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

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1 Those who enter a course leading to the qualifications awarded by a Professional Association ( such as Membership , Associateship or Fellowship ) should make themselves familiar with the regulations of that body , as it is their personal responsibility to comply with them .
2 Again , this is because rice is important to the speakers of those languages , as it is their staple food .
3 If I 'd had control over everything I would have had a full Wales tour in the summer and then we would n't have needed to have the practice games , but as it is we are giving them the advantage and I wanted to try to do something about that . ’
4 Strach is not quick enough to beat his full-back either — so as it is we have to rely to much on our full-backs overlapping if we want to get to the bye line .
5 As it is we search for interpretations of early Modernism in her work .
6 As it is we 're on an island and the bloody weather 's deteriorating fast .
7 Yeah but they might say , well alright then , and then pay out and as it is we 're gon na have a lot of messing about have n't we ?
8 Well it 's neither here nor there but I mean the thing is that we do n't as it is we 're not losing anything because you 're getting yours , half of it 's coming back as , as gross interest .
9 As it is they have to brave all kinds of weather , from high winds which whip away their hymn books to snow which engulfs them in that unsheltered spot .
10 It is this latter set of words that is of semantic interest , as it is they that ’ seem to contain more meaning ’ [ Bolinger & sears , 1981 ]
11 But for the words italicised ‘ financial year ’ and ‘ accounting reference period ’ would mean exactly the same thing ; as it is they need not .
12 For a firm to succeed it is as necessary to efficiently manage its knowledge resources as it is its labour and capital .
13 It need not be a big thing so long as it is something novel to you and breaks your normal routine .
14 If she has a religious faith which enables her to believe that death is not the end and that she and her husband will be re-united one day , she should be supported and encouraged in this , as it is something really positive on which she can begin to rebuild the rest of her life .
15 I mean your examination work , for in your other work you need no encouragement , for you like it so much as it is yourself finding expression in words . ’
16 ‘ We will go to Mrs Gracie 's , as it is what you want , my dear ; and I will get up earlier and walk the extra distance ; no doubt it will do me good . ’
17 As a Taurean , you work well with others as long as it is you who calls the shots .
18 I suppose Newmarket will be first one to make two , th they 've got two courses here as it is you see .
19 As it is it 's still a whole lot better than the Spectrum 's rubber pads and very reasonable value for money .
20 Mr G. has sent many specimens in spirits , ’ wrote Prince to Jardine , ‘ none of which have been opened as it is his wish that they shall not be shewn to anyone until his return . ’
21 Were he among familiars it might help him but as it is he can not place himself here and it is pitiful to see how lost he is .
22 As it is he knows nothing whatever about me .
23 As it is he 'll limp for a month . ’
24 But as it is I feel before the world as Sidney before Stella ( Sonnet L )
25 It would be otherwise if I had my husband with me and my first-born but as it is I feel neither one thing or the other .
26 As it is I came to reading very late , at 18 or 19 , and I think it is entirely the fault of the box .
27 As it is I just ca n't .
28 Erm I mean as it is I I can get photocopying for four P a sheet getting fifty at a time , and that give I get a receipt for that which is better than three P a sheet without a receipt .
29 If I were a teacher of French , I would be worried that 50 million French people would know ‘ my ’ subject better than I do ; as it is I have no such fears .
30 I mean I 've only just come out of hospital and as it is I 'm still fairly well Macked with it .
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