Example sentences of "as [pers pn] is [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm in the same position as she is and share exactly the same sentiments . |
| 2 | Option one means the hospital stays as it is but take the money away so it collapses anyway . |
| 3 | And the changing of attitude , important as it is when staying where you are , is also just as important if God is going to move you on to something new . |
| 4 | Leave the Tanganyikan tank as it is and proceed with the Malawi set up as planned ? |
| 5 | You are encouraged to question the world as it is and to ask how it might be better organized to meet individual and social needs and wants . |
| 6 | We have a very detailed management plan on the reserve with our main aim being to maintain the habitat as it is and to ensure that any disturbance to the bird community is minimal . |
| 7 | Anti-clerical Catalans have long favoured leaving the Sagrada Familia as it is and landscaping the site . |
| 8 | Port Salut is a cheese which can be eaten as it is or used in cooking , where it adds a rich , buttery taste . |
| 9 | As for the metaphor of ‘ law ’ , its persisting power is evident whenever someone , pondering the determinist thesis that even his own actions are ‘ bound by ’ , are ‘ subject to ’ , ‘ obey ’ the laws of nature , finds himself thinking as though he ought to be conscious of his own resisting will , as he is when submitting to human laws . |