Example sentences of "[v-ing] as [pron] does " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had applied for an Adjournment debate on this subject , but I realised that the hon. Member for Rotherham ( Mr. Crowther ) had a prior right , representing as he does the NLVA . |
| 2 | This last point is worth amplifying as it does affect the poetry . |
| 3 | This remark , occurring as it does in a passage in which he is distinguishing between the grounds of the class metal ( ‘ the possession of certain common peculiarities ’ ) and those of the class sensation of white ( ‘ nothing but resemblance ’ ) clearly implies that if I had had no other sensations of white I could not assert the proposition ‘ This is a sensation of white ’ with the meaning it has when I have had such sensations . |
| 4 | It seems that the bacterial cell wall grows helically , twisting as it does . |
| 5 | Between palace and castle runs the processional route of the Royal Mile , for long the arena for the city 's most important activities , climbing as it does up a narrow ridge cramped between steep slopes carved out by ancient glaciers to either side . |
| 6 | The names and addresses of these bureaux are listed in Appendix I. A Green Card furnished at frontiers ensures smooth passage establishing as it does the existence of a country 's compulsory motor insurance . |
| 7 | Millie , Sapphire 's murderer , clearly misses male sexual attention , fantasising as she does that her absent husband 's return is imminent . |
| 8 | However , elation at the beauty of the surroundings meant tandooried legs were far from my thoughts , and as we continued to the shapely Sgurr an Lochain , towering as it does over a tiny dark blue lochan , we agreed it could n't get much better . |
| 9 | It is all too bland , and the constant reference to the reader as ‘ he ’ is rather tiresome , implying as it does that there are no differences in the reading behaviour and tastes of boys and girls . |
| 10 | Of the two promises made by the duke , it is the second which has received most attention , implying as it does that the duke had been poaching the earl 's retainers . |
| 11 | Implying as it does |
| 12 | Of the two promises made by the duke , it is the second which has received most attention , implying as it does that the duke had been poaching the earl 's retainers . |
| 13 | My choice of heating equipment may raise a few eyebrows , ranging as it does from the advanced to the primitive . |
| 14 | ‘ Flags & Emblems ’ suggests he could be right , boasting as it does ten numbers that are every bit as abrasive and sharply barbed as their predecessors . |
| 15 | ‘ Well , she can afford to pick and choose , looking as she does . ’ |
| 16 | But he can rarely know whether or not the policeman has good grounds for acting as he does , and in so far as there is a conflict between the citizen and the policeman , the reasonable suspicions of the policeman must take priority . |
| 17 | The difference is that whereas the policeman is justified in acting as he does , the citizen is merely excused from criminal liability on the grounds that he lacks mens rea . |
| 18 | On the clean sound , reverb really does make a difference , adding as it does greater depth to any guitar 's tone . |
| 19 | ‘ Discotech ’ is the top track , going as it does ‘ WOOMP ! ’ and ‘ SHWOB ! |
| 20 | This approach to surgical research is again unacceptable , ignoring as it does much excellent research that is responsible for real improvements in patients ' care . |
| 21 | The latter site could be something of a watershed , possessing as it does an example of a type B arrangement , one of the earliest examples of star-like squares enclosed by a circle , a saltire design , and a simple geometric meander ( pI . |
| 22 | Lying as it does at the northern limit of the global thermohaline ‘ conveyor belt ’ , changes in this region may ultimately have global consequences . |
| 23 | Lying as it does near the putative centre of the town , the building may have had some public function . |
| 24 | My right hon. and learned Friend will understand that the west midlands conurbation , lying as it does in a landlocked area , is responsible for the bulk of the country 's manufacturing industry , and that it depends on adequate and improving road conditions . |
| 25 | It perceives the full complexity of the protection task , encroaching as it does on private family territory with an uncertain knowledge base and poor predictive instruments ; and it deplores the hostile climate in which such delicate work must be carried through . |
| 26 | Lienhardt , writing of the Dinka of the southern Sudan , provides support for Romaine 's view but also suggests a further elaboration of it , impinging as he does so on a number of the issues raised here . |
| 27 | The transition from the glass to the rubber-like state is an important feature of polymer behaviour , marking as it does a region where dramatic changes in the physical properties , such as hardness and elasticity , are observed . |
| 28 | Montague generation , proceeding as it does through all categories of expression simultaneously , promises recognition of the conversational integrity of parts of speech in a way that sentence-focussed Chomskian grammar does not . |
| 29 | Proceeding as it does from dogma , the Marxist pronouncement on Owen and the idea of the industrial co-operative considered as an extension of democracy is a verdict from which there is no appeal . |
| 30 | In this context , in a more general sense , a return to a more convergent exchange rate policy within Europe , providing as it does a background of stability to encourage exporters , would be welcomed again at some stage in the future . |