Example sentences of "[vb -s] as it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Even so , the same rule applies as it does to the lectern : never let the speaker adjust the screens to fit his height . |
| 32 | Provided water is above 4°C to begin with , it expands as it warms , and so becomes less dense . |
| 33 | However unlike the action potential in an axon this wave fades as it goes along so only if the signal is strong enough to begin with will it pass through to the postsynaptic cell body to create a new action potential . |
| 34 | On the contrary , it exposes the explanatory weakness of the Muller Doctrine , if it is offered as an advance in our understanding of the origin of different modalities of sensation , of why the world feels as it does ; and , even more , if it is offered as an account of our being able to feel the world at all . |
| 35 | We all know , though , how a singing bird makes us feel and we can imagine how the bird feels as it throws its song out into the air . |
| 36 | Perhaps it all goes to confirm that a democratic society will inevitably get the police it deserves as it responds to new pressures . |
| 37 | Fresh wood can poison fish with its sap and acids , and stress filters as it rots down . |
| 38 | Complete the following : ‘ a ? \ @*; £ ! % beats as it sweeps as it cleans ’ ; ‘ a \ @*?; & a day helps you work rest and play ’ . |
| 39 | Nigel : ‘ It beats as it sweeps as it plugs up the hole in the ozone layer ? ’ |
| 40 | The outward speed of the solar wind is very high , about 400 km/s , and for various reasons hardly changes as it moves outwards . |
| 41 | This is because oil paint shrinks as it dries . |
| 42 | This is because oil paint shrinks as it dries . |
| 43 | For too few directors does pay fall by as much when performance sags as it rises in good times . |
| 44 | Flying the flag : The Fijian team celebrates as it retains its grip on the Cup for the third year in succession : ( l-r ) Fijian supporter , Waisale Serevi , Tomasi Cama , Vesito Rauluni ( captain ) , Mesake Rasari , Viliami Rauluni , Filimone Seru , Ratu Sakeasi ( front ) . |
| 45 | A bright yellow mantle starts from the top of the head and broadens as it stretches across the body , extending into the tail . |
| 46 | That summit will set the future course for NATO to ensure that it remains as it has been — a bedrock of stability in a still uncertain world . |
| 47 | Classification scatters as it collocates , since it groups primarily by the features listed in only one of the facets applied in classifying a document . |
| 48 | An Arctic skua flies lazily past , then suddenly accelerates as it spots a party of puffins heading north towards Hermaness . |
| 49 | This they make by chewing wood , masticating it with their saliva and then expelling it as a moist pulp which hardens as it dries . |
| 50 | It is a liquid protein that they squeeze from little nozzles at the rear of the abdomen which hardens as it meets the air . |
| 51 | A light , creamy Gentle Purifying Cleanser softens as it cleanses and the Gentle Moisturising Cream is easily absorbed to sooth the skin and offer long-lasting protection . |
| 52 | Since ocean-floor basalt subsides as it cools while migrating away from the spreading axis , a faster-spreading ridge will be hotter and more buoyant over a larger area and hence will cause more displacement of sea water over the continents . |
| 53 | Once it has been formed at a mid-oceanic ridge new oceanic lithosphere subsides as it moves away from a spreading centre and becomes cooler , thicker and more dense ( see Section 17.6.3 ) . |
| 54 | For males sex may be very important , but for females reproduction may be , may be more significant if it involves as it does in the case of all mammals and certainly human beings , considerable parental investment on the part of the mother . |
| 55 | Harry and Lillian subscribed to the movie trade papers and began tracing the film 's grosses as it climbed upward towards an eventual $40 million . |
| 56 | The fire researchers can not say why the smoke behaves as it does — only that the movement is far more complex than they believed . |
| 57 | This picture broke with the past by dispensing with the idea that everything in nature has a purpose or proper function , which explains why it behaves as it does . |
| 58 | 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 . " |
| 59 | The circle the Shuttle makes as it orbits the Earth must be one of those funny circles . ’ |
| 60 | The changes of angle the belt makes as it goes around the pelvis allow much greater freedom of movement . |