Example sentences of "[conj] it [verb] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's true that when cuts are put in , however good the editor , they just do n't have the same timbre and tempo ; you do n't get that live atmosphere where it feels as though you 're there . ’ |
| 2 | No high for finishing the marathon if you do n't run through the nerves at the start , the blisters , the soft grey stage of the race where the roadscape does n't change , where it feels as though you have done it all and yet there are still a few miles to go . |
| 3 | Except it looks as though I wo n't be washing up something here . |
| 4 | is crumbly in texture and pale peach in colour when young , although it darkens as it ages . |
| 5 | Hall replied that there were a lot of wagons outside and that it looked as though some men were to go to Long Kesh Detention Camp . |
| 6 | Miss Hannah Hauxwell , dressed in men 's trousers and old jacket so torn that it looked as though savaging by wolf packs had once been part of her daily routine , looked at me mildly . |
| 7 | ‘ Just that it looked as though he wanted me out of the way . ’ |
| 8 | Fabia was shaken , but was more intent then on finding out what she could do to help whatever the trouble was , than concerned that it looked as though she could say goodbye to her much looked forward to Czechoslovakian holiday . |
| 9 | Robin-Anne had her mother 's fair hair , so fair that it looked bleached , and she had her mother 's delicate good looks etched on to a face so pale that it seemed as though her skin must burn if it was exposed to anything more powerful than a light bulb . |
| 10 | The sun was shining , the water a deep indigo-blue and the air so crystal clear that it seemed as though I could stretch out my hand and touch the gleaming white of Sarmiento far to the south-east in Tierra del Fuego . |
| 11 | Charioteers traditionally carry the deadly Singing Blade , a glaive-like weapon cunningly carved and pierced so that it shrieks as it is swung . |
| 12 | There was no fundamental weakness in the PWR design and British safety standards would ensure that it operated as well as the best . |
| 13 | That summit will set the future course for NATO to ensure that it remains as it has been — a bedrock of stability in a still uncertain world . |
| 14 | The well-known symbol of the Association is on all packaged foods that it recognises as being truly organic and indicates that the food has been produced on land that meets all the requirements of the Association . |
| 15 | Its defence mechanism is not rapid reproduction like the greenfly , instead it surrounds itself with the familiar frothy blob of air bubbles that it forms as it spits out the sap it has taken from the plant — instead of spitting it back into the plant . |
| 16 | We have become so used to thinking of Günter Wand as a conductor who specialises exclusively in the late 18th and 19th Century symphonic repertoire that it comes as something of a shock to find him performing a wide variety of works of more contemporary lineage . |
| 17 | It noted that most headteachers feel that IT has as yet made little impact on formal education . |
| 18 | Neven and Phlips ( 1985 ) show that price discrimination can occur in oligopoly , but that it disappears as the number of competitors increases . |
| 19 | Practise applying your make-up so that it looks as though you 're not wearing any at all — it 's a real art , but it can be done ! |
| 20 | But th , the thing is that it looks as though it is going to be a fairly ongoing thing that 's going to it may be well on certainly er a beyond assembly when we have to come to a conclusion , and therefore we ought to know the picture er , of , within reform churches far more clearly in giving more time . |
| 21 | It was furnished with an ancient iron bedstead and a wooden table so decrepit that it collapsed as I walked past it . |
| 22 | It allows the user to create their own show and preview the show at any stage to check that it works as expected . |
| 23 | Lardie was the last fluent speaker of the Kalkadoon language , a language of such versatility and ingenuity that it stands as a monument to human intellectual development . |
| 24 | ‘ Let us say , ’ she replied quietly , ‘ that it happened as you described . |
| 25 | However , that figure was in fact far better than it looked as the banks had the worst ranking of any sector , with an average negative rating of -1,357 . |
| 26 | ‘ So it looks as though the Rorims are under one leader after all , ’ Riven mused . |
| 27 | ‘ So it looks as though you 'd find it very awkward , being in my company . ’ |
| 28 | Cos she asked last night , I was supposed to be taking Jenny and then when Fay came she asked me if I 'd take Fay as well today so it looks as though Charlotte 's mum did everybody took everybody home . |
| 29 | This is a fax I want you to send to Ian in Aiden Mouth and it reads as follows good afternoon Ian , at long last I 've been able to get down to this memo of yours , dated the thirtieth alt can you please let me know the actual deliveries ' figures in the first part of this memo . |
| 30 | First is to Finland and it is to Penti P E N T I , and it reads as follows dear Penti , at the moment I am looking for information on the cost for officially trialing grasses and clovers in your country , stop . |