Example sentences of "the [noun] it [verb] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are several fabliaux in which the explicit moral seems to be so incongruous in relation to the narrative it accompanies as to be facetious , if not sarcastic . |
| 2 | ‘ The superintendent of this building appears to be a broken reed , and unless I spend the next twenty-four hours on the telephone it looks as though we are plumb out of luck , ’ he added , throwing the phone book down in disgust . |
| 3 | It was not Ramsay 's place to rebuke them , and Sir Archibald did not do so — for in the circumstances it looked as though no harm was done . |
| 4 | At the moment it looks as though shock Juddmonte International winner Ezzoud will come over from England and if that 's the case we could have an intriguing race on our hands . |
| 5 | At the moment it looks as though Ezzoud , who won the Juddmonte International at York will take his chance and after that shock win over Sabrehill he must be fancied . |
| 6 | At the moment it looks as though Ezzoud , who won the Juddmonte International at York will take his chance and after that shock win over Sabrehill he must be fancied . |
| 7 | Try not to respond the moment it ceases as this suggests to the dog that it can get its own way by behaving in this fashion . |
| 8 | Yet a business has no ‘ score ’ to play by except the score it writes as it plays . |
| 9 | ‘ Maybe they should build a police station on the site it looks as though it could come in very handy in the future … ‘ |
| 10 | First , the charge is inherently more regressive than the rates it replaced as the tax base is the individual rather than the size of his of her property ( Travers 1989a:21 ) . |
| 11 | When I saw the negative it looked as though she had a dog 's head on her shoulders . |
| 12 | I turn now to consider the arguments advanced on behalf of Woolwich in support of its right to recover the payments it made as money had and received or as having been made under duress , two grounds which it was accepted shaded into one another . |
| 13 | The shelves towered above me and from where I sat on the floor it looked as though all of my toys were staring straight at me . |
| 14 | Perhaps it all goes to confirm that a democratic society will inevitably get the police it deserves as it responds to new pressures . |
| 15 | He says that in the end it looks as though the TI offer may be taken up . |
| 16 | From the memo it looks as though you ask me for the form as P.A. to Head of Group . |
| 17 | Inside the hotel it looked as though the nine-hundred-day siege of World War Two was still going on . |
| 18 | On the day we lost the hour on the clock it looks as though winter 's started in earnest . |
| 19 | Whilst the home authority can plan and contract for the services it identifies as being required to meet the needs of its population , it is not clear who will decide which individuals will receive these services . |
| 20 | At the time it seemed as though the Midland had miraculously got its money back from the ill-fated venture . |
| 21 | From the commentary it sounded as though Leeds did not really look like getting a 2nd equaliser . |