Example sentences of "as it [verb] [adj] " 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 | British Aerospace has to reach world standards of productivity and efficiency , as it made clear in its press release . |
| 4 | The corporation was empowered to grant licences for Sunday entertainment subject to such conditions as it thought fit . |
| 5 | The relevant statute empowered the council to pay such wages as it thought fit . |
| 6 | The market distrusts people businesses almost as much as it distrusts American companies with their main share listings in London . |
| 7 | The electricity distributor yesterday cut tariffs by 1pc for 1.3m customers as it announced pre-tax profits of £111.2m . |
| 8 | The electricity distributor yesterday cut tariffs by 1pc for 1.3m customers as it announced pre-tax profits of £111.2m . |
| 9 | of unsuspected joys … the delectable smell of her own bread as it emerges crisp and brown from the oven , and the satisfaction of stitching up a new print dress on her own sewing machine … the smell of fresh earth in her own backyard |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | I 'd allowed the door to swing to behind me and just as it clicked shut , someone knocked . |
| 12 | It creaked as it swung open . |
| 13 | Wall-mounted spotlights are useful , but the ability to reposition the light slightly as well as alter the direction of the beam is especially desirable as it enables different features to be highlighted as the seasons change . |
| 14 | The North rejected Roh 's announcement as " insignificant " as it left unchanged the South 's protection under the US nuclear umbrella [ see p. 38530 ] . |
| 15 | This is where AEA 's dual energy x-ray absorptiometry — DXA — comes in , as it offers orthopaedic surgeons a safe and accurate method to investigate the outcome of surgery at a much earlier stage . |
| 16 | Or , you can simply relax at the hotel as it offers excellent amenities for a comfortable holiday . |
| 17 | Domestic organic rubbish is slightly heated with an added chemical and as it decomposes liquid organic fertiliser begins bleeding into the soil . |
| 18 | As for what it gets in return , Spain gets little farm money , as it has few rich farmers ( who get most from Europe 's upside-down farm policy ) and little research and development money , as it lacks high-class laboratories . |
| 19 | An organisation will be effective only so far as it helps individual members to achieve their own personal objectives , and a large part of the task of management is therefore concerned with this problem . |
| 20 | In giving such consent , the committee may also impose such conditions as it considers necessary or expedient to ensure the adequacy of such arrangements . ’ |
| 21 | The court may include such terms in a nuisance order as it considers necessary to abate the odour nuisance . |
| 22 | Midland may at its discretion change these Terms and Conditions , give notice of variation in such a manner as it considers appropriate and may vary its charges and interest rates by general notice in branches . |
| 23 | 3.1 The Publisher shall subject to its approval of the finished material publish the Work at its own risk and expense and in such form as it considers appropriate and shall have exclusive control over the design illustration production promotion price distribution and sale of the Work . |
| 24 | 3.1 The Publisher shall subject to its approval of the finished material publish the Work at its own risk and expense and in such form as it considers appropriate and shall have exclusive control over the design illustration production promotion price distribution and sale of the Work . |
| 25 | ‘ On an application made by the authority or the child , the court may make such order as it considers appropriate with respect to the contact which is to be allowed between the child and any named person . |
| 26 | The board is also empowered to hold such other meetings as it considers appropriate . |
| 27 | Follow the lane as it bears right and across the farmyard , passing through a metal gate to the right of a white farm cottage . |
| 28 | However , a democracy can vote as it feels fit , and the Tories are in very real danger of losing the next election as homeowners desert to the opposition parties . |
| 29 | The Trust will be able to dispose of its assets as it thinks appropriate . |
| 30 | On such a reference , the Court of Appeal may quash the sentence , or substitute such sentence as it thinks appropriate within the limits permitted to the court below . |