Example sentences of "time as it " in BNC.

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1 As many times as it took to kill .
2 At such times as it was expedient to run water from the Grand Union Canal into the Grand Junction Canal the passing of that water down from the top to the bottom pond , that is a fall of 56 feet and at the rate of say 2 locks per hour , would represent a gross force of 32 h.p. and this force could be utilized by means of a turbine or otherwise for providing power to work the lift .
3 The fit is polished as many times as it takes for the residuals to show no more evidence of a relationship with the X values — for the slope to be zero ; the slope usually changes by gradually smaller and smaller amounts , and converges on a stable result .
4 ‘ As many times as it takes for you to realise that shutting him out will only keep him in , ’ he insisted firmly .
5 Two books are supplied with the disks , one of which can be extremely confusing at times as it applies to earlier versions of the program .
6 It takes imagination and a lot of practice to read a play to yourself in the same time as it would take to see it on the stage .
7 Even at the same time as it publicly commends higher education , seeking out the graduate entrant , spending large sums on publicity to this end , and funding access to degree courses on scholarships , it also holds to a central ethic of distrust of the academic .
8 The Government faces a difficult time as it prepares to get its legislation on student loans through Parliament .
9 Yet the very study of mythology from a scientific attitude distanced modern man at the same time as it seemed to bring him closer .
10 The employee top 10 features those companies which are expanding fastest , and it says something for the performance of WPP that it has managed to perform well in eps and return on capital terms at the same time as it has achieved that expansion .
11 The difficulty was that Labour could have found itself supporting military action against a fascist state at the same time as it threatened a general strike against war .
12 Mr Kingsley Low , general secretary of the British Beekeepers ' Association , said : ‘ We have been expecting to find varroa for some time as it is so widespread on the Continent .
13 The information needs would be identified by taking the model through various stages of decomposition until such time as it is possible to define the information requirements of each activity that contributes to the transformation .
14 Schools have little free laboratory time as it is , and the cost of new laboratories in the present economic climate would seem prohibitive .
15 Avoid all restaurant or take-away food during this time as it is difficult to know what you are eating .
16 Resting on three stones above the flames was a large copper pan full of milk , which Sigarup stirred from time to time as it was boiling .
17 The suspension during the first three weeks and the possible extended period does not apply to a public takeover or exchange bid , provided this has been notified to the Commission at the same time as it is publicly announced .
18 The problem of how to produce a red wine was as acute in Dom Pérignon 's time as it is today , but according to Frère Pierre he found a solution to the problem by using old vines and selecting only the ripest grapes ; he was thus able to achieve three or four successful vintages of decently coloured wines for about every ten , when the vines might enjoy exceptional warmth during the summer .
19 One can hardly say the same about the Post Office which busts a gut licking the boots of its business users at the same time as it cuts the quality of service to residential customers .
20 I was very happy to win the Olympics last time as it was the only major championship title I did n't have .
21 ‘ I 've little enough time as it is . ’
22 It should be included in liabilities until such time as it is actually converted : conversion should not be anticipated .
23 The FRED retains the proposal made in the Discussion Paper , which was supported by the majority of respondents , that convertible debt should be accounted for entirely as a liability until such time as it is actually converted , in preference to methods which seek to reflect the dual nature of convertible debt as part liability and part equity .
24 It would be surprising if benchmarking attracts as much media attention in five years ' time as it does now .
25 The up-front payment mentioned in Clause 1 of this Schedule will be used to set off this advance payment until such time as it is used up .
26 So his strategy made sense at the same time as it seemed wantonly ruinous .
27 The fact that the hulk was protected against daemonic intrusion piqued Jaq 's curiosity at the same time as it relieved his mind .
28 For , ‘ As Marx said , every child knows that a social formation which did not reproduce the conditions of production at the same time as it produced would not last a year ’ .
29 Instead of centring his analyses on the knowledge derived from the experience of the subject , Foucault investigates the conditions of emergence of the subject as the basis of knowledge ; he argues that at the same time as it was widely proposed as the one saving good of human civilization it also facilitated a more sinister operation .
30 At the same time as it stimulated Political activity and consciousness among the provincial nobility , the process leading to Emancipation also speeded the emergence of a more socially diverse public opinion .
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