Example sentences of "[noun pl] as it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It rustled round her ears as it had done before she went into mourning . |
| 2 | You could feel the dismay amongst the Leeds players and their fans as it thundered past John Lukic and into the back of the net , leaving them searching for three goals to progress in the competition . |
| 3 | This information , spanning several centuries as it does , must necessarily be brief and incomplete . |
| 4 | I should do really got a clot in one of his legs as it means and went down the other one and got ta take it out , through smoking |
| 5 | Even at this stage conciliation is encouraged and the EAT is enabled to take such steps as it thinks fit to enable the parties to avail themselves of the opportunity for conciliation . |
| 6 | This key point about the exchange of bank deposits must be committed to memory by readers as it forms a basis for understanding the nature of the foreign exchange market and operations of banks within it . |
| 7 | Although written many years ago , Lady Chatterley 's Lover has just been reissued by the Grove Press , and this pictorial account of the day by day life of an English game-keeper is full of considerable interest to outdoor-minded readers as it contains many passages on pheasant raising , the apprehending of poachers , ways to control vermin and other chores and duties of the professional game-keeper . |
| 8 | This applies as much to business organizations as it does to public sector organizations . |
| 9 | as if this were not bad enough , the great mudflow rolled on into the sea at the mouth of the Riviere Blanche , setting up a series of waves as it did so , one of which was powerful enough to capsize the yacht Precheur moored off the river mouth . |
| 10 | When plants are cleared from an ecosystem effects animals as it reduces their food resources and thereby creating competition and by sometimes cutting down their shelter and natural habitat forcing them to move to areas where they ca n't survive . |
| 11 | Tenderly he wiped its mouth and nostrils and eyes as it coughed into life , vomiting saline nutrient over his hands . |
| 12 | In occasional clearings the American boys caught sight of slender natives in conical , palm-leaf hats bending over fishing lines or snares for river fowl , but they rarely looked up ; only the naked , potbellied children paid any attention , staring at the Avignon with brown , expressionless eyes as it swung past the low banks on which they stood . |
| 13 | Donna closed her eyes as it climbed through turbulence . |
| 14 | One of the most bizarre examples of this ‘ Expressive Revolution ’ occurred ( under my own eyes as it happened ) at the London School of Economics during one of the frequent student occupations . |
| 15 | Standing in the back of one of the pick-ups as it sped across the hard sand , with the dust spiralling out behind us across the vast plain , it seemed that a whole new world was opening up . |
| 16 | Throughout the seventeenth century , and far into the eighteenth , the issue of precedence continued to arouse strong feeling and generate disputes as it had done in earlier generations . |
| 17 | Year round it is popular for walks as it exudes an elegant serenity inspired of the water and the graceful trees . |
| 18 | It struck two cars as it came to rest . |
| 19 | Chased by police vehicles and a helicopter it rammed three cars as it careered down the wrong side of city centre roads . |
| 20 | Slowly she eased it open , offering up a silent thanks as it slid noiselessly over the carpet , then made her way one careful step at a time downstairs . |
| 21 | SD ACOUSTICS IS ANOTHER IN THAT RICH crop of small British manufacturers with something interesting to say to the discerning listener who is wiling to seek out a brand that is by no means as widely distributed in the shops as it deserves to be . |
| 22 | He said that the British APT ( Advanced Passenger Train ) and the Canadian LRC ( Light , Rapid and Comfortable ) — which like the APT tilts as it enters bends — were failures . |
| 23 | Recognising that the integrity of the learning process applies as much to adults in schools as it does to children . |
| 24 | The winner of the Queen 's gold award for the best architectural projects of the year , Mr. Stansfield Smith — for Hampshire county council schools as it happens , an authority that is proud of local provision by an in-house organisation — has described the programme as being as much about ’ cheap politics as about cheap buildings ’ . |
| 25 | Appropriate educational material will continue to be co-ordinated , evaluated and distributed to schools as it becomes available . |
| 26 | The study aims to explore the nature and patterning of the variation in foreign language achievement in secondary schools as it relates to earlier first language development . |
| 27 | The barking was getting closer by the second and we could hear the hunters whistling and shouting orders to the dogs , and the sound of the boar scrunching dried leaves and snapping dead branches as it hurtled down through the trees . |
| 28 | More or less handmade , a pocket-sprung mattress is expensive but the best bet for couples of differing weights as it gives each sleeper individual support . |
| 29 | The success of the variety multiples has meant that manufacturers have had to reappraise their sales channels as it has meant a concentration of purchasing power into fewer hands . |
| 30 | THE shaky Romanian jet smells of old food , sweat and feet and rattles as it flies . |