Example sentences of "as [noun] and it [is] " in BNC.

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1 When the new system is introduced the caretaking staff will not be amongst those identified as operators and it is intended that these revised hours will assist caretaking staff by freeing them for more appropriate duties .
2 Osgood was the same age as JTR and it is a pity that JTR did not continue northward from Gairloch and possibly meet this incredible man whose life and family chronicled in A Hundred Years in the Highlands gives such detailed insight into the times .
3 A knowledge of language will enable us to decipher strings of symbols as sentences and it is this knowledge , generally referred to as linguistic competence , which it is the traditional business of linguists to account for , and the traditional business of language teachers to teach .
4 In many cases we speak of a given condition as cause and it is the one action or piece of behaviour involved , something to which responsibility attaches .
5 It is essential that flyblown meat is not given as food and it is equally essential to ensure that food given to the young ferrets does n't subsequently become flyblown .
6 ‘ In some cases smoking is as addictive as heroin and it is difficult for people to give up when they have been inhaling deeply for a number of years , ’ he told a news conference at the Royal Society in London .
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