Example sentences of "as it approaches the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First the spiral opens out as it does in a shell , but then closes up again as it approaches the other pole of the cell . |
| 2 | A more appropriate image of Britain as it approaches the twenty-first century is of the economy governed by a not-so-hidden engine , working for greater inequality , both in rewards and life chances . |
| 3 | Now as it approaches the witching hour of um the witching hour of ten to ten I suggest we all go and run about a little bit for for ten minutes and I 'll do something about some of the emotional effects and some of the therapies in the next hour for all those who 're interested hello tape recorder , there 'll be another hour in a minute . |
| 4 | Now erm as it approaches the witching hour of twenty to eleven , I 'll try and finish off erm reasonably briskly . |
| 5 | This stretch is attractive at first , with Christ Church Meadow on one side and a cricket pitch on the other , but as it approaches the larger river the Cherwell divides into two channels separated by a flat overgrown island , deserted except for a row of college boathouses . |