Example sentences of "is that it [verb] as " in BNC.

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1 One of the advantages of EDLIB is that it acts as a Computerized catalogue as well as an issue system , The catalogue system creates files in which each book or audiovisual item is allocated a record , which contains accession number , title , author , Dewey number , price , subject and one spare field , which can be used as another subject field .
2 The idea behind a water staircase is that it appears as a staircase of sparkling , silvery water .
3 Mr Patten said later : ‘ The important thing as far as I am concerned is that it looks as if we are going to have a Conservative government .
4 The upshot is that it looks as if major and fundamental matters are at stake about the very nature of sociology itself and that , accordingly , a choice has to be made , and made soon .
5 An analysis of the artefact must begin with its most obvious characteristic , which is that it exists as a physically concrete form independent of any individual 's mental image of it .
6 The dominant characteristic of a limited share company is that it exists as a separate legal entity which is distinct from its shareholders ( the members ) .
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