Example sentences of "[conj] it [verb] as [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | is crumbly in texture and pale peach in colour when young , although it darkens as it ages . |
| 2 | Charioteers traditionally carry the deadly Singing Blade , a glaive-like weapon cunningly carved and pierced so that it shrieks as it is swung . |
| 3 | That summit will set the future course for NATO to ensure that it remains as it has been — a bedrock of stability in a still uncertain world . |
| 4 | Its defence mechanism is not rapid reproduction like the greenfly , instead it surrounds itself with the familiar frothy blob of air bubbles that it forms as it spits out the sap it has taken from the plant — instead of spitting it back into the plant . |
| 5 | We have become so used to thinking of Günter Wand as a conductor who specialises exclusively in the late 18th and 19th Century symphonic repertoire that it comes as something of a shock to find him performing a wide variety of works of more contemporary lineage . |
| 6 | It was furnished with an ancient iron bedstead and a wooden table so decrepit that it collapsed as I walked past it . |
| 7 | ‘ Let us say , ’ she replied quietly , ‘ that it happened as you described . |
| 8 | The light has begun to go , and it fades as they die , and as GUIL speaks . ) |
| 9 | Actor Philip Bond is no stranger to the bard and it shows as he injects a world weary stance through various theatrical gesticulations . |
| 10 | ‘ If it goes as we expect , then your task , when they are close enough , is to split me a way into the ranks of the two central battles of pikemen . ’ |
| 11 | For males sex may be very important , but for females reproduction may be , may be more significant if it involves as it does in the case of all mammals and certainly human beings , considerable parental investment on the part of the mother . |
| 12 | We received … 300 ammo later but never found out if it worked as we did not fire the rifles , even on a range . |
| 13 | But it goes As you notice it goes off |
| 14 | The true reason was that I want nothing to do with that country while it remains as it is , and if it had n't been for Jean-Paul I 'd have ceased all our operations out there years ago . ’ |
| 15 | Rosenbrock objects to the " automated manual " type of system since it represents as he says " loss of nerve , a loss of belief in human ability and a further unthinking application of the doctrine of the " division of labour " . |
| 16 | Complete the following : ‘ a ? \ @*; £ ! % beats as it sweeps as it cleans ’ ; ‘ a \ @*?; & a day helps you work rest and play ’ . |
| 17 | Nigel : ‘ It beats as it sweeps as it plugs up the hole in the ozone layer ? ’ |
| 18 | This is not as easy as it sounds as it needs a change to the German constitution which requires a two third majority in the German parliament . |