Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] as it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Bank of England is , of course , free to respond as it chooses to any such bids or offers but , as well as being concerned to finance the government 's borrowing needs on the best possible terms , the Bank has a publicly-expressed interest in the liquidity of the gilt-edged market . |
| 2 | ( This belligerent insistence on Washington 's right to behave as it chose in the interests of US ‘ security ’ must have aggravated Cuban fears . ) |
| 3 | I found the metal of the cutter easy to work as it seems quite soft in comparison to the tool steel of my gouges . |
| 4 | This idea of flexibility applies as much to exercise as it does to food . |
| 5 | I hope , when Siward comes with his army , that you find the field as easy to quit as it has been to enter . ’ |
| 6 | Unfortunately , the program tries to be too many different things at once , and as a result it is n't easy to use as it claims and performs quite slowly . |
| 7 | It is n't a question Chairman but it 's easy to ask as it seems , we you said a ten year , but what about a thirty service of deferred pension , that could be an entirely different situation , because that is inflation put under the Post Office and B T ones it 's inflation proofed every year , so for the ten years , if he 's if he 's got another ten years before he draws his pension at sixty , he would have that er deferred pension inflation proofed every year . |
| 8 | It is easy to operate as it fits in with existing school organisation . |
| 9 | A Netherlands DC-10 crashed as it tried to land during a storm at Faro , Portugal , on Dec. 21 , killing 54 people . |
| 10 | Indeed , while the restructuring plan casts doubt on the firm 's ability to come up with the capital to finance an ambitious plan to expand its telecommunications operation , the extent of the Kontrax Group 's difficulties are hard to assess as it financed its expansion by means of a maze of inter-company loans . |
| 11 | So far in the book , everything is quite likely to happen as it did . |
| 12 | In Western philosophy , when knowledge or theory comprehends the other , then the alterity of the latter vanishes as it becomes part of the same . |
| 13 | Let's all wave as it goes by . |
| 14 | Late in 1949 , it was decided that Thornton Heath depôt with its narrow entrance and awkward shape , would be quite unsuitable to convert as it stood to a bus garage . |
| 15 | This is tougher than it first looks as it does not cover news , sport , game-shows or teletext services . |
| 16 | The verb to love is difficult to define as it covers such a range of emotion . |
| 17 | This essentially empirical question is very difficult to answer as it raises a whole host of conceptual , theoretical and practical difficulties that are only partially resolvable . |
| 18 | Göring 's popularity in particular suffered as it became evident that , whatever successes German troops were having in distant parts , as head of the Luftwaffe , he was unable to guarantee the protection of the homeland . |
| 19 | ‘ I found the wide head difficult to use as it did n't fit the contours of my skin . |
| 20 | This is not as difficult to do as it sounds , simply because of the very broad maxima and minima . |
| 21 | But such speculation is very difficult to predict as it depends on often highly volatile expectations . |
| 22 | And finally , it offers hardware and software maintenance , which makes up the remaining 39% , and which Bland said the company is keen to develop as it provides a ‘ predictable cash flow and profits ’ — customers tend to renew their contracts year-on-year . |
| 23 | He takes a drag on his cigarette and taps the ash between his legs , hearing a faint hiss as it hits the water . |
| 24 | CYPRESS : 400 TO GO AS IT CLOSES SAN JOSE WAFER FAB |