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

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1 These remarks of Chomsky have often been quoted , and adduced more often than not , almost gleefully at times , as evidence in support of the view that linguistics has no relevance to language teaching and that therefore applied linguistics , as it relates to pedagogy at least , is vacuous .
2 It therefore follows , in our judgment , that although this has gone unnoticed for 119 years , the jurisdiction of the judges as visitors , in so far as it relates to questions as to the fitness of persons to become or remain barristers , is a jurisdiction which in 1873 was vested in the judges of the three common law courts , sitting elsewhere than in court or chambers , when acting as judges , in pursuance of custom .
3 I 'm interested in the role of women all over the world , particularly in terms of what effect development strategies have had on women 's position , not merely in India but in other parts of the world as well , because I feel that there are a lot of common experiences which impinge on the problem as it relates to India .
4 there will be a review of the drink driving problem as it relates to Lothian
5 This article gives an overview of SCOTVEC 's current position on quality assurance , as it relates to workplace assessment , which is now becoming an important feature of SVQs .
6 Day-to-day responsibility for administering the planning system as it relates to minerals rests with the mineral planning authorities ( MPAs ) .
7 Although Arieti himself fails properly to follow it through , his observation underpins an important theme in our understanding of creativity as it relates to psychosis , and we shall have occasion to refer to it again .
8 example If you have a general political interest in social class , this could support an investigation of class as it relates to characters ' use of irony in Emma .
9 In a review of climatology as it relates to geography Terjung ( 1976 ) reviewed the position of climatology in geography teaching and research and suggested :
10 Adam was under one of the lamps as it burst to life .
11 Today 's drive takes you through some wonderful scenery as you follow the Black Canyon Highway as it climbs to Montezuma 's Castle , one of the most perfectly preserved of the ancient Indian cliff dwellings .
12 In its defence , Smurfit would say that it is an international company and it should pay as much intention to its US hinterland as it does to London .
13 For the ‘ principle of parsimony ’ applies as much to our forward-looking human rights theory as it does to utilitarianism : offenders have a right not to have their freedom gratuitously diminished to a degree greater than is necessary to produce the desired reductivist results .
14 The eastern capital , in turn , influenced the Venetian culture and the architectural form which developed here owes as much to Oriental bias as it does to Italy , particularly after the passage of two or three centuries .
15 The Unfair Contract Terms Act applies to hire-purchase contracts in exactly the same way as it does to contracts of sale of goods .
16 The Unfair Contract Terms Act applies , with one small difference , to hire contracts as it does to contracts of sale of goods , hire purchase , barter and exchange , etc .
17 This London belongs to the city gents with their regimental ties and their polished shoes ; it belongs as little to a Celtic writer as it does to Surkov and Rozanov .
18 The performance does almost as much to acrobatics , comedy and theatre as it does to ballet but that is not to say the dancers do n't use their technical expertise to the full .
19 But you know the rest — this is just a tribute to three lovely unselfish children , and it may bring back some lovely memories , as it does to Pop and myself .
20 Recognising that the integrity of the learning process applies as much to adults in schools as it does to children .
21 It is a language which has to be learned , and this applies just as much to audiences as it does to movie makers .
22 This idea of flexibility applies as much to exercise as it does to food .
23 The layout can give as many messages to the pupils as it does to colleagues and senior management .
24 I suppose I was kicking over the traces a bit and parental authority seemed as irksome to me then as it does to teenagers today .
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26 It did n't matter in the end , as it sold to dealer David Petrovsky ( underbid by Caldwell ) for $44,000 , who has of yet not discovered it in any photographic reference .
27 ( At the same time , the government reformed the rating system as it applied to companies by introducing a uniform business rate — set at the same rate throughout the country . )
28 In Plowman 's case it was argued that on its true construction the restrictive covenant was too wide as it applied to goods of all kinds and would prevent canvassing by the employee in articles of trade of any kind .
29 I was there when they took the Enchantment of the Beastline and laid it across the Silver Loom , and I was there as it fell to shreds in their hands .
30 Carried by some freak of the acoustics of the place or by the mist , Jotan 's voice said as it seemed to Alexei in his ear , ‘ If you move or call out , I shall kill you . ’
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