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

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31 Since both need/dare and the infinitive evoke potentialities , no before/after relation is felt to pertain between them and so to is not necessary for the same reason as it is not used with the modal auxiliaries .
32 I have consulted the most celebrated authors on comparative anatomy , but do not find any such structures of those parts described ; and as it is not known to you , I may presume that it has not been before taken notice of .
33 In particular it is not known whether they have been formed in relation to present sea level , in very much the same way as it is not known whether the wavecut platform round Britain was formed entirely in relation to present sea level .
34 In the studies with gastrin and its analogues an often uncontrolled variable has been gastric acid secretion , although the presence of gastric acid is not essential for a colonic response as it is not abolished by total gastrectomy .
35 Caletti 's admirable attempt at removing fear , ignorance , and stigma from sexual topics is tempered slightly by his view that prostitution is ‘ disgusting ’ and that masturbation is not harmful as long as it is not indulged in more than twice a month ( my italics ) .
36 It is suitable for curtaining as it is not harmed by sunlight .
37 Meanwhile , the government claims that old currency left in interest-bearing accounts should hold its value , so long as it is not spent .
38 Article 20 of the Brussels Convention provides that where a defendant domiciled in one Contracting State is sued in a court of another Contracting State the court shall stay the proceedings so long as it is not shown that the defendant has been able to receive the document instituting the proceedings or an equivalent document in sufficient time to enable him to arrange for his defence , or that all necessary steps have been taken to this end .
39 With regard to " temporality " ( in the sense in which this concept was used above ) , this can not be regarded as a sufficient condition of particularity so long as it is not shown that temporality alone ( in the indicated sense ) ensures numerical identity of particulars ; and if we are to be able to justifiably claim that it is a necessary condition of particularity , we must first show that there can be no extra-temporal particulars . "
40 The second fragment ( 23kb ) detected by the 680-bp probe is from an unrelated locus ( see Fig. 3 legend ) and serves as a control for the amount of DNA loaded in this experiment as it is not deleted .
41 You can therefore put such a fodder crop onto tripods or a fence when damp , confident that it will dry out , so long as it is not loaded too tight .
42 Automated telling machines outside banks — ‘ through the wall banking ’ as it is picturesquely called — are now a familiar part of the High Street scene .
43 There is little doubt that debt counselling , or money advice as it is also called , is the major ‘ growth ’ area among all CABx enquiries .
44 To anyone not running a company , the fuss among businessmen about re-engineering — or ‘ process redesign ’ as it is also called — seems puzzling .
45 The label is awkward as it is also used loosely of anything inspiring a sense of inexplicable awe and mystery , however vaguely , or anyone thus moved .
46 Someone looking after a partner or relative with Alzheimer 's disease — or senile dementia as it is also known — has particular problems .
47 The Chardonnay is particularly prone to ‘ fan-leaf ’ or court-noué , as it is also known .
48 The threat posed by toxocariasis , or visceral larval migrans , as it is also known , is relatively slight with about 10 cases a year being recorded in England and Wales , as an example .
49 In the first , primary visual cortex , V1 or area 17 , as it is also known , there was considered to be a fairly faithful map of the retina with relatively little recoding of information having taken place between the eye and this part of the brain .
50 Pravda , the leading anti-Yeltsin newspaper in Moscow , has printed excerpts of what it claims is a memo from Mr Primakov , dated March 21st 1992 , in which the spook outlined the properties of red mercury , or mercuric salt of antimonous acid as it is also known , in detail .
51 There is also some credit to be gained by radio , television or the press where an individual 's problem is solved and ( as it is normally represented ) the forces of darkness are vanquished .
52 The judge did not , in terms , say whether or not he regarded this evidence as establishing undue influence as it is normally understood .
53 Er B B C radio York you are not in the South of France but as it is persistently snowing around the county at the moment I thought you know a little French flavour .
54 This oracle speaks of a brother as the instrument of death , which fits with the case as it is yet known .
55 the results are impressive as the steam seals the meat and stops the protein oozing out as it is already setting in the joint .
56 As a result , abattoir owners are beginning to speculate that the operating framework of the beef sector could swing overwhelmingly towards exports — as it is already doing with lamb .
57 You may have come across Roget as it is affectionately called , but we are willing to bet that not many of our readers habitually use the book or have it on their shelves .
58 Classes at the ‘ City Lit ’ , as it is affectionately known , are handled by a highly competent team of tutors , many of whom teach at the drama schools too .
59 Only one horse , Mandarin , has won both the Gold Cup and the ‘ Grand Steep ’ as it is affectionately known .
60 The ‘ link building ’ as it is aptly called , houses the warehouse , yarn store , dispatch , a new canteen , and above it a new sales office .
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