Example sentences of "[adv] it [verb] as " in BNC.
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1 | And look at how long it lasted as well . |
2 | So it came as something of a shock to Labour 's Brian Wilson when he found that a Commons motion he had tabled had been … well , subbed a bit by the authorities of the House . |
3 | so it sounds as though it could be good |
4 | So it looked as though there was little reason for her to think of backing out of the deal they were planning . |
5 | So it looks as though mate-guarding too has a part to play in sex differences in the breeding season . |
6 | So it looks as though the length of time their eyes are closed determines the amount of active sleep in birds . |
7 | So it looks as though hpGRF and hypothalamic GRF are the same thing in these species , and it should be only a matter of time before it is from the hypothalamus as well . |
8 | So it looks as though at the very beginning of the 1830s , trade unionism was already disposed to settle into the primary role which it was fully and consciously to adopt later in the century , a role which would be ameliorative rather than revolutionary . |
9 | So it looks as though this dish is about to get the smile wiped off its face . |
10 | So it looks as though the Government has given the council a cautious go-ahead to draw up a scheme if not to beat the Tay , then to lessen the disastrous effects another flood would have on the long suffering Perthshire population . |
11 | So it looks as though our scheming is of no avail , though we are still hoping to see you here one day — surely our wild country must appeal to a shooting man ? |
12 | So it looks as though we 'll be able to go shopping tomorrow by the weather forecast . |
13 | so it looks as though you have n't got in . |
14 | That so it looks as though it 's going away . |
15 | ‘ You know , the place in the world which we know as Africa is actually the place where life came from , where life began , and so it seems as though the people who were the original people of this earth have been planted on to be pariahs , the lowest of the low . |
16 | And Laura would answer , ‘ Nothing is certain in science , but nevertheless it looked as though … ’ |
17 | Thus it looks as though there is an almost exact balance in technology trade , which will be a surprise to some . |
18 | Through the double glazing the trees were heavy with snow , and when the wind blew handfuls of it away it looked as though the trees were breathing on the cold air . |
19 | She had gathered her robes around her , sunk to the ground and then had lifted her hand to her face ( so painfully it looked as though her wrist was broken ) with exactly the same gesture with which this man now covered his eyes . |
20 | Already it felt as though the earth would never warm again . |
21 | She had never known anything like the need that rent her , and she knew it was the same need that was racking Luke 's rigid body ; and still it escalated as they succumbed to a welter of tumultuous embraces , caresses and kisses , their staccato breathing punctuated by the sharp sounds of desire , their skin damp with perspiration . |
22 | He was amazed at how difficult it was , but gradually it eased as she eased , and he noticed that she had wet her dress . |
23 | The further they went into the forest the more it seemed as though the village behind , with Fat Watt and Diggory the King 's man and the priest , represented the enemy , and the miles and miles of trees she had formerly and still a little feared had become a sort of sanctuary , a hiding place . |
24 | Yes er and of course i if er rather like it seems as happened last week , if he seems to have got a bit of time he seems to need to have to extend it |
25 | He had resigned Clairvaux ; he had agreed to do homage to his brother ; and now it looked as though all the work of 1182 was going to be undone . |
26 | For a long time he had wondered about the history of this little family , now it looked as though he was going to find out . |
27 | Paul Lane had warned him that Phyllis liked to play things her own way , and now it looked as though she did indeed . |
28 | And now it looked as though she would n't be living here after all . |
29 | Now it seems as though we ca n't build anything anywhere . |
30 | Now it looks as though the Council of Europe might step in and establish a small network of centres of excellence for postgraduate research and training . |