Example sentences of "as it [vb past] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A fist flew towards him on the screen , filled it as it made apparent impact and then vanished away . |
| 2 | The only real characteristic of each day was that it was the same as the day before and to give any account of such days in strict sequence would make as tedious reading as it made tedious living . |
| 3 | Eardley 's argument suggests that a white hole would be a highly unstable object and that soon after its formation it would be converted into a black hole as it gathered surrounding matter . |
| 4 | The fact of its presence was all I was going to learn , however , as it had revolving combination locks which were easy enough to undo , but only if one had two hours to spend on each lock , which I had n't . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Even so , the campaign was not entirely counter-productive , as it compelled senior management to recognize that the long history of conflictual , low-trust industrial relations necessitated a gradual , processual approach to modifying company culture rather than structural reorganization alone . |