Example sentences of "as it [vb -s] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The war of resolutions overshadowed the Congress , which should have ended proceedings yesterday but which is expected to continue until the end of the week , as it discusses amendments to the Russian constitution . |
| 2 | QUALITY SOFTWARE PRODUCTS EMPHASISES QUALITY AS IT DISCUSSES PATHFINDER PROSPECTUS FOR FULL LISTING |
| 3 | In fact it is now widely recognized that some consumption expenditure of this type , in so far as it combats malnutrition , should be considered as equivalent to investment . |
| 4 | IBM 's emergency board meeting ousts the entire management , but Thanksgiving by IBM employees is short-lived as it appoints W Michael Blumenthal to succeed John Akers . |
| 5 | The BaByliss Epilady , £37 , works on a similar principle ; a soft metal coil is drawn over the skin and as it vibrates hairs are trapped within the coil and plucked out . |
| 6 | My own minicom is invaluable as it enables users with profound hearing loss to give and receive instant conversation . |
| 7 | The CPA 1987 is similar to the SGA 1979 and the SGSA 1982 with respect to merchantibility and fitness for purpose , as it imposes liability only on those acting " in the course of a business " . |
| 8 | It is a disequilibrium situation which can not survive as it offers investors a profitable arbitrage opportunity . |
| 9 | Product market signals can , however , be amplified by linking management remuneration to company performance , and thus while the market may be largely ineffective in so far as it offers threats , it can be made to function better by providing incentives . |
| 10 | Modigliani and Miller argue that this situation can not persist for long as it offers arbitrage profits to the individual investor . |
| 11 | Nevertheless , the choice of a high shoulder angle is entirely valid as it maximizes performance . |
| 12 | Cos it I used to get know when it , when it , soon as it goes tick , tick , tick , tick , ti ti ti ti ti ti tick ! |
| 13 | As the line is paid out , and the kite ascends on the wind gradient with improving lift as it gains altitude , so the additional weight and drag of the line compensates , rather like the ballast on the keel of a yacht . |
| 14 | These two distinctive features are , of course , there for a reason : they allow the bird to capture much more air , which gives it a much better pushing force as it gains height . |
| 15 | The company 's only criticism is of Destiny 's Moolit toolkit that does n't provide for application development under the Motif graphical user interface ( although it is compatible ) as it lacks Motif libraries . |
| 16 | But many people would no doubt argue that the current ‘ anything goes as long as it sells papers ’ style goes too far the other way . |
| 17 | Bob Walker of the manufacturing support department , who developed the course with Paul Swiety of the work study department , said : ‘ This is an important feature of the course as it helps people to understand that TNT has an impact across the whole structure of the Group at all levels . ’ |
| 18 | The null result of fig. 4.5(b) is of theoretical significance as it helps rule out several possible explanations for the effect seen in fig. 4.5(a) . |
| 19 | Jobs are often not secure so any new technology which may improve productivity is resisted as it threatens employment . |
| 20 | However , as it diverts resources from historical and current expenditure items and therefore continuing provision , it is essential that it rests on the establishment of carefully planned priorities which are important to the school 's development . |
| 21 | By road take the motorway N1 heading west from Bern , taking care in 12km ( 7 ½miles ) not to take the exit for Kerzers and Neuchatel but to continue on the motorway as it curves south and becomes an ordinary national road a short distance from Murten Murten lies beside the lake which bears its name , close to the linguistic frontier between French and German speech . |
| 22 | Whether you consider industrialists to be the unprincipled rapists of Mother Earth , or see environmentalists as idealistic nutcases , there is little question that opinion and judgement , even prejudice , are at the heart of the environmental issue , at least as it confronts managers . |
| 23 | The concept of the ‘ biographical career ’ is central to this approach as it allows consideration of the uniqueness of individual biographies , the meanings which individuals attach to the concepts of age and ageing , and how these change over time ( Johnson , 1978 ; Fairhurst and Lightup , 1982 ) . |
| 24 | Thus , the concept of career is essential to an understanding of the impact of ageing on the experience of long-term disability as it allows consideration of how people 's subjective experiences are shaped over time . |
| 25 | Is he further aware of the important contribution that it can make in large and more geographically remote areas , as it allows casualty access to larger regional hospitals in the event of mountaineering or road accident emergencies ? |
| 26 | The perforated slatting is ideal for kitchens at the front of the house ( or overlooking the garden ) as it allows privacy , conceals work areas , yet allows a view of the outside — the garden , the horizon , or just the weather ! |
| 27 | The extreme flexibility of the Course allows part-time students to change later to a full-time mode , just as it allows full-timers to drop down to part-time study . |
| 28 | This can be useful , as it allows Goblins to drive off charging enemy units with their Fanatics , and even enemy who are not panicked into fleeing away will be severely mauled . |
| 29 | This approach is broadly statistical in nature , as it involves corpus analysis to determine the empirical likelihood of various syntactic combinations . |
| 30 | I do not believe in using the deep trance state in any form of therapy as it involves hypnoamnesia , a state in which the patient will neither be aware of what is going on at the time nor able to recall it afterwards . |