Example sentences of "[adj] as it " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's going to be new legislation soon which will make it dead easy for landlords to kick tenants out and I 've had enough of all this as it is . ’ |
| 2 | This as it stands is not an adequate explanation unless the result of the differentiation is that less skilled labour can now be used for machine operating . |
| 3 | Chatterjee wondered about this as it began to seem more than simply coincidence . |
| 4 | More on this as it breaks . |
| 5 | More detailed analysis of this as it affects the experience of old people is developed in Part Six . |
| 6 | The authors may argue against this as it would require legislation and changes in the existing responsibilities of local government authorities and health authorities . |
| 7 | Cathy had been assigned a tutor , she used to take her daughter along to a little school ( not her previous school ) and have lessons there in the staffroom : I never liked school before but I liked this as it was only half-past nine till half-past twelve so it was n't a long day and I could take Rebecca with me . |
| 8 | The driver — a sandy young Irishman ( I mention this as it was St Patrick 's Day ) — replied brightly , ‘ Oi do n't know 'bout dat — but dere 's trouble ahead 'cos dere 's some fellow tryin' to jump off a building round the corner . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ We are very pleased about this as it opens up the entire country music market for us . |
| 10 | He was unable to do this as it was possible that the cause of the defect was faulty fitting . |
| 11 | Secondly , they would need to be aware of the interactional domain ( e.g. their scope for movement , and the properties of objects around them ) , and be constantly updating this as it was affected by their actions . |
| 12 | There 's only one thing that struck me when I was reading through it but a as I say , we we got to look at this from point of view are we going to date this as it lies at the present moment and add to it pieces that we want , or do we start off by having the pieces o i its its now whe w w |
| 13 | I told them the arguments put forward by Visual Effects , only to be told in return manufacturing a conical base would have been much easier as it could all have been done from one two-part mould in half the time . ’ |
| 14 | This is fairer as it allows for the fact that fewer overs remain in which the chasing team can attack , but does not set a rate out of proportion with the course of the match up to the time of the stoppage . |
| 15 | The object of the attentions of Tory apparatchiks — and ministers — is the new policy on employment law , moderate and sensible as it may seem . |
| 16 | Though consent is undeniably a defence to an action for conversion , there are difficulties in reconciling this result , sensible as it may seem , with general principles of agency , for since Y's act was unauthorised it could only be effective if done within an ostensible authority — but that doctrine is inapplicable to undisclosed agency . |
| 17 | These are both recommendable performances : the Monte-Carlo orchestra , in particular , is on top form , and plays this familiar music for all its worth , so that it comes up as fresh as it must have sounded in St. Petersburg a century ago . |
| 18 | Although his voice rides the airwaves as fresh as it ever did , he admits that physically he is past his prime : arthritis brings him recurring pain in his legs although he has already lived 18 months longer than he was told a 60-a-day smoking habit would allow . |
| 19 | In practice it is unrealistic as it calls for at least two freshly laundered or new cloths , a paper towel and three water changes . |
| 20 | With the continuing preponderance of the agricultural population this aspiration was not then as unrealistic as it might seem today . |
| 21 | It is the most transparent of the fictions it espouses , and is as unrealistic as it is unfair . |
| 22 | We reached the enclosed box in safety and the match was as exciting as it was enjoyable , with the Canadiens turning in a 3-0 score . |
| 23 | I 'm afraid that STG is no longer as reliable as it was in my grandfather 's day . |
| 24 | The deal Mr Genscher struck with his East German counterpart , Oskar Fischer , remains as unexplained as it was unexpected . |
| 25 | To Gray , this constant flying is not as inconvenient as it sounds . |
| 26 | Sir , if you do come to the view , however , that one or both of these sites may have some as it were residual greenbelt functions , then we ask you to bear in mind the matters raised , in particular Mrs 's appendix nine , about the need in the longer term , that is , beyond two thousand and six in particular , for a strategic reserve . |
| 27 | Cool , thick , old oceanic lithosphere is gravitationally unstable as it is generally denser than the asthenosphere over which it lies . |
| 28 | Then he spoke , his voice not quite as calm as it had been previously , the accent humming roughly in the depths of the tones . |
| 29 | Initially they make respectful small-talk about him , but their comments grow increasingly resentful as it becomes apparent he will not show up . |
| 30 | Passive smoking — I have advised his parents to stop smoking as it is likely to be aggravating the child 's asthma . |