Example sentences of "but as it [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Standard controls are a single wheel on a fixed left-side-only or throw-over yoke pivoting fore-and-aft on a centreline pillar ; but as it is partly intended for training G-DHCB has twin control wheels at either end of a Y-shaped structure . |
| 2 | The track that crosses the BCR at Longville Bridge runs below the railway at this point , and perhaps the screen was for the benefit of users of the track , but as it is also below the railway on the opposite side of the ford , and no screen was suggested there , it seems doubtful that this was the reason . |
| 3 | Er B B C radio York you are not in the South of France but as it is persistently snowing around the county at the moment I thought you know a little French flavour . |
| 4 | It is , therefore , for the information of tutors ‘ old ’ and ‘ new ’ , as well as for students and members , that I now outline the education and examination system that the Institute wanted , not as it was , not as some may think it is , ( or should be ) , but as it is today . |
| 5 | As for HMS United she had been on station at the rendezvous ; but as it is barely possible to see a 10,000 tonner at 400 yards on a rough night there is little chance of seeing the recognition signals from a canoe when these torch or RG beams are a mere four feet ( just over a metre ) at arm 's length above the waves . |
| 6 | Understandable had I been writing this in August , but as it is still March it looks as if we are in for another drought this summer . |
| 7 | Until 1988 it was known as the Archbishop of Canterbury 's Certificate , but as it is now open to Roman Catholics has been renamed the Archbishops ' Certificate ( ACertCM ) . |
| 8 | Erm so it 's worth doing that we I , cos I was gon na go I was gon na go Thursday and just come back on the Monday but as it is now we 'll go Wednesday and have Wednesday , Thursday , Friday , Saturday , Sunday night , so we 'll come back on the Monday . |
| 9 | But as it was no longer where she had left it , then it must have done , unless someone had shot into Rose Cottage and stolen it while Cassie had been sitting on the loo . |
| 10 | We thought it a good idea to start off by hiring a motor caravan , or camper van as they 're called in NZ , but as it was quite expensive we took it for a fortnight just to try it . |
| 11 | ‘ But as it was only Rupert Stonebird it did n't seem to matter . ’ |