Example sentences of "as it did [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Aug. 21 a meeting between Kenyan president Daniel arap Moi and US officials resolved tensions which had arisen over what the Kenyan authorities had perceived as the lack of proper consultation about the US operation , involving as it did US military aircraft overflying Kenyan airspace and the arrival of up to 300 US military personnel . |
| 2 | I can not understand how the Government sends a man out to fight us , as it did General Miles , and then breaks his word . |
| 3 | So sleazy , Pamella 's tale , featuring as it did madams , whores , procuresses , cash payments , unusual sexual practices , Arabs . |
| 4 | Internationally , this did no harm whatever , relieving as it did part of the burden on the social services , leaving prices unaffected and giving a better standard of living to existing residents and the newly-employed alike . |
| 5 | This annual jamboree was an unwieldy but useful public relations exercise which needed careful preparation , including as it did representatives from the interested government departments , local authorities , police , fire and water authorities , the National Farmers Union and the Country Landowners ' Association . |
| 6 | The Islamic Interim Afghan Government ( IIAG ) , elected from the seven Pakistan-based mujaheddin groups in February 1989 [ see p. 36449 ] , was marred by disunity and came under heavy criticism from both Afghan opposition groups and the United States government as being unrepresentative , excluding as it did representatives of the eight factions based among 2,000,000 , mainly Shia , refugees in Iran , and largely lacking representation of field commanders based inside Afghanistan . |
| 7 | Although the landscape did not disappoint me nearly as severely as it did Johnson — subsequent farmers have grown many trees , and in the distance a great house still touches the sky — Monboddo may no longer be considered a classical Scottish fortified house . |
| 8 | The taxi stopped briefly , and as it did Rachel saw another taxi stopping on the other side of the road . |
| 9 | It pierced the wizard 's forehead and penetrated to his brain as he stood cursing ; death took him unawares as it did Goliath , and his lifeless body fell backwards on to the sand . |
| 10 | While the greening of the electorate was rapidly taken aboard and she was impressed by the fact that acid rain could damage international relations as surely as it did stonework and trees , what caught her imagination were the profound implications of what was happening to the chemistry of the deeper atmosphere . |