Example sentences of "as it [be] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | The Solid Fuel Advisory Service advises that whilst uncapping and unblocking both ends may be simple d-i-y jobs , most people would be better off asking a qualified sweep to have a look at the flue before any work is started — especially as it is good sense to have the chimney thoroughly swept before any work starts to remove soot or old bird 's nests . |
2 | If the child gives a written statement to the social worker , the statement itself is first-hand hearsay as it is one stage removed from the child who could give direct evidence of the abuse . |
3 | I think I 'm not promised at present the lorry ban as it is resulting parking on |
4 | ‘ I am particularly pleased that , as part of the development , the Morayhill factory will become a major administrative centre for Norbord , as it is further proof that the advanced telecommunications network in this area enables companies to carry out office functions efficiently and cost-effectively in the Highlands and Islands . ’ |
5 | We should be all right for a few moments as it is deeper water ; we can then make for the beach , hopefully avoiding the big dumping surf . ’ |
6 | Hitachi Ltd and Toshiba Corp say they will step up their production of 4M-bit memory chips shortly in response to recovery in the US market : Hitachi intends to boost monthly output by July to 8m from the current 7.5m and as it is near capacity will have to get more of them from Goldstar Co ; Toshiba said it would raise monthly output to between 6m and 7m by September from the 5m or so it is doing right now . |
7 | As it is this confusion has seen many of Mann 's photographs censored across America . |
8 | Brutus compares Caesar to a snake and says that as it is bright day which brings forth the adder it will be Caesar 's crowning that would bring out his bad personality . |
9 | I mean if there are two or three days off during that or one day off you take for instance , as long as it 's fifteen working days . |
10 | As long as it 's First Class .. . |
11 | I would simply love to try some of the splendid designs available and often feel very thwarted as a designer as I always feel that I must use my own designs — so make the most of not being me as it 's such fun to use someone else 's designs ! |
12 | because she was in pain again in had it strapped up again said come and see me in a week see if it 's any better but erm she 's injured it but not er you know it 's obviously she ca n't move it a lot that way which is what 's effecting her , but mind you once she gets back on her bike again , as it 's cold weather |
13 | Or if it 's not being entertaining , coming away absolutely hating or loving it — as long as it 's some sort of reaction . |
14 | The students are hoping to arrange their own type of wine run , distributing New Release around Gloucestershire , in the hope that it 'll prove every bit as popular as it 's French rival . |
15 | That morning , as it was dry under-foot , Will Simpson decided to take the short cut . |
16 | But my opinion of the book is much the same now as it was that day in Kathmandu . |
17 | He said he could not release details of the amount of money involved as it was confidential information . |
18 | As it was such release for me , too — release from the rigours of placing my variously sick relatives in hospices the length and breadth of Cumbria . |
19 | As it was early afternoon there were no madding crowds , and she secured a first-class compartment to herself . |
20 | I have been told that on coming to the village to work in the cement factories and receiving his first weeks wages he asked if it was all his as it was more money than he had ever had in one week . |
21 | ‘ Not as dangerous as it was last night , I can assure you . ’ |
22 | The Unix festival , UniForum ‘ 93 , did n't feel as successful a show as it was last year : it was spread out over a lot more acreage and split into two widely separated pavilions , and attendance looked sparse and the aisles empty despite show management 's claims of a 10% increase in traffic — like as not , it was talking about the pre-registration which was up , but unofficially we hear attendance was down ; UniForum is still more a Unix celebration than anything else but it remains to be seen whether there will still be things to celebrate or whether erosion has set in . |
23 | The Unix festival , Uniforum ‘ 93 , did n't feel like it was as successful a show as it was last year . |
24 | He says things have been getting more busy but it 's still not as busy as it was last year . |
25 | Mr you 'll spoi you 'll spoil us when I saw this tonight I thought we I got ta say something because Martin is coming up with the er same motion as it was last time , it was not much different so probably with the same reply 's got ta be made and that is that the Labour party is not the caring party , everyone here , I 'm sure the Liberals as well as the Conservatives care we are a caring party as much as you are and we are concerned , we are concerned about , we are concerned about |
26 | Raglan Castle belongs mainly to the 15th century and was as much a product of social grandeur , as it was military necessity . |
27 | But it is seldom given as good an excuse for playing rough as it was this week by the blunder of the guerrilla force that has been fighting it for 23 years in Namibia and by the embarrassing unreadiness of the United Nations peacekeeping force to do its job of supervising the Namibian peace settlement . |
28 | She had allowed him to come too close , to penetrate her defences far too easily as it was this evening . |
29 | Mr Justice Pearson held that the report was protected by qualified privilege , as it was fair information on a subject of public interest . |
30 | Our tent began to allow the rain water in , as it was torrential rain outside , condensation began to form , and there were scores of insects , dead and alive , stuck to the tent walls . |