Example sentences of "as [pron] is [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Within religions of Indian origin , such as Hinduism , Buddhism and Sikhism , certain views of reality being as it is are taken for granted , such as dharma — the existence of a moral law , and karma — the impact of this on individuals according to how much they fulfil or fail to fulfil dharma , and samsara — the process of reincarnation . |
| 2 | The research aims to bring out the character of the efficiency-effectiveness debate and the nature of accountable management as it is being developed through the Financial Management Initiative , the efficiency strategy and associated developments . |
| 3 | For example , in the case of a new piece of computer equipment , the law of confidence is all important in the early stages as it is being developed and evaluated . |
| 4 | This ‘ new economic consensus ’ , as it is being referred to , is already preparing the ground for planned cuts in the economic development budget and the day the Making Belfast Work initiative comes to an end . |
| 5 | As before , a simple volume control or one channel of a mixer is used to control the sound level as it is being transferred . |
| 6 | ( The Atlantic , though dominated by an enormous mid-ocean ridge where new sea-floor is being created at a modest rate of about an inch a year , is home to only two very small subduction zones , with volcanoes and trenches , in the Caribbean and the South Sandwich Islands , and therefore is not being destroyed at its edges as rapidly as it is being created in the middle ; the Indian Ocean is similarly undramatic — a mid-ocean ridge once again , but a single subduction zone where its eastern plate collides with the Eurasian Plate and produces the volcanoes that — like Krakatoa — line the southern side of the islands of Java , Sumatra and Timor . ) |
| 7 | It is recommended that module names should be reserved for all software as it is being created . |
| 8 | Ink is not needed because the LCD display shows the script as it is being written . |
| 9 | Such parliamentary procedure in Committee is coming to an end , as it is being seen as a useless use of time . |
| 10 | The completion of a second Soviet designed nuclear plant , under construction on the Danube , is now in question as it is being built in an area prone to earthquakes . |
| 11 | On the basis of these measurements , ozone losses in the Arctic winter appear to be " not very much less than in the Antarctic spring " says Alan Plumb of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology , " but the effects are less dramatic because polar ozone is being resupplied about as fast as it is being destroyed . " |
| 12 | Carol said : ‘ As it is being funded by European money , projects have to be developed in a suitable way for a transnational application . |
| 13 | Note that if we were looking across the board from left to right the rig would still be relatively upright , as it is being pushed well forwards thereby supplying maximum power . |
| 14 | A variety of the Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin , Sousa chinensis , is being threatened with extinction by the construction of Hong Kong 's new airport , just as it is being recognized as a distinct species . |
| 15 | They will perform a ‘ live ’ density measurement of the oil as it is being loaded onto tankers — instead of having the laboratory do a sample test after loading is completed — and temperature measurement will carried out in the oil stream , a more accurate method than the current measurement at the loading headers . ’ |
| 16 | The case of the Granada is different as it is being used in the business exclusively and giving the business some benefit . |
| 17 | To carry out participant observation into the minutiae of police practice might be theoretically approved in any statement made for general consumption , but in the cold light of institutional reality it will most likely be thwarted or subverted even as it is being agreed . |
| 18 | Nigel is the regular driver of No. 7 although he is not likely to be on the footplate this year as it is being rebuilt . |
| 19 | Using a medium tension and hanging a weight on the scarf as it is being knitted will make it curl more easily . |
| 20 | ‘ But for real compatibility , software needs to be tested dynamically , ’ as it is being executed . |
| 21 | ‘ But for real compatibility , software needs to be tested dynamically , ’ as it is being executed . |
| 22 | The Buenos Aires fair has a greater trade and international emphasis that usual this year , as it is being held in conjunction with the third of the rotating Silar ( Salón International del Libro Latino-Americano ) events . |
| 23 | But I also think that er the Community Charge as it is being brought in is probably being brought in too sharply which means that it is n't actually taking account of some of the marginal cases where people are going to face a very steep increase in Community Charge bill , er and the Community Charge itself is rather a blunt instrument . |
| 24 | Torn between passion and prudence , he falls in love with a spiteful little blonde , and , even as he is being taught in class how to recognise a typical Jew by his grotesque hooked nose , he is personally being held up as an example of the ideologically acceptable East Baltic race . |
| 25 | LATER , AS HE IS BEING TAKEN INTO POLICE CUSTODY , HE GETS A CHANCE TO OGLE SOME READERS CORRESPONDENCE . |
| 26 | The way in which the budgetary process is managed by the people involved may be as important as what is being managed as far as outcomes are concerned . |