Example sentences of "as we [vb base] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In societies in which adolescence as we know it does not really occur , they make the transition from childhood to adulthood in one traumatic experience just as their ancestors , generations before , made the change from the innocence of nature to the guilt and responsibility of culture by perpetuating the primal crimes of incest and parricide . |
| 2 | However , it is time to take a more positive view , and to look at the way early organisms began to combine energy from the sun with gases in the atmosphere and in so doing enabled life as we know it to evolve . |
| 3 | In one sense civilisation as we know it had become unhinged . |
| 4 | Adjectives like ‘ infinite ’ , ‘ unchanging ’ or ‘ impassible ’ could be taken as simple denials that what characterises reality as we know it characterises God . |
| 5 | And the human species can not be considered to be eternal either , as we know it did not always exist in its present form , nor can we expect it to have an infinite existence . |
| 6 | Vocational training for the actor as we know it has only existed in England for the last eighty years . |
| 7 | The advertising agency as we know it has emerged only in the last fifty years and it will continue to evolve as communication technology changes and mass communication becomes even more sophisticated . |
| 8 | Will my right hon. Friend make it clear whether his answer , which displayed an understandable degree of elegant procrastination , will lead to the Government saying that the Yugoslav federation as we know it has no diplomatic future ? |
| 9 | I think that Yugoslavia as we know it has come to an end . |
| 10 | That matter is not really as we perceive it has been known to chemists and physicists for over 150 years , but despite Einstein 's demonstration , and that of other atomic scientists since , that matter and energy are interchangeable , we persist in our view that physical matter is solid and stable . |
| 11 | Broadly , that is , as we think it does , in space ? |
| 12 | We work closely with the Department of Social Security in developing such guidance and are keen to preserve this relationship as we believe it provides more flexibility and enables actuaries to apply their professional judgement ultimately for the benefit of the pension scheme member . |
| 13 | We may die and no one here will worry too much — as long as we do it according to the rules ! ’ |
| 14 | Anything less than sixty hectares would be unrealistic and it certainly wo n't allow us any flexibility at all to allocate erm sufficient land as we see it to meet the needs of the resident population , and there would in fact be a shortfall er of employment land provision in our view towards the end of the plan period . |
| 15 | At first , close up , it seems very dirty and sullen and yet dignified , large and powerful in its presence until it becomes loud , hurrying up and down the tracks with a frenzied passion , and then , just as we see it disappearing beyond the horizon it seems like a far off star or ‘ comet ’ silently entering another world . |