Example sentences of "[coord] as [adj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But one day in late summer , when I was pointing the otter out to my passengers , and as usual it got up to move out of sight , I saw to my surprise that it was followed by two cubs ! |
| 2 | They drove home the Derry way , and as usual it set Mallachy off . |
| 3 | It was also a strategic move towards the long-term goal of gaining international recognition for its struggle , and as such it had been resisted steadfastly by Ramos 's predecessors . |
| 4 | What it appears to import is some positive act which is short of entering into a new contract and as such it does not fit neatly into the conceptual apparatus of contract law . |
| 5 | Sadler had articulated the political sentiment in his Manchester inquiry when he remarked on how education was but one aspect of ‘ a many sided problem ’ , and as such it necessitated both the development of individuality and personal conviction and ‘ a sense of national duty and obligation towards the State ’ , which could only come through ‘ better and more systematic training for the duties of citizenship and for home-making and family claims ’ . |
| 6 | Crucial to the financial stability is the fact that Highlander is recognised as a non profit-making organisation , and as such it has successfully applied for and sustained a tax-exempt status from the Federal revenue agency . |
| 7 | The New Criticism almost certainly constitutes the English-speaking world 's major contribution to literary theory , and as such it has exercised until recently a dominant influence on the teaching of literature in the United States and , to a lesser extent , in Britain . |
| 8 | Darlington 's Tourist Information Centre is part of the English Tourist Board network , and as such it has to abide by certain rules . |
| 9 | In the main , it was a documentary type of novel which aimed to be an authentic depiction of a particular environment , and as such it tended to continue the tradition of nineteenth-century realism . |
| 10 | The announcement effectively signalled the government 's intention to end its state of war with mainland China and as such it removed a major obstacle to closer ties with the Chinese government . |
| 11 | In some ways it is the loftiest , most visionary of Beethoven 's symphonies and as such it needs a visionary to conduct it . |
| 12 | Instead , it has been suggested that the object tends towards presentational form , which can not be broken up as though into grammatical sub-units , and as such it appears to have a particularly close relation to emotions , feelings and basic orientations to the world . |
| 13 | The prosody of Dame Sirith may be unobtrusive , but as such it represents a smooth and polished performance that itself contributes to the tone of the work . |