Example sentences of "[noun] [unc] [noun sg] as it " in BNC.
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| 31 | Even if she had heard the locomotive 's whistle as it entered the tunnel , she would not have had time to run to the bridge in time to meet Mr Cross as he parked his car in the goods yard . |
| 32 | And , the most perplexing puzzle of all , just what is the phenomenal nature of the kingfisher 's experience as it gazes into the water ? |
| 33 | For the Christian this will mean entering into a dialogue with God 's word as it touches on issues requiring change , which we shall be investigating later . |
| 34 | A long tongue came out of the lamb 's mouth as it licked its lips . |
| 35 | While we know of certain special cases ( the sonnets of Michelangelo to Tommaso Cavalieri , for instance ) , it is now clear that this was not at all customary , and that the imputation of homosexuality in the Renaissance could have as destructive an effect on a man 's life as it has had until recently ( if , indeed , there has been any real change of English attitudes in these supposedly liberal times ) . |
| 36 | Endill could feel the heat from the Headmaster 's face as it grew redder and redder and he was sure it was about to explode . |
| 37 | She felt the wetness of Plummer 's semen as it trickled from her . |
| 38 | The Church of England 's authorities need to be careful lest in their desire to maintain ‘ ethos ’ and ‘ style ’ they miss completely the breath of the Holy Spirit 's life as it blows past them . |
| 39 | The political currency that underpinned the spread of UDCs is no longer so clearly in the government 's control as it was a few years ago . |
| 40 | It was not a contest to excite the audience and there must have been some anxiety in Mason 's corner as it approached a critical stage . |
| 41 | The chapter on pain assessment , for example , concentrates mainly on the physical aspects of care , detailing much of the doctor 's role as it exists in this country , and only one page is given to health assessment — arguably the most important area for nurses in the UK . |
| 42 | And then Peters sank his own hideously transformed jaws into the thing 's arm as it lifted Cardiff . |
| 43 | Has anyone else I think we 've exhausted the criteria er appraisal as it were . |
| 44 | In circumstances in which the opinion leaders and policy-makers in adult education have responded to the women 's movement at all , it has been to co-opt feminism into their platitudes , whilst at the same time seeking to deflect and defeat the radical intention of women 's liberation as it might be applied in adult education and society generally . |
| 45 | Basque pelota looks like being this year 's corker as it involves catching a tennis ball in a fruit bowl and throwing it at a wall ( below left ) . |
| 46 | " Even if you have a copy of the old ( September 1988 ) Catalogue , have a look at this year 's edition as it contains details of 15 new titles and information on many more books , packs , videos and projects . |
| 47 | Have I decided to submit all this to the Prime Minister 's office as it stands , to lay it all just as it is before Francis Tite and let fate take its course ? |
| 48 | The basic logic of her programme since 1979 had been to reverse the main lines of her country 's history as it had developed since the Second World War . |
| 49 | The mine 's formal closure was a severe blow to the country 's economy as it was estimated to provide up to 20 per cent of government revenue and some 40 per cent of the country 's export earnings ; in formulating the 1990 budget , the government had assumed the mine 's reopening by the end of 1989 . |
| 50 | So that would make erm er five one six five as a married man 's or a married couple 's allowance as it 's now called , plus the three four four five . |
| 51 | The ‘ whump ’ of Clement 's boot as it strikes the ball is as different a noise from an ordinary punter as Domingo is from Kylie . |
| 52 | Carlton was undeterred by HTV 's news as it jumped 6p to 754p . |
| 53 | Once around a young marine mammal 's neck , the plastic collar will slowly cut deeper into the animal 's flesh as it grows , until the animal is throttled or dies of starvation or infection . |
| 54 | He makes a secret compact to betray the rearguard of Charlemagne 's army as it passes the Pyrenees , and then returns to Charlemagne 's court and arranges for Roland to lead the rearguard . |
| 55 | According to witnesses , the car drove up an alley between Corporation Road and Kingston Street and smashed into a wall near Frank and Chris ' Shop as it turned left . |
| 56 | He could n't dismiss the images , he could n't stay Time 's hand as it turned page after page of that memory-album until tears flooded his eyes at the scenes recalled : his mother , her brown hair screwed into a bun at the back of her head , taking him to see a house at Edgeworthstown where she said a famous woman writer had lived ; he had n't paid much attention , not being interested in books then , but when he grew older he read Maria Edgeworth 's novels and went again for himself to gaze at her home . |
| 57 | 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 . |
| 58 | Frequently this is accomplished by changing the baton 's form as it is in motion . |
| 59 | One possibility is that the complex wobbles of the Earth 's axis as it orbits the sun contrived to produce a peak of solar insolation — stronger than usual phases of heating by the sun — during the two times of accelerated meltwater runoff . |
| 60 | JOCASTA FORBES WATCHED the headlights of her mother 's car as it drove carefully up the twisting canyon drive , and began to die inside . |