Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] [vb infin] as it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Positioned some 30 yards from goal , the former Liverpool star unleashed an incredible thunderbolt which the bemused Hitchcock could only watch as it speared into the top corner . |
| 2 | This means that the value of a firm would indeed rise as it took on more debt because it was paying less of its earnings out to the taxman . |
| 3 | That the argument will not do as it stands is , in fact , conceded in the Three Dialogues , where Berkeley allows Hylas to make the point that , although the existence of a sensible thing might consist in its being perceivable ( as in the premiss ) , it does not ( a fixed upon matter … may … forget that there be such things in the world as Spirits … and at last that there is a God , and that their souls are immortal . ’ |
| 4 | Here oak is useful , because it does n't mind being soaked in water all winter , although it will probably split as it dries out in summer . |
| 5 | Barney Frank , the congressman who runs the relevant subcommittee in the House , says that the bill ‘ wo n't pass as it stands ’ , so strong is domestic opposition from an unlikely coalition of environmentalists and nativist Republicans . |
| 6 | ‘ So Ryan 's stuck with a piece of land he ca n't develop and can only sell as it stands at market value ? ’ she asked , beginning to enjoy the irony of it . |
| 7 | It is a disequilibrium situation which can not survive as it offers investors a profitable arbitrage opportunity . |