Example sentences of "[is] [adv] [v-ing] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | The female , beating her wings as fast as 500 times a second creates the high-pitched hum that is so unsettling as you lie in camp trying to go to sleep without a mosquito net . |
| 2 | It has taken the rest of industry in this country a remarkably long time to come around to his viewpoint , but it is finally looking as though the penny has dropped . |
| 3 | It has also been suggested that the Bond albedo was lower within the last few hundred years and that the atmosphere is still cooling as Jupiter adjusts to its new higher albedo . |
| 4 | The worst target of all is the one that seems to be near but is forever receding as one gets closer to it . |
| 5 | Martin Knapp ( 1993 ) has summarized the dimensions along which reform is concurrently progressing as moving from supply-led to needs-led services ; from an emphasis on institutions to a reduced emphasis on institutions ; from a public welfare model to a mixed economy ; and a movement from health service to local authority provision . |
| 6 | What ‘ Back In Denim ’ is really saying as it launches spiteful attacks on Duran Duran and mourns David Cassidy 's retirement , is that Pop Music Is Important , as much a part of our lives , our personalities as the polluted air we breathe and the clothes we choose to wear . |
| 7 | honourable member what he 's really saying as I understand it Madam Speaker is there 's too much bureaucracy and the bureaucracy is going to prevent anybody acting because they 're all overlapping , they 're all paid out of presumably the public purse as well , there 's a there 's a enormous number of public off officials that is preventing er a a clear direct , exes executive arm . |
| 8 | Unfortunately , it is now looking as though the true story is more complicated , and that other variables , such as metabolic rate , may be more important . |
| 9 | She is also rumoured to have turned her attention to acting , and is reportedly starring as Joan of Arc in a new film about the dangers involved when you get tied to a wooden stake with lots of sticks around it which is then deliberately set on fire by your political opponents . |
| 10 | It is then in the ideal position to attack from below.As the kite is pulled up , so the line is fast moving as it contacts the victim 's line and tension quickly severs the strands . |
| 11 | ‘ She came back from Scotland in fine form and it 's certainly looking as though she 'll run again , ’ he added . |