Example sentences of "as it [verb] [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It dragged their small boat for several miles and as it struggled to get free it spat out a human torso , some pieces of wetsuit and a face mask . |
| 2 | It used to be said that the Labour Party was a ‘ broad church ’ , as it managed to contain such a wide range of opinion . |
| 3 | Meanwhile , splits in the Cabinet are rumoured as it meets to discuss next year 's Government spending programme . |
| 4 | However , insofar as it purports to strengthen that belief , the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act is to be welcomed . |
| 5 | Drink up : Euro Disney has begun to serve alcohol for the first time at four of its restaurants as it seeks to stem heavy losses from weak attendance . |
| 6 | As it struggles to get free it shakes the web , arousing the spider who comes and investigates . |
| 7 | Chatterjee wondered about this as it began to seem more than simply coincidence . |
| 8 | As it began to get dark , we all settled around the guides ' fire , sharing the barbecued deer for supper . |
| 9 | The committee considers that the draft is acceptable from the subsidiarity standpoint , as it aims to establish cross-border freedom of services and investment . |
| 10 | I usually follow fashion very slowly and creep in just as it starts to look dated , but then I think that 's the way I should do it . |
| 11 | As it has to pump more blood round the body to service the muscles you 're using , it will get bigger and stronger in order to do so more efficiently . |
| 12 | Counterpoint of the fugato or canonic type was used as accompaniment in Baroque times , but has now largely fallen out of use , as it fails to express individual mood or atmosphere . |
| 13 | Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp has had second thoughts about its planned workforce cuts and realises that as it intends to hire 10,000 new graduates over the period to 1997 , it will have to get rid of 43,000 people rather than the 33,000 it announced earlier to meet its target of 200,000 by 1997 . |
| 14 | The Nebula is over 1000 light-years away , and we know that fresh stars are being formed inside it , because one at least has been ‘ caught in the act ’ as it started to emit visible light . |
| 15 | Furthermore , as it appeared to have popular support from within the hobby , more detailed information was needed before reacting any further . |
| 16 | N G Os have shown over and over again that by working alongside a community they can help identify the barriers to development experienced by that community and they can support the community as it works to make social and economic progress . |
| 17 | Right , the examiners at A Level expect , an A Level student to be able to use the apostrophe reliably and correctly , so let's just erm , go back to basics , with the apostrophe , as it seems to cause more confusion than , practically anything else . |
| 18 | It was announced on Nov. 4 that the IMF had approved a US$30,800,000 standby credit for Mongolia in support of the government 's economic reform programme , as it attempted to arrest economic decline and restore financial discipline as a prerequisite for economic growth . |