Example sentences of "as [pron] is [be] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Within religions of Indian origin , such as Hinduism , Buddhism and Sikhism , certain views of reality being as it is are taken for granted , such as dharma — the existence of a moral law , and karma — the impact of this on individuals according to how much they fulfil or fail to fulfil dharma , and samsara — the process of reincarnation . |
| 2 | The research aims to bring out the character of the efficiency-effectiveness debate and the nature of accountable management as it is being developed through the Financial Management Initiative , the efficiency strategy and associated developments . |
| 3 | This ‘ new economic consensus ’ , as it is being referred to , is already preparing the ground for planned cuts in the economic development budget and the day the Making Belfast Work initiative comes to an end . |
| 4 | ( The Atlantic , though dominated by an enormous mid-ocean ridge where new sea-floor is being created at a modest rate of about an inch a year , is home to only two very small subduction zones , with volcanoes and trenches , in the Caribbean and the South Sandwich Islands , and therefore is not being destroyed at its edges as rapidly as it is being created in the middle ; the Indian Ocean is similarly undramatic — a mid-ocean ridge once again , but a single subduction zone where its eastern plate collides with the Eurasian Plate and produces the volcanoes that — like Krakatoa — line the southern side of the islands of Java , Sumatra and Timor . ) |
| 5 | Such parliamentary procedure in Committee is coming to an end , as it is being seen as a useless use of time . |
| 6 | The completion of a second Soviet designed nuclear plant , under construction on the Danube , is now in question as it is being built in an area prone to earthquakes . |
| 7 | Carol said : ‘ As it is being funded by European money , projects have to be developed in a suitable way for a transnational application . |
| 8 | A variety of the Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin , Sousa chinensis , is being threatened with extinction by the construction of Hong Kong 's new airport , just as it is being recognized as a distinct species . |
| 9 | They will perform a ‘ live ’ density measurement of the oil as it is being loaded onto tankers — instead of having the laboratory do a sample test after loading is completed — and temperature measurement will carried out in the oil stream , a more accurate method than the current measurement at the loading headers . ’ |
| 10 | The case of the Granada is different as it is being used in the business exclusively and giving the business some benefit . |
| 11 | The Buenos Aires fair has a greater trade and international emphasis that usual this year , as it is being held in conjunction with the third of the rotating Silar ( Salón International del Libro Latino-Americano ) events . |
| 12 | Torn between passion and prudence , he falls in love with a spiteful little blonde , and , even as he is being taught in class how to recognise a typical Jew by his grotesque hooked nose , he is personally being held up as an example of the ideologically acceptable East Baltic race . |
| 13 | LATER , AS HE IS BEING TAKEN INTO POLICE CUSTODY , HE GETS A CHANCE TO OGLE SOME READERS CORRESPONDENCE . |