Example sentences of "as it [verb] on [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A member of staff said that the patients could not be evacuated out of the town as it Continued on Page 5 Continued from Page 1 was cut-off . |
| 2 | For the Christian this will mean entering into a dialogue with God 's word as it touches on issues requiring change , which we shall be investigating later . |
| 3 | The jump in share prices was comparable to yesterday 's but the euphoria quickly ebbed away as it dawned on investors that — in terms of the immediate prospects — not much had changed and what had changed was not entirely for the better . |
| 4 | The catch was usually gutted as soon as it came on board , and the gulls would go in a flock from boat to boat , cleaning up the discards . |
| 5 | And it looks almost as dazzling on his Aussie pal Lady ‘ Kanga ’ Tryon as it does on Princess Diana . |
| 6 | The reported craving for yeasty foods is far more difficult to understand , since Candida does not feed on other yeasts as it does on sugar . |
| 7 | This country spends four times as much money importing weapons as it does on health . |
| 8 | Sadly , there turns out to be a sound explanation for this instruction it 's aimed at the club audience , who watch the show as it happens on banks of TV monitors . |
| 9 | The Derridean critique of logocentrism necessarily includes the concept of history insofar as it depends on notions of presence and meaning determined as truth . |
| 10 | The demand for exports ( X ) , however , is assumed to be an exogenous variable as it depends on incomes and demand conditions overseas . |
| 11 | Critics of Townsend argue that this is a spurious claim inasmuch as it depends on Townsend making very dubious judgements about what the social needs are of which people might be ‘ deprived ’ . |
| 12 | Could I then ask the clerk to read the words that have been proposed to be added to number two as it stands on page one eight five . |
| 13 | Will it be as easy as it looks on paper ? |
| 14 | I do n't think anything is as easy as it looks on paper in football . |
| 15 | In the second and third years the course comes together as it concentrates on communications as a discipline , taking the discourse of sociology and psychology much more for granted . |
| 16 | Having taken such measures , as it did on Aug. 6 , the Security Council could go further if sanctions " proved to be inadequate " , by taking under Article 42 " such action by air , sea or land forces as may be necessary to maintain international peace and security " , and specifically including blockade . |
| 17 | In 1972 the US spent three times as much on family planning programmes in the Third World as it did on health programmes . |
| 18 | No one ever looked ‘ a little lovelier each day with fabulous new Camay ’ — a bar of green Fairy soap worked as well on faces as it did on floors . |
| 19 | The £550m mentioned above was charged against profits for the year following an actuarial valuation of the company 's main pension fund as it stood on January 1 1993 . |
| 20 | as it dripped on parquet marked with muddy tracks — two mackintoshes in distress |
| 21 | ‘ Why did you come back ? ’ went on Eleanor , her green gaze bright with dislike as it fixed on Jessamy . |