Example sentences of "be as it [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I in particular , bearing in mind the point that er Mr i is making , that er newts seem to be as it were very choosy in where they er go , bearing in mind the existence of at least three other ponds in Skelton , I would like to know whe how er why it is or whether it is that newts are only found in this pond , and whether or not er the the survey has shown anything in either of er in any of the other ponds . |
| 2 | In this way the surface output , being as it is so critically dependent on transformational pedigree , becomes a highly labile and volatile product . |
| 3 | Rather , to adopt the method involves accepting that there is a ‘ reality ’ , which is as it is independently of what anyone may think of it , but which suitably organized inquiry is fated to discover eventually ; around the early 1870s Peirce speaks of reality as the final cause of inquiry . |
| 4 | They assume that the natural world has an independent existence of its own , which is as it is regardless of those who are studying it , and which is governed by laws which can be discovered by the research scientist if only the right methods can be developed . |
| 5 | All that science could say is : The universe is as it is now because it was as it was then . |
| 6 | The room may well have been as it was then , twenty years ago . |
| 7 | The object then was as it is today , to get from one place to the next as swiftly as possible . |
| 8 | But science could not explain why it was as it was just after the big bang . |
| 9 | All that science could say is : The universe is as it is now because it was as it was then . |