Example sentences of "as it [be] [adv] a " in BNC.

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1 In the same manner , Paynes Grey can be considered a dark violet-blue as it is primarily a mix of ultramarine blue and black .
2 There is no more precise definition as it is simply a residual category .
3 We shall be trying to get tickets for Phantom of the Opera , but details are still to be confirmed , as it is still a very popular show .
4 In this area there is a surprising lack of desktop publishing software as it is obviously a prime candidate .
5 However , as it is usually a method designed to illustrate something already known , a certain discretion may be exercised in the placing of the lines of section .
6 Usually found around the edge of the forest close to open countryside , you are more likely to hear the loud laughing call of the green woodpecker than see it , as it is quite a shy bird .
7 So he would be under the STV , and in many constituencies his re.adoption would be practically as it is now a guarantee of his return to Westminster .
8 The strings here play a melodic line including the major 3rd of E7 ( G£ ) , while the bass gets away with a low G natural ( as it is only a sixteenth note long and not in an exposed position ! ) .
9 Time will bring an end to all things , even to Marlowe 's dream , as it is only a dream and exists in the temporal , real world .
10 Situated in a secluded setting , yet only 100 metres from the beach , the hotel is ideal for waterlovers as it 's only a five minute walk to Ortakent 's watersports facilities and beachside tavernas .
11 But they say it 's not very difficult if you know how , as it 's only a fun do , not affiliated or something , when you 'd get struck off or something terrible . ’
12 If we 're totally honest , this should n't even be in this feature as it 's actually a game based on the Frederick Forsyth novel , as opposed to the consequent film .
13 The response — on the day it was revealed she was the voice on the tape — was as staggering as it was overwhelmingly a vote for the Princess .
14 But there were also emotional reasons behind the rule as it was also a way of reasserting her authority .
15 As it was only a few minutes before the shop closed , he forbore to detail the checkout girl with his usual badinage about the finer points of philosophy or astrophysics .
16 And , seeing as it was only a cheap literary device anyway , and that not even the legendary Graham Gardner owns a copy of ‘ Pewter Suitor ’ , who 's ever going to know ? ’
17 As soon as the people heard that he had left them money , ( especially as it was quite a worthless sum ) they sympathized with Antony .
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