Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] it [verb] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | It makes law depend on distinct social conventions it designates as legal conventions ; in particular on conventions about which institutions should have power to make law and how . |
| 2 | Covered in sharp angled corners it feels as if the slightest pressure would collapse it . |
| 3 | 4-0 up and with the pack apparantly in tremendous form it looked as if Gloucester would sew up the game in the first half . |
| 4 | For a brief moment it looked as if someone was on fire . |
| 5 | In the human entity it manifests as consciousness reaching in its highest expression towards wisdom and enlightenment . |
| 6 | In the human breast it acts as an antioestrogen whereas oestrogenic effects have been reported on human vaginal epithelium and endometrium . |
| 7 | In fact , it could be argued that too little has been made of the naturalness of depression — that to a large extent it develops as an understandable reaction to life circumstances . |
| 8 | With low powers it appears as a dim blur ; I have suspected some resolution with × 20 , but not with any real confidence . |
| 9 | ‘ We have taken a step backward , ’ Ryan said — and on this sorry evidence it looks as if it will be backwards all the way when the Test takes place at Cardiff Arms Park on 4 November . |
| 10 | It must often seem a ‘ second best ’ situation , to be resisted as long as possible , although for some vulnerable people it comes as a relief and a right , after years of effort , to feel someone else is in charge . |
| 11 | After the collapse of the Byzantine capital it continued as inspiration for Russian architects and artists who gradually adapted the style to their own climate , building materials and taste . |
| 12 | On such occasions the airline needs to know at the earliest possible moment whether there is something inherently wrong with its equipment , procedures or training , and therefore the official investigators should keep the airline fully informed of the factual material it establishes as the investigation proceeds . |
| 13 | For a long time it felt as if that was all she could do . |
| 14 | For a long time it looked as if Newcastle were going to leave with the three points they so desperately needed and it was the visitors who drew first blood . |
| 15 | As it happened Namibia won the game and the tournament , but for a long time it looked as if the Zimbabweans would win , leaving the hitherto unbeaten Namibians out in the cold . |
| 16 | The Congress of Vienna returned Danzig to the Prussians , and for a short while it functioned as the administrative capital of West Prussia , with a corresponding growth in civil servants and officials . |
| 17 | After the hours spent in Luke 's disturbing company it came as a relief to hold a light , uncomplicated conversation with an ordinary guy . |
| 18 | Though at any given amount it looks as if it is n't going anywhere , it 's always on the move , lumbering from crisis to crisis . |
| 19 | In those dispiriting circumstances it comes as no surprise to find politicians trying to offer a means of escaping from the encircling gloom . |
| 20 | Unreconstructed premodernists regard the hover as effete and arriviste , citing the quasi-male purposeful movement of the cylinder mower and the pictorial geometries it creates as proof of its superiority . |
| 21 | For an agonising moment it felt as if she was naked again , under the intent , laughing scrutiny of those cruel grey eyes . |
| 22 | A foreign court is at liberty to appoint a consul in England of its own country , or any other person it desires as an examiner to take evidence . |
| 23 | It has n't eaten though the whole $30m it got as a dowry to start up . |
| 24 | To my childish imagination it seemed as if she was still alive to what was happening and was showing her disapproval . |