Example sentences of "as it [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their common aim is to help introduce a more just and democratic society ; to bring into being the social transformation that was announced by the government as it took over the leadership of the newly independent Zimbabwe in 1980 . |
| 2 | This means that the value of a firm would indeed rise as it took on more debt because it was paying less of its earnings out to the taxman . |
| 3 | The idea was born from the success of the Central Scotland Association , which generated increasing interest as it took on health boards over matters as diverse as single-sex lavatories in an Edinburgh hospital to provision of extra female doctors in the village of Auchterarder . |
| 4 | There was one last bit of excitement for ten-year-old Prince William on the flight home yesterday when he was allowed into the cockpit of the British Airways Airbus as it took off from Zurich . |
| 5 | This too had to be curbed on cost grounds , along with plans for two monolithic block-like structures , within the control room , which would darken to black as the ship landed , and fill with light as it took off . |
| 6 | In the latest incident , on July 10 , six policemen , part of an allegedly drunken patrol , were arrested and charged with the murder of 17 passengers after shooting down a civilian aircraft , which they claimed to have mistaken for a drug smuggling plane , as it took off from Bellavista , 800 km to the north-west of the capital Lima . |
| 7 | The only hitch in the operation was when the Royal Navy fired on the flyingboat as it took off from Bordeaux with the Polish General and his staff aboard . |
| 8 | The ‘ unprecedented advance of machine technique ’ ( in common with other developments in production ) seemed to be altering the nature of ‘ work ’ itself as it made more complex and numerous demands on labour . |
| 9 | I do n't know when when you got this , at that time it was correct that I was no longer working , that I 'd finished working for as it says here er Bill theatrical company on the fourth of September . |
| 10 | The Kings Collins Cross terminal as it says here the Kings Cross er terminal for the cross channel route is also of vital importance and in fact it could be that with the development of a high speed , the high speed train services between not only London but also the North of England into the European local structure , that the need for |
| 11 | As it says up here , press F one for help . |
| 12 | As it says so clearly in the Psalms . |
| 13 | As long as it says how it operates |
| 14 | Okay if I could say good evening and welcome to the theatre this evening the reason the meeting has been convened this evening quite clearly is part of the process and art structure for Harlow having undertaken by the Council , the Playhouse is keen as it says quite clearly on the leaflet is to get the publics view on how best to plan this programme and it 's , and facilities for the future . |
| 15 | They were soft scratchings or shufflings , like the sounds made by an animal as it sniffed about in search of food . |
| 16 | She turned the handle of the spit when the Algerian gigots were roasted , larded with garlic and anchovies , in a kind of oval cage of iron slats in front of a hot fire of vine-stumps inside the huge hearth ; she sat on a bench inside the cheminée , turning the ratchet as it wound down , basting the lamb with oil and its own juices from a diabolical long spoon . |
| 17 | I play each whirr the dial made as it wound back , I clunk the recorder switches , I fidget with the stopwatch , and it gives him a pain between the eyes . |
| 18 | Our Vauxhall suffered from an annoying fifth gear whine on a trailing throttle but the engine 's hard-edged yet effortless snarl as it wound out to the 6600rpm cut-out is a far more satisfying sound than the Chrysler four . |
| 19 | Both Paschero and Masi think that disorders in the spiritual sphere underlie all chronic conditions , but while Orthega argues that several different remedies may have to be used before the patient can be cured , treating each layer as it presents rather like peeling an onion , both Paschero and Masi advocate just one remedy for each patient and consider that the patient does not change the chronic remedy at all throughout life . |
| 20 | Imagine , first , a horseshoe bat giving out a continuous hum of ultrasound as it flies fast towards a still object , like a tree . |
| 21 | As it flies along , the enhanced shimmer of water helps it to find new pools . |
| 22 | then , as it flies about , everyone will hear |
| 23 | As it clicked on she gave a small grunt but did n't move . |
| 24 | The game looks as good as it plays too . |
| 25 | The snapping jaws missed , but he felt its far as it swung around and scampered away . |
| 26 | At six-thirty Kegan passed her taxi as it swung out across the courtyard . |
| 27 | The main emphasis here will be on the City Code as it relates directly to the conduct of companies in relation to the Stock Exchange . |
| 28 | The next thing I saw was my kite diving away from me , the roar of its engine gradually fading as it plunged earthwards . |
| 29 | A cool little breeze was blowing , and she shivered as it ran playfully over her heated skin and ruffled the long strands of her silvery hair so that it spilled like spun gold down her back , tangling with the lace . |
| 30 | She has just managed to scuttle out of its way as it slammed down next to her , but the tip of one of her legs had been trapped and she had been forced to sever it and leave it behind . |