Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] as it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Again , how — if at all — does a mosquito perceive its own high-pitched ping as it closes in on its prey , a sound not uttered as it dances with its fellows in gay abandon in a summer evening 's cloud . |
| 2 | It is a disequilibrium situation which can not survive as it offers investors a profitable arbitrage opportunity . |
| 3 | For our purposes , what matters about it is that it is an all-or-none signal , with an amplitude that does not attenuate as it travels along the axon . |
| 4 | That the argument will not do as it stands is , in fact , conceded in the Three Dialogues , where Berkeley allows Hylas to make the point that , although the existence of a sensible thing might consist in its being perceivable ( as in the premiss ) , it does not ( a fixed upon matter … may … forget that there be such things in the world as Spirits … and at last that there is a God , and that their souls are immortal . ’ |
| 5 | It was time for a film , a film I had watched before , however I did not mind as it passed the time . |
| 6 | A wide luff tube is not used as it hinders waterstarts when full of water . |
| 7 | Restaurants : Dutch cuisine is rich and creamy and comes in large portions ; pork does not dominate as it does in West Germany . |
| 8 | After a few years , the conclusion was reached that the experiment had not worked as it had been expected to , and cuts in educational spending soon brought it to an end . |
| 9 | What the high-speed camera does n't show as it freezes the action is that the top pros have the skill to make the clubhead catch up with their hands and arrive at the same time at impact … as when at address . |
| 10 | The car did n't stop as it passed them . |
| 11 | Barney Frank , the congressman who runs the relevant subcommittee in the House , says that the bill ‘ wo n't pass as it stands ’ , so strong is domestic opposition from an unlikely coalition of environmentalists and nativist Republicans . |
| 12 | A Green vote is n't wasted as it says she 's concerned about the future of the planet . |
| 13 | The team do n't complain as it means an extra journey and a possible late night being avoided . |