Example sentences of "as it [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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1 | During the final confrontation , the comedy reaches its height as it emerges that , owing to a design oversight , ED 209 can not negotiate stairs . |
2 | She touched this totem carefully , gaining confidence as it quivered and tautened . |
3 | This was odd as it indicated that the winter flock had already scattered as separate pairs at this very early date . |
4 | Etched into Kinder Scout 's northern flanks , the clough provides pleasant rock-hopping as it twists and turns upwards until you enter a fine , hidden amphitheatre which gives good scrambling up rocky steps . |
5 | As long as it go when you push down it locks it 's fine . |
6 | Hidden behind their line of sight was a precision , a passion , a calling which chilled as it touched and made the other two pause . |
7 | Now the Sale of Goods Act is good erm as far as it goes but it 's |
8 | Especially as it melts and forms a |
9 | The Board rejected this view as it considers that only shareholders are owners of a company and hence the issue of warrants which are not subsequently exercised represents a gain . |
10 | He lay on his back and looked up at the leaf canopy as it stirred and turned , sifting the afternoon sunlight . |
11 | A light , creamy Gentle Purifying Cleanser softens as it cleanses and the Gentle Moisturising Cream is easily absorbed to sooth the skin and offer long-lasting protection . |
12 | Complete the following : ‘ a ? \ @*; £ ! % beats as it sweeps as it cleans ’ ; ‘ a \ @*?; & a day helps you work rest and play ’ . |
13 | Nigel : ‘ It beats as it sweeps as it plugs up the hole in the ozone layer ? ’ |
14 | ‘ We have been closely monitoring the project as it progresses and introducing the operator 's staff to a number of techniques we use to evaluate the potential of the blocks . ’ |
15 | Pains that increase as the sun rises to midday and decrease as it falls and sets |
16 | Pains that increase as the sun rises to midday and decrease as it falls and sets ( like in Natrum mur and Tabacum . |
17 | But the good-night was not as definite as it sounded and Fritz , cowed though he was , knew it and walked with Erika to her bus-stop and waited with her in the cold until the bus did trundle along , and even then he made an attempt to get on it with her , a ploy which , with a deft use of her elbow , Erika foiled , leaving him standing at the bus-stop ; a lonely rejected youth , bowed as with the sorrows of all the world — and yet irresistibly comic . |
18 | In extremely dry periods , the lungfish of Africa just bury themselves in the mud at the bottom of their temporary ponds , and wait for as long as it takes until it rains again . |
19 | It refused as it knew that it could not do so and survive at home . |
20 | He was attracted to her , as any red-blooded male would be to any presentable woman in these circumstances , but that was as far as it went and it was up to her to make sure her own feelings did n't betray her . |
21 | This is a particular risk also with stakes — when wind blow rocks the plant or stake , there is a likelihood of the stem or stake opening a funnel-shaped hole around itself as it rocks and compresses the soil . |
22 | I explained that the meeting could elect anything it wished so long as it understood that the ‘ original organisers , … would make up their own minds what status , if any , to accord those elected . |
23 | More exactly , since these five writers differ not only from other New Critics but also among themselves , I shall for the sake of clarity and simplicity concentrate on two texts , Wimsatt 's The Verbal Icon and Brooks 's The Well-Wrought Urn , referring to the work of the others only insofar as it corroborates or develops what is said there . |
24 | To do this , an ideal model based on the equality paradigm was constructed and then compared with a neutral model reflecting the further education system as it existed before the Act took effect . |
25 | What is significant for understanding why to is used with the infinitive of reaction is that the notion of " evaluation " implies a judgement as to whether the event was opportune or not , and this judgement involves an implicit reference to the situation as it existed before the infinitive event occurred , i.e. to the factors making its occurrence either opportune or inopportune . |
26 | The government of Bosnia-Hercegovina under President Alija Izetbegovic continued as the internationally recognized government of Bosnia-Hercegovina but had lost control of most of the territory of the state as it existed when it was recognized internationally in April 1992 [ see p. 38848 ] . |
27 | Since ocean-floor basalt subsides as it cools while migrating away from the spreading axis , a faster-spreading ridge will be hotter and more buoyant over a larger area and hence will cause more displacement of sea water over the continents . |
28 | Glass , like other substances , contracts as it cools and if the outer parts of the glass be cooled and hardened before the inner parts then the outside will , of course , contract more initially than the inside but , since the inside is still soft , it will yield in the early stages of cooling . |
29 | After it is painted onto the wood it sets very quickly as it cools and the joint is soon firm . |
30 | The frosting will harden as it cools and , as you are spreading it , it will cool more rapidly . |