Example sentences of "as it [verb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | So as it says at the bottom of page eight there 's a golden rule for presenting is use three themes . |
| 2 | And as they continued along the path the weka merely stalked into the undergrowth , its short black tail giving a slight twitch as it pecked at whatever caught its reddish eye . |
| 3 | Broadcasting is pre-eminent , at least in the ever-creative medium of radio ; but television borrows from abroad as much as it creates at home . |
| 4 | Between national curriculum levels and general skills and abilities as it sits at the moment ? |
| 5 | He sat and watched the quill being borne along by the current and then leaning over as it tugged at the end of the swim . |
| 6 | It huddles round a flint-towered church and sprawls down to the North Sea — and what a wallop the sea makes as it pounds at the shingle . " |
| 7 | The Justice Department faces a struggle as it seeks at secret meetings to persuade big national operators like Browning-Ferris and Laidlaw Industries to bid for commercial garbage-collection contracts . |
| 8 | It must be remembered that what is described is , almost without exception , the church as it existed at the time of writing . |
| 9 | Genuine republican feeling , in so far as it existed at all in the major States , was a nostalgia or very occasionally an aspiration , never a programme . |
| 10 | Thus , where the user covenant permits the tenant to use the demised property for any purpose falling within a class of the Town and Country Planning ( Use Classes ) Order 1972 ( SI No 1385 ) the covenant will be construed as referring to the use class as it existed at the date of the demise . |
| 11 | Rain swilled and foamed in its open mouth as it looked at the churning black clouds and the eruptions of fractured lightning . |
| 12 | This was to see if there were any experiences that could be of use to the LEA as it looked at its own internal processes , particularly the support services it provides for its schools . |
| 13 | The wound was not as serious as it had at first seemed , but the bone was broken . |
| 14 | The poem describes how ‘ even when he was in France ’ — in the context of the poem it is reasonable to presume the front line trenches — ‘ the sun still woke him as it had at home ’ . |
| 15 | Even if he now commanded her , as he was undressing , to open her eyes she would not see his powerful , barrel-chested body as it came at her . |
| 16 | Although it is a means of asserting authority , coming as it does at the start of the shift , parade is very relaxed and , from the point of view of the ordinary constables , serves as a way of casually reorientating themselves to the demands of work . |
| 17 | Living as it does at high level , it produces fewer lambs than other breeds . |
| 18 | The Methodist chapel is also in a vulnerable spot , standing as it does at the crossroads . |
| 19 | Mortgage-lending accounts for the bulk of the Halifax 's business , as it does at other building societies ( thrifts ) . |
| 20 | Lying as it does at the northern limit of the global thermohaline ‘ conveyor belt ’ , changes in this region may ultimately have global consequences . |
| 21 | There is a certain doubt as to whether the universe is old enough for any Black Dwarfs to have been produced as yet , but eventually it must happen , and this will be the final fate of the Sun — though we will not be there to see ; the Earth can hardly expect to survive the Red Giant stage , when the Sun will radiate at least a hundred times as fiercely as it does at present . |
| 22 | However , with social feeling about child sexuality running high as it does at present , we may be well advised to keep quiet about it in public ; while , if we ourselves feel guilt as to our own emotions in any such case , a knowledgeable and understanding senior or colleague may be able to help us — otherwise we would be well-advised to hand the case on to someone else . |
| 23 | The current form in which pop reproduces itself , the music video , is the perfect post-modern form , standing as it does at the vector of the leisure industries ' new situation . |
| 24 | Serbian delegates were in Istanbul discussing the implementation of the Convention when British , French and Russian ships blasted the Turkish fleet out of the water as it lay at anchor in the enclosed natural harbour at Navarino ( Pylos ) in the southern Morea on 20 October 1827 . |
| 25 | He turned his head and saw Hrun crouched by the pit , his sword a blur as it hacked at the tentacles racing out towards him . |
| 26 | We have , however , been gathering information on task/standing groups as it arose at various Senior Management meetings . |
| 27 | One of the Tower 's famous black ravens emerged from the fog , enormous , wings flapping as it cawed at them . |
| 28 | Nicholas Luard and the other members of the group were particularly concerned about the planting of conifers at Bara Ceirch farm as it stands at the headwaters of the Rivers Cothi and Towy , two of the finest salmon rivers in Wales . |
| 29 | Unfortunately , as it stands at present it has many deficiencies , because : |
| 30 | Family Allowance as it stands at present is for many women the only money we have which belongs to us by right . |