Example sentences of "[noun pl] as it [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You could feel the dismay amongst the Leeds players and their fans as it thundered past John Lukic and into the back of the net , leaving them searching for three goals to progress in the competition . |
| 2 | This applies as much to business organizations as it does to public sector organizations . |
| 3 | Tenderly he wiped its mouth and nostrils and eyes as it coughed into life , vomiting saline nutrient over his hands . |
| 4 | In occasional clearings the American boys caught sight of slender natives in conical , palm-leaf hats bending over fishing lines or snares for river fowl , but they rarely looked up ; only the naked , potbellied children paid any attention , staring at the Avignon with brown , expressionless eyes as it swung past the low banks on which they stood . |
| 5 | Donna closed her eyes as it climbed through turbulence . |
| 6 | Standing in the back of one of the pick-ups as it sped across the hard sand , with the dust spiralling out behind us across the vast plain , it seemed that a whole new world was opening up . |
| 7 | Chased by police vehicles and a helicopter it rammed three cars as it careered down the wrong side of city centre roads . |
| 8 | SD ACOUSTICS IS ANOTHER IN THAT RICH crop of small British manufacturers with something interesting to say to the discerning listener who is wiling to seek out a brand that is by no means as widely distributed in the shops as it deserves to be . |
| 9 | Recognising that the integrity of the learning process applies as much to adults in schools as it does to children . |
| 10 | The study aims to explore the nature and patterning of the variation in foreign language achievement in secondary schools as it relates to earlier first language development . |
| 11 | To the Marxist historian Michael Chanan the halls were merely ‘ tools of commercial exploitation ’ but a more balanced view would rely on an appreciation of the way in which ‘ live ’ variety revealed as much about showmen as it did about ‘ humanity at large ’ . |
| 12 | It criticises and deconstructs its own formulations as it struggles against the dominant system of meaning . ’ |
| 13 | The train groaned and eased its aches as it drew into the small station . |
| 14 | In some ways , a comparison between Nissan and Toyota in America and Nissan in Britain reveals as much about those two countries as it does about the firms . |
| 15 | It seems to me a matter of the highest possible importance that where a quasi-judicial function is being exercised , under such circumstances as it had to be exercised here , with the result of depriving people of their property , especially if it is done without compensation , the persons concerned should be satisfied that nothing unfair has been done in the matter , and that ex parte statements have not been heard before the decision has been given without any chance for the person concerned to refute those statements . |
| 16 | The driver spun the wheel as the Mercedes reached the end of the row of parked cars and it skidded sideways , the left corner of the rear bumper crumpling in a flash of sparks as it glanced off the wall . |
| 17 | I have only seen one badger in the so-called ‘ wild ’ , caught in the beam of car headlights as it dashed across a small country road in Cornwall . |
| 18 | Would the idyll she had dreamed of be there again , not smashed to pieces as it seemed to be ? |
| 19 | And the ability of many insects to see the infrared and microwave emanations of particular molecules or of particular plants , for instance , is intriguing in its wider implications as it relates to the overall balance and economy of nature . |
| 20 | This facility applies as much , if not more to industrial and commercial buyers as it does to individual consumers . |
| 21 | The supreme joy of Keld is the river , hurrying in a mad rush from its desolate beginnings as it thrashes through a channel it has carved in the limestone in a series of cascades and waterfalls . |
| 22 | It takes aim , compensating for the way that light bends as it passes from water to air and squirts a jet of drops , knocking the insect from its foothold so that it falls into the water and can be eaten . |
| 23 | The ocean changes its colours as it sweeps towards where I lie . |
| 24 | The story of Fleming 's discovery was a superb one and gained delightful embellishments as it dwindled in truthfulness . |
| 25 | Third , the Registrar 's certificate will be given the same effect as regards further particulars as it has with respect to the creation of a charge . |
| 26 | The Club proved very popular for many years as it appealed to the many actors , artists and musicians who found the atmosphere of Bedford Park most congenial . |
| 27 | The Gould machine was set like clockwork to continue ticking as methodically for the next two years as it had for the last eight . |
| 28 | It sculptures caves in its banks as it falls into a deep ravine , and becomes sedate only in its later stages as it leaves its dale to lose its identity in the River Lune . |
| 29 | The horse blew great jets of steam from its nostrils as it stood on the towpath , patiently waiting for them to board . |
| 30 | Between national curriculum levels and general skills and abilities as it sits at the moment ? |