Example sentences of "as it sometimes " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the decision on timing should not be based — as it sometimes is in public libraries — upon reservation pressure from a small minority of the library 's clientele . |
| 2 | One night I dreamt about it : about the dog going over to look at it , as it sometimes did , and instead of sniffing it and walking away , it tore open the anus and started to pull out the innards . |
| 3 | Her face still , as it sometimes was before she began to cry . |
| 4 | And for all the lithe elegance of the finale ( not rushed off its feet , as it sometimes is ) I 've heard more pungent , sharper-witted performances , with greater delight in the comical banter of the second theme . |
| 5 | The only certainty is that if rationality were to prevail — as it sometimes does — the outcome would be the adoption of a scheme modelled on the WGMS : simply , the Reformed Electoral System , the RES for short . |
| 6 | For instance , the fact that our reliable belief-gathering method provides here a true belief rather than a false one , as it sometimes does , will be just luck as far as we are concerned . |
| 7 | Satraps usually had the military authority where the satrapal authority was divided , as it sometimes was ( see p. 281 ) ; and such divided commands could enable the king to keep an eye on the ambitious . |
| 8 | Becoming a member of the Salmon and Trout Association ( £16 for an annual membership ) is a useful thing to do , as it sometimes offers access to private fishing which the association owns or leases and , through its 54 branches nationwide , offers information on courses and instruction . |
| 9 | The Red Queen label is amusing , but it can be misleading if taken ( as it sometimes is ) to mean something mathematically precise , literally zero relative progress . |
| 10 | There 's no danger of the river rising so fast it floods the course as it sometimes does but sadly as you can see , rain overnight and it 's raining now . |