Example sentences of "as it [vb past] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The electricity distributor yesterday cut tariffs by 1pc for 1.3m customers as it announced pre-tax profits of £111.2m . |
| 2 | The electricity distributor yesterday cut tariffs by 1pc for 1.3m customers as it announced pre-tax profits of £111.2m . |
| 3 | Disliking the Tories more than he disliked Labour , he declared that on the defeat of Baldwin 's Government in the new Parliament , the King should ask MacDonald to form an administration , which he and his fellow Liberals would keep in office as long as it avoided extremist policies . |
| 4 | Fashion retailer Next was on everybody 's buy list as it boosted taxable profits threefold . |
| 5 | It is also clear that in the last two weeks the whole country , as it heard different voices and different noises , has wondered who is speaking for the Labour party . |
| 6 | The government itself became larger and more concentrated in its operation as it assumed increasing responsibilities in areas such as education and defence . |
| 7 | During the seventies this form of finance became comparatively more attractive as it offered variable rates of interest ( which are tax deductible ) and the short nature of these loans was mitigated by the banks ' willingness to roll-over these loans on request . |
| 8 | A keen breeze had sprung up and they watched as it chased fallen leaves along the pavement , blowing them into little heaps against the red brick wall . |
| 9 | As it happened American efforts to restrict Japanese expansion precipitated the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941 . |
| 10 | Riven felt a thrill of fear in his stomach , like ice poured liquid into the bottom of his lungs ; and then it was all he could do to steer his terrified horse in Murtach 's wake , and stay aboard as it swerved past rocks and bushes , and leapt hollows with the thunder of the other horses like a storm in his ears , and the rain a freezing hail in his face that blinded him . |
| 11 | The document noted that foreign debt was a threat to social peace and the stability of democratic systems in Latin America , restricting as it did social services budgets . |
| 12 | This ‘ immediacy ’ of meaning in oral society he relates to the society 's functional needs , citing Malinowski 's claim that ‘ in the Trobriands the outer world was only named in so far as it yielded useful things ’ ( ibid . ) . |
| 13 | The disruption of world markets in the aftermath of the war , the waves of protectionism and concurrent fall in export sales inevitably affected the Champagne trade as it razed other industries ; 1932 proved disastrous with virtually no buyers for Champagne . |