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 .
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