Example sentences of "[det] [noun] as it [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The coming of sound was probably crucial in this respect as it obviously placed a new emphasis on the contemporary American voice and on contemporary settings , which were in any case cheaper than conventional sets . |
| 2 | I am convinced that the probable long-term — and not all that long -collective effect of this Bill as it now stands will be to inflict serious damage on the quality of justice in this country … |
| 3 | Please encourage people to contribute to this fund as it consistently fails to cover the annual costs of the education of our students for the priesthood . |
| 4 | He strove to keep his face from that wall as it inexorably pulled him closer . |
| 5 | They had few doubts that the Army could recruit as many regulars as it really needed , within reason , provided the country was prepared to pay enough for them . |
| 6 | The Midland rose in the same way as it later fell — by acquisition . |
| 7 | It can not have changed much in two hundred years and still , today , the tireless plume of woodsmoke wafts up from the chimney , proving that life goes on in much the same way as it always have done in this particular vicinity . |
| 8 | Even at the same time as it publicly commends higher education , seeking out the graduate entrant , spending large sums on publicity to this end , and funding access to degree courses on scholarships , it also holds to a central ethic of distrust of the academic . |