Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] as it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Giral government , consisting entirely as it did of bourgeois Republicans , was increasingly irrelevant to the new situation . |
| 2 | In the stunned silence George Felse got up , without speaking , and crossed the room to where Gus 's jacket hung on the back of a chair , turned towards the replenished fire , and steamed gently as it dried . |
| 3 | On the other hand , taking the issue costs of equity shares to the statement of total recognised gains and losses may be considered right as it reflects the nature of these costs as a permanent loss of capital . |
| 4 | The chariot itself may attack only as it charges causing D6 hits plus +1 per scythe if scythes are fitted on the model . |
| 5 | The game from that period looks just as it did when the original agreement was concluded — because of the infinite horizon assumption every subgame is identical to the original game — and so if it was in the firms ' interests to negotiate that agreement initially it will be in their interests now to renegotiate that agreement . |
| 6 | If you get it right the engine will catch just as it slows almost to a halt and , to the accompaniment of a swirling grey cloud of oily smoke stage right , the hiccupping bass thumping will grow into the irregular loping lumpy grumble of a healthy Pratt 986 . |
| 7 | Our technique of solving the above equations has improved , and of course we are in a much better position now to evaluate the material constants , but fundamentally electromagnetic theory stands now as it stood a century ago . |
| 8 | The shuttle trembled violently as it accelerated along the runway . |
| 9 | It would doubtless hoot derisively as it drew level ; perhaps it was carrying poisons , enema pumps and cream tarts , or supplies for chemists and mathematicians . |
| 10 | President Nyerere of Tanzania ( as we shall see in greater detail later ) has taken the view that , in a country faced with problems of poverty , ignorance , disease and underdevelopment on a gigantic scale , press freedom should be limited just as it has been in the liberal democracies in wartime . |
| 11 | The general property will exist just as it did — at least on several views of general properties — if the weight of this bottle of wine changes and the napkin is not flattened in the same way . |
| 12 | Let the hand spring away as it touches the skin . |
| 13 | The heavy furniture of the lobby was still arranged exactly as it had been in 1950 . |
| 14 | It bounces alarmingly as it gathers speed . |
| 15 | His problem seemed to be that he believed a Government could do exactly as it liked without taking public opinion into account . |
| 16 | It is full of ideas to try out and everyone should do just as it recommends . |
| 17 | The jump in share prices was comparable to yesterday 's but the euphoria quickly ebbed away as it dawned on investors that — in terms of the immediate prospects — not much had changed and what had changed was not entirely for the better . |
| 18 | To prepare for this he had moved many of his photographs , pictures , books and other possessions from London so that the house , though not looking exactly as it did when he was there , became a showplace bursting with Shaviana . |
| 19 | The second use of the z value is in depth cueing in which the intensity of the line is chosen to dim gradually as it recedes from the observer . |
| 20 | Exactly how much less is impossible to state accurately as it depends on the rate of rainfall and consequent flows in different parts of the catchment , as well as on the water levels in the dams . |
| 21 | An interaction exists just as it does in river processes . |
| 22 | The scale of the problems facing Mr Major worsened yesterday as it became clear the Danes want even more concessions over Maastricht . |
| 23 | It climbed slightly as it neared us — so that he could see the indicator lights on the roof rack of the car , I suppose — then it dipped a wing and dropped abruptly to the ice . |
| 24 | Although this set-up can work well as it stands , a useful refinement is to add a means by which the level of the dub can be controlled manually . |
| 25 | The term representation is used here as it suggests that ideas are constructed rather than simply reflected upon or passively received . |
| 26 | She snatched up one of the spears racked handy beside the hearth , and her father ducked fast as it slashed just over his head into a tapestry hanging above the fire , cut a two-foot gash in Saint Peter 's side and raised a shower of sparks . |
| 27 | Such an animal , born white as usual , darkens dramatically as it grows older . |
| 28 | The consultation on the plans to devolve 80 per cent of school budgets to head teachers closes today as it faces growing opposition from education authorities . |
| 29 | Now the rattle and roar of the tube faded abruptly as it surfaced into bright sunlight . |
| 30 | The wind sighed again as it swept through the ruined temple , and a little shudder went through Caroline . |