Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [noun pl] as it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thank you Chairman , erm I 'm delighted to be the last person to present a set of budget proposals as it gives me the opportunity to draw attention to some facts that seems to have been overlooked by the representatives of the other two groups . |
| 2 | I have only seen one badger in the so-called ‘ wild ’ , caught in the beam of car headlights as it dashed across a small country road in Cornwall . |
| 3 | Joshua made a note of Felicity 's brother 's telephone number just in case , and joined the queue of conference goers as it shifted sullenly forward step by step . |
| 4 | ENGLISH China Clays today announced plans to pull out of construction materials as it unveiled a £202.3m US acquisition . |
| 5 | ENGLISH China Clays today announced plans to pull out of construction materials as it unveiled a £202.3m US acquisition . |
| 6 | Consequently the project became as concerned with curriculum issues as it did with linguistic ones . |
| 7 | Would not it be a disaster if Russia ended up having to pay as much in interest rates as it received in aid ? |
| 8 | Nylon is the best material for piping bags as it wears well and is easy to wash . |
| 9 | In tropical oceans , there is also the problem of the teredo worm , one of the lamellibranch family of boring molluscs , whose destructive vigour proved as deadly to submarine cables as it had previously done to ships ' timbers , wharves and sea dykes . |
| 10 | Instead of highlighting the first cell with the formula in it , and the rest of the row or column , then accessing the edit menu and copying right or down , all you do is use that little cross in the bottom right hand corner of the cell border , and drag it across the range you want the formula copied to — Excel is clever enough to decide whether you want to copy or fill , and copies the formula through the range of cells — making the necessary alterations to cell references as it goes . |
| 11 | This applies as much to business organizations as it does to public sector organizations . |
| 12 | We have , however , been gathering information on task/standing groups as it arose at various Senior Management meetings . |
| 13 | This reserve is particularly pleasant for family outings as it incorporates a picnic area . |