Example sentences of "[vb infin] as it [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So we say ‘ Of course the cat believes the ball is stuck — it is conscious , its eyes work , why else would it behave as it does ? ’ but disallow that it might have the belief ‘ that it believes the ball is stuck ’ , this being linguistic ( Kenny 1975 : 5 ) . |
| 2 | It is a disequilibrium situation which can not survive as it offers investors a profitable arbitrage opportunity . |
| 3 | For our purposes , what matters about it is that it is an all-or-none signal , with an amplitude that does not attenuate as it travels along the axon . |
| 4 | It needs , as a minimum , some complementary statement of aims of what the NHS should achieve as it moves into the next century . |
| 5 | Other more exotic applications for the device will appear as it undergoes further improvement . |
| 6 | Not only De La Rue but also maker of specialist papers Portals should benefit as it has more than half the world market for the secure cotton-based papers used for money and money orders which it is already selling to about 120 countries . |
| 7 | Version 6.20 of Logitech 's versatile MouseMan driver software is supplied and this offers various utilities like programmable mouse buttons , Windows pointer customisation and even an option for the pointer to temporarily grow as it moves . |
| 8 | That the argument will not do as it stands is , in fact , conceded in the Three Dialogues , where Berkeley allows Hylas to make the point that , although the existence of a sensible thing might consist in its being perceivable ( as in the premiss ) , it does not ( a fixed upon matter … may … forget that there be such things in the world as Spirits … and at last that there is a God , and that their souls are immortal . ’ |
| 9 | What the high-speed camera does n't show as it freezes the action is that the top pros have the skill to make the clubhead catch up with their hands and arrive at the same time at impact … as when at address . |
| 10 | Can anyone tell me where ‘ balmpot ’ did originate as it has puzzled me for some 60 years ? |
| 11 | What we have will suffice as it stands . |
| 12 | Yet I do n't know how to wish her to stay with you for your own reputation 's sake , my dear son , for the world will censure as it lists . |
| 13 | However , a democracy can vote as it feels fit , and the Tories are in very real danger of losing the next election as homeowners desert to the opposition parties . |
| 14 | Stunning — but this young Chana micropeltes may fade as it grows to a duller red . |
| 15 | Restaurants : Dutch cuisine is rich and creamy and comes in large portions ; pork does not dominate as it does in West Germany . |
| 16 | ‘ So Ryan 's stuck with a piece of land he ca n't develop and can only sell as it stands at market value ? ’ she asked , beginning to enjoy the irony of it . |
| 17 | They illustrate the principle of allometry ; that an animal 's relative proportions may change as it increases in size . |
| 18 | You can pay as it suits you … with interest FREE credit , by cash , cheque or credit card . |
| 19 | Here oak is useful , because it does n't mind being soaked in water all winter , although it will probably split as it dries out in summer . |
| 20 | Barney Frank , the congressman who runs the relevant subcommittee in the House , says that the bill ‘ wo n't pass as it stands ’ , so strong is domestic opposition from an unlikely coalition of environmentalists and nativist Republicans . |
| 21 | The price of Kevlar will reduce as it becomes more widely used , whereas carbon fibre is so energy-consumptive to manufacture that the likelihood is it will always be too costly for anything other than specialised use in the car industry . |
| 22 | Thirdly , the faster the clicks are emitted , the more up-to-date information the bat will receive as it negotiates the obstacles in the cave and dodges through the branches and creepers of the night forest . |
| 23 | Let's all wave as it goes by . |
| 24 | Lengths should be overlapped , and only cut to fit at the ends , as hessian can shrink as it dries . |
| 25 | He takes a drag on his cigarette and taps the ash between his legs , hearing a faint hiss as it hits the water . |
| 26 | The team do n't complain as it means an extra journey and a possible late night being avoided . |
| 27 | I also had high hopes of the Electricity Board , particularly as I had taken to cutting ‘ Miss ’ off my meter reading cards with scissors and it was one of those cards you are n't allowed to cut or mutilate as it upsets the computer . |
| 28 | The frosting will harden as it cools and , as you are spreading it , it will cool more rapidly . |
| 29 | Will harden as it cools . |
| 30 | Although a firm 's value might rise as it borrows more , the closer it gets to bankruptcy the higher will be its cost of borrowing . |