Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] as it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However its influence to date has been limited as it covers perhaps too broad an area . |
| 2 | The mosaic from Roxby , Lincs. , ( Fowler 1818 , no. 3 ) , has not been included as it shows more certain affinities with pavements in southern Lincolnshire and the area around Water Newton , Cambs. , ( Smith 1969 , 108 ) . |
| 3 | Returning to the record established at the head of this chapter , the Modular Course has obviously been transformed as it has grown . |
| 4 | Meanwhile , splits in the Cabinet are rumoured as it meets to discuss next year 's Government spending programme . |
| 5 | A rare German Shepherd dog has been stolen as it stood guard at a pub . |
| 6 | Investment in some technology can be justified as it leads to more efficient billing . |
| 7 | A diet high in fresh fruit and vegetables is obviously to be recommended as it encourages digestion and elimination . |
| 8 | Their hay would be fed as it had been cut , handful by handful , and should be enough with seaweed and oat straw to feed her till she was helped out in the spring . |
| 9 | This water heater is not to be used as it failed to reach the er oh well I now ! |
| 10 | The spoken word is a different skill than the written one and it is unlikely that a press release will be used as it stands . |
| 11 | Each minute , each second , had to be played as it came . |
| 12 | Obviously some of the above are debatable and such debate should be encouraged as it provides the student with — problems encountered in reality . |
| 13 | Winter savory can be grown from seed sown outdoors in August ; it should not be covered as it needs light to germinate when it will then sprout in about ten days . |
| 14 | However , as members of the Cambridge Board Committee , both the District Chairman and Secretary were fully apprised of the details of the new arrangements and , presumably , acquiesced in the explicit transfer of providing powers under Chapter III for One-Year and Terminal courses in rural areas so that the complete scheme in Bedfordshire could be maintained as it had developed from 1927 . |
| 15 | In the early 1970s the cynical and exploitative role of multinational companies appeared to be confirmed as it became clear that Shell and BP , the latter half-owned by the British government , were the principal source of oil supplies to the outlawed Smith regime of Rhodesia . |
| 16 | The importance of this scheme can not be over-emphasised as it provides pupils with set targets which will motivate them to work hard and raise the standard of their play . |
| 17 | In what follows we shall try to suggest a way of combining theory and experience , which draws on work by Imré Lakatos , Roy Bhaskar , and others but can be read as it stands . |
| 18 | This methyl mercury is absorbed by small organisms in the water which are eaten by fish which are eaten by larger fish , and all the time the poison is being concentrated as it moves up the food chain . |
| 19 | It matters just as much to a person 's education what he learns and is taught as it matters to his salvation what he believes . |
| 20 | It overflows into a 3″ diameter down tube where the water is re-oxygenated as it enters the main tank . |
| 21 | We now evaluate the product in reverse order : unc The reader is invited to check that , if B is resolved as it stands into unc then C = unc will also have its last row null , the zero eigenvalue thus repeating . |
| 22 | This term is preferred as it signifies ill-treatment of a person . |
| 23 | The basic idea is that profit from long-term business is recognised as it accrues rather than when it emerges as a cash surplus released from a long-term fund , as the current statutory method dictates . |
| 24 | the boat is blessed as it leaves Falmouth |
| 25 | He is referring to France as this is where the poem is set as it combines the rest of the world in with this one man , the sun being the common factor , France , I think , represent the rest of the world and since it is a funny thought this single object waking up the whole population , Owen uses the words ‘ even in ’ . |
| 26 | After this recommended detour to Ru Stoer , the road to Lochinver is resumed as it turns south and passes between the scattered buildings of the village of Stoer , occupying a bleak area of the coastal belt and itself having no features of special interest to warrant a halt , but blessed with a lovely bay and sandy beaches nearby . |
| 27 | Each case is monitored as it progresses from arrest to final disposal . |
| 28 | This is greatest at the point where the main vein , carrying blood from the animal 's body back into its heart , is constricted as it passes through the animal 's chest . |
| 29 | Jobs are often not secure so any new technology which may improve productivity is resisted as it threatens employment . |
| 30 | Everything from bereavement and marriage to the price of yeast is taken as it comes at these rural meetings . |