Example sentences of "as it [be] [adj] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This humble mollusc can be unreservedly recommended as it is hardy and lives exclusively on algae . |
| 2 | Pork is still eaten throughout the world and in the Far East it is a very important ingredient in many stir-fried dishes as it is tender and cooks quickly . |
| 3 | Today 's town patrols have not been very busy , but as it is hot and it 's summer , they are n't too concerned . |
| 4 | Cotton sateen is the most widely used lining fabric as it is strong and drapes well , and its shiny outer surface helps to resist dust . |
| 5 | Young people , in their first home , can usually accept a much lower standard , as long as it is dry and warm . |
| 6 | I felt that the drawing I wanted to tackle was the complicated head-dress worn by the bridge at the wedding celebrations , as it is colourful and unusual . |
| 7 | Madeira sponge is a good choice for many cakes as it is moist and tasty , yet firm and compact enough for cutting and shaping . |
| 8 | He characterises the mining bourgeoisie in Peru as a corporate national bourgeoisie , which he considers to be progressive as it is nationalist and developmentalist . |
| 9 | With full , vivid colour , every model in OKI 's comprehensive range is as affordable as it is versatile and reliable . |
| 10 | When it is suggested to him that it may be necessary and unavoidable to kill those who oppress mankind in the same way as it is necessary and unavoidable to hill a homicidal lunatic who threatens society , his reply is that no man is so evil as to be beyond redemption , and no man so perfect as to be justified in killing these whom he considers to be evil . |
| 11 | The approach is as persistent and tenacious as it is conventional and unimaginative . |
| 12 | The end product resembles meat in so far as it is fibrous and can be flavoured and/or coloured accordingly . |
| 13 | Your voice is as loud as it is insistent and , as if that were n't bad enough , what you speak of is as boring as it is unseemly . |
| 14 | This cake mixture is perfect for the children 's cakes in this book , as it is light and moist yet firm enough to handle and cut into different shapes . |
| 15 | This is the stuff from which good beer is made as it is hard and has absorbed a tangy flavour . |
| 16 | So this aspect of defence is quite close to being a private good as it is excludable and rivalrous , hence some households build their own shelters . |
| 17 | I still like to do my own stunts as long as it 's practical and wo n't jeopardise the production . ’ |
| 18 | Jonathan Cowap with the final hour of Tuesday morning 's breakfast programme your opportunity to have your say on just about everything as long as it 's legal and decent and honest and in your own opinion you can call me now on York six four one six four one . |
| 19 | But if there 's something you want done as long as it 's legal and within reason , we can probably do it . ’ |
| 20 | It does n't matter what sort as long as it 's regular and brisk enough to stimulate your circulation — you 'll know this when you start to sweat and your cheeks develop a tingling glow . |
| 21 | ‘ I do n't mind , ’ he said , ‘ as long as it 's strong and there 's plenty of it . ’ |
| 22 | Well anybody that 's anything like an engineer , as long as it 's clean and tidy and not been chucked around |
| 23 | Interest-group activity could just about be tolerated as long as it was moderate and operated within the suffocating rules of the political game . |
| 24 | Ansah 's bicycle kick was as cleanly executed as it was spectacular and necessitated Forrest to be at his sharpest . |
| 25 | Before 1926 , when a person died wholly or partly intestate , the distribution of his property differed widely according as it was real or personal estate . |
| 26 | If a woman found a style she liked , why should she not keep it for ever , as long as it was practical and comfortable ? |
| 27 | Shaking violently in the intolerable hold of a passion as bitter as it was irresistible and torrid , she looked up at the man who had done this to her , his body before and above her , glistening and dark , darker still where it was shadowed with hair . |
| 28 | ‘ Mummy said I need n't bring it back , as it was old and the twigs were coming out of it . ’ |
| 29 | Some writers have held that the essential thing about medieval law was that it was discovered , not made ; in so far as it was valid and sound , it was a reflection of divine law ; it partook of the nature of what in more recent times has been called ‘ fundamental law ’ . |