Example sentences of "as it [verb] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Broadcasting is pre-eminent , at least in the ever-creative medium of radio ; but television borrows from abroad as much as it creates at home . |
| 2 | The poem describes how ‘ even when he was in France ’ — in the context of the poem it is reasonable to presume the front line trenches — ‘ the sun still woke him as it had at home ’ . |
| 3 | There is a certain doubt as to whether the universe is old enough for any Black Dwarfs to have been produced as yet , but eventually it must happen , and this will be the final fate of the Sun — though we will not be there to see ; the Earth can hardly expect to survive the Red Giant stage , when the Sun will radiate at least a hundred times as fiercely as it does at present . |
| 4 | However , with social feeling about child sexuality running high as it does at present , we may be well advised to keep quiet about it in public ; while , if we ourselves feel guilt as to our own emotions in any such case , a knowledgeable and understanding senior or colleague may be able to help us — otherwise we would be well-advised to hand the case on to someone else . |
| 5 | Serbian delegates were in Istanbul discussing the implementation of the Convention when British , French and Russian ships blasted the Turkish fleet out of the water as it lay at anchor in the enclosed natural harbour at Navarino ( Pylos ) in the southern Morea on 20 October 1827 . |
| 6 | Unfortunately , as it stands at present it has many deficiencies , because : |
| 7 | Family Allowance as it stands at present is for many women the only money we have which belongs to us by right . |
| 8 | But the comparison with the position of the citizen , on the law as it stands at present , is most unattractive . |
| 9 | The mill has been I do n't ken how long there 's been a mill on the site there but the mill as it stands at present 's been there from eighteen sixty . |
| 10 | As it stands at present ( for technical reasons ) this leaves a hole in the legislation and has the effect of wrecking the bill . |
| 11 | ‘ So Ryan 's stuck with a piece of land he ca n't develop and can only sell as it stands at market value ? ’ she asked , beginning to enjoy the irony of it . |
| 12 | Writing in 1946 , Knights , an editor of Scrutiny in the 19305 , is anxious that English should not avoid " controversial questions " in the name of " disinterested knowledge " , The discipline should attempt to provide an education which produces men and women who are not afraid to ask awkward questions , particularly when it comes to matters relating to the " quality of living " , rather than being content to simply fit people into " the machinery of society as it exists at present . |
| 13 | Because they were the part , they are the structure of the service as it exists at present . |