Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] as it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even if it is not a must , it is often worth applying as it helps the marker do a better job , in particular because he can use electronic tools to provide data that will aid his judgement . |
| 2 | This last point is worth amplifying as it does affect the poetry . |
| 3 | The franchise system was a good way for us to get into thatching as it dispensed with the need to endure a long apprenticeship , gave us a six-month intensive course teaching all the rudiments of thatching , and provided contracts and a source of cheap materials . |
| 4 | Yet , like most faiths in the twentieth century , Christianity has come under the hypnotic spell of this modern attitude , and Christians are beguiled into behaving as it demands . |
| 5 | British Coal , in proceeding as it did , failed to secure the responsible and appropriate use of the house it had promised . |
| 6 | We chartered a STOL ( short take-off and landing ) aircraft from the Summer Institute of Linguistics , a missionary organisation , and flew to Loreto , which from the map appeared to be a promising area for collecting as it had no roads and therefore no colonists . |
| 7 | Tears filled her eyes as the truth danced before her , but they ebbed without spilling as it danced away again . |
| 8 | His letter is worth quoting as it shows the depth of feeling and suspicion in the Services at that time . |