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

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1 The strain energy in a stretched material is very like the potential energy which is in a raised weight , except , of course , that the stress is changing as the material is strained whereas the weight of a weight is constant as it is raised to any normal height .
2 It is formative as it is based on qualitative judgements which are the basis for future action
3 The tent bag is handy as it 's designed as a zipped holdall with two carrying handles .
4 They are that the system of representative democracy gives authority to the legislature to make law , and that the power conferred upon all administrative or public bodies is legitimate as it is derived from the legislature .
5 But it is bulky as it is printed on one side of the page only .
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