Example sentences of "[adv] as it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everything continues more or less as it had before , and it becomes increasingly evident that Jesus 's death has accomplished nothing . |
| 2 | Leaving everything more or less as it had been and closing the drawer , she turned her attention to the rest of the room . |
| 3 | As it happens , this is one of those cases where you can use the classic problem-solving approach more or less as it stands . |
| 4 | Worse , the Federal Communications Commission ( FCC ) has served notice that it is going to treat cable firms , under the terms of the 1992 Cable Act , more or less as it treats telephone companies — that is , with vigilance . |
| 5 | We will ensure that the benefits of fund-holding arrangements are available to any GP who wishes to apply , and we will be ready to extend the scope of the scheme further as it develops . |
| 6 | For instance he wrote Leagach ( more as it sounds ) for Liathach ; yet Each for Eighe ( pronounced ay as in play ) seems to have no phonetic parallel . |
| 7 | She accepted the offer gratefully , feeling the train slow down even more as it cruised into the vast amphitheatre of concrete and glass that was the terminus itself . |
| 8 | We would n't still be doing it if we did n't feel that it was creating enough profit in the meantime , and looked like it could create more as it went along . ’ |
| 9 | Lead oxide ( PbO ) increases the optical refractive index , bending light more as it enters the glass ; ‘ flint ’ glass for optical elements and ‘ crystal ’ glass for tableware take advantage of this . |
| 10 | I argued earlier that there are problems in attempting any rigorous theoretical definition of the ‘ manual work/mental work ’ , or ‘ manual/non-manual ’ , distinction but all the same this classification , conceived as a socially constructed principle of division , has a certain social validity , as least as it applies to male workers . |