Example sentences of "as it [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My lips are often chapped and sore , which makes it difficult to apply lipstick as it wo n't stay on and looks unpleasant . |
| 2 | SCO says it does n't have to make a decision about the kernel technology route — OSF/1 or Unix SVR4 — for Open Desktop until later this year , as it wo n't be making any significant kernel changes to the operating system bundle until late 1993 or early 1994 . |
| 3 | If you suffer from back problems you almost certainly do n't need a rock-hard bed as it wo n't support your spine . |
| 4 | ‘ As long as it wo n't ruin your pudding , ’ Judy said gratefully . |
| 5 | You may care to consider the best way of achieving this , as it ca n't be allowed to continue . |
| 6 | I can incorporate a fig-leaf into your chunky-knit bodystocking but do n't forget the cooling lotion as it 'll be a bit itchy . |
| 7 | As big as it 'll go . |
| 8 | ‘ Anythink as long as it 'll 'elp us out , ’ she wailed through her apron . |
| 9 | It 's stra , Straiton 's stretching your loyalty as far as it 'll go . |
| 10 | Good as it 'll ever be . |
| 11 | You 've got to push the choke in now as far as it 'll go . |
| 12 | car it 'll do either one of them I do n't care whether you 've got a diesel engine or a petrol engine as long as it 'll get me from A to B. |
| 13 | Be that as it may , it may turn out that the preparedness not to acquiesce in any all-Ireland solution is decidedly stronger than most commentators until recently were prepared to accept , except for the work of Bew , Gibbon , and Patterson . |
| 14 | This applies just as much to me as it may do to you . |
| 15 | Be that as it may , I do n't think such frivolity helps CAMRA 's cause . |
| 16 | The object of the attentions of Tory apparatchiks — and ministers — is the new policy on employment law , moderate and sensible as it may seem . |
| 17 | Difficult as it may be , he should attempt to settle more delicate issues . |
| 18 | Perhaps this is a reflection of the increasing health of the young and affluent , who are prepared to try to dance for 24 hours ; be that as it may , it multiplies the offence to outsiders . |
| 19 | Be that as it may , this work , heavily reliant on repetition and never straying far from the home key , cried out for someone to nurture its more lyrical passages , to shake its often delightful phrases , to exploit its contrasts ; in short , for a far more imaginative approach than that brought by Harry Christophers . |
| 20 | The real test for the polys will be what happens if the economy goes into recession , as it may next year , and unemployment rises again . |
| 21 | Getting into the agency business is n't as easy as it may seem . |
| 22 | So — hard as it may be for some people to believe — we disinfected the whole place , sloshing the stuff everywhere . |
| 23 | Be that as it may , these avant-gardes are held to have a ‘ distinctive character ’ which resides in their ‘ seeking to abolish the separation between art and life ’ . |
| 24 | Be that as it may , it was here mat Lewis began to build up his encyclopaedic knowledge of late medieval literature . |
| 25 | Ludicrous as it may seem , government policies in some rainforest countries actually encourage the fires . |
| 26 | Strange as it may sound , compulsive shoppers very often do n't even wear their look — in contrast , of course , to the average shopper who flaunts a new frock or jumper to death . |
| 27 | And so on to the shop — ‘ hey … they 're selling stuff here ! ’ — and the cafe , the Casablanca Club , where a second voice murmurs , as it may well have done in arts centre days but certainly wo n't when the family visitor attraction becomes reality , ‘ a cup of coffee ? … pastry ? … hashish ? ’ |
| 28 | And it 's still , I feel , cliché as it may seem , the sanest country in the world . ’ |
| 29 | Unlikely as it may sound , the conductor program could prove the true value of practice . |
| 30 | Be that as it may , the last two state-supported military schools that refuse to admit women cadets are fighting a rearguard action for their cause . |