budgets to head teachers closes today as it faces growing opposition from education authorities .
50 It 's a graph of average household size in North Yorkshire , and it 's to that extent it 's an attempt to summarize into one figure , the headship rate effect as it affects average household size .
51 There 's an important element in this crisis and , in a sense , the government 's reaction , belated as it is , shows a recognition that the crisis , as it affects gay people , can only be stopped or delayed , deferred or whatever through involvement with the gay community — and that 's an odd recognition in this climate .
52 However , he does use his recollection of the journey over Ratagan , his eyes filled with mountains , to reflect in the Journey generally upon the condition of remoteness as it affects human beings , and thereby touches the core of his reasons for travelling .
53 The news and feature material is heavily locally oriented , little in the way of national news except as it affects local area .
54 A citation may be made ‘ in praise , in scorn , or as a basis for further work ’ , according to Schaefer , in a summary of the citation process as it affects biological science .
55 I have been elaborating the point , made much earlier on , that one of the really basic features of human thinking as it affects social action is the polarization of " we " versus " they " .
56 The ‘ succession ’ of plant life as it colonises new territory takes the vegetation of the areas through a series of phases , culminating in woodland .
57 As it happened American efforts to restrict Japanese expansion precipitated the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941 .
58 Eucalyptus oil will also help patients with a cold as it clears nasal passages .
59 At the same time as it stimulated Political activity and consciousness among the provincial nobility , the process leading to Emancipation also speeded the emergence of a more socially diverse public opinion .
60 Underlying inflation , which provides a better guide to cost pressures as it excludes volatile mortgage interest rates , was slightly stronger at 3.4 per cent , up from 3.2 per cent in January .
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