Example sentences of "as it [vb -s] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it argues ministers should hesitate before going further with the publication of information that could be misused in the same way as it says occurred with published exam results . |
| 2 | Awareness of the possible truth of paradox is a most helpful way in to appreciating the nature of religious language as it wrestles to express experience . |
| 3 | Humanity is n't as sacred as it likes to think . |
| 4 | Golf is not privileged and much as it likes to think of itself as such , Augusta is not a cathedral . |
| 5 | The fact that unsatisfied demand is itself a complex and unresolved problem for librarians does not diminish the problem as it relates to stock logistics . |
| 6 | We will not follow Gassendi in much of this , but it will be of interest to note what he says in so far as it relates to experience . |
| 7 | This leads me to analyse political behaviour , especially as it relates to conflict . |
| 8 | Meanwhile , splits in the Cabinet are rumoured as it meets to discuss next year 's Government spending programme . |
| 9 | As it goes to do so , the bug stabs it with its dagger-shaped mouth-parts . |
| 10 | As a method of thought it is important as it helps to prevent had ideas or decisions from being implemented . |
| 11 | The United Kingdom , the Kingdom of Belgium and the Hellenic Republic argue , however , that the position is different when it comes to the competence of each state under public international law to define as it thinks fit the conditions upon which it grants to a vessel the right to fly its flag . |
| 12 | Basque pelota looks like being this year 's corker as it involves catching a tennis ball in a fruit bowl and throwing it at a wall ( below left ) . |
| 13 | However , our descriptive task will be more difficult , as it involves dealing with greater complexity of variation than would be the case in more focused communities , and it has to be carried out at a very fine-grained level . |
| 14 | Most guitarists have heard of the ‘ waxing ’ method of eliminating feedback , but unfortunately this is a difficult process to carry out at home as it involves dipping the whole pickup assembly into hot paraffin wax , which has to be carried out at a controlled temperature : too hot and the bobbins melt , too cold and the wax does n't penetrate the coil windings . |
| 15 | Very little to recommend it as it involves turning through 360° . |
| 16 | as long as it keeps moving they will have to stay there ; |
| 17 | It is the last bastion against all these evils , and will remain so as long as it keeps acquiring books it does not have when they are found and brought to it . |
| 18 | However , insofar as it purports to strengthen that belief , the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act is to be welcomed . |
| 19 | Section 296A(1) also makes any term or condition in an agreement void in so far as it purports to prohibit or restrict the use of any device or means to observe , study or test the functioning of a computer program in order to understand the ideas and principles underlying any element of the program . |
| 20 | The judge erred in law in holding that in mortgage proceedings if a mortgagee failed to seek an order for costs then the mortgagor could apply for the costs to be taxed on an appropriate basis ; if no order was made the mortgagor could require that the costs of the mortgage proceedings be referred by the master taking the account to the taxing master for taxation pursuant to R.S.C. , Ord. 62 , r. 24 ; ( 3 ) that a provision in the mortgage deed providing expressly or by implication the basis on which costs were to be taxed was not then binding on the court and the judge also erred when he held that in mortgage proceedings a provision entitling the mortgagee to an indemnity against all costs , charges and expenses was void so far as it purports to exclude the jurisdiction of the court under section 51 of the Supreme Court Act 1981 . |
| 21 | At first sight , the dictum — though not the decision — the NIRC in Hudson ( Birmingham ) Ltd v Winsper appears to be inconsistent with the spirit of Schedule 1 Para 32 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations Act , 1974 , which provides , ‘ … any provision in any agreement ( whether a contract of employment or not ) shall be void insofar as it purports to exclude or limit the operation of any provision of this Act … . ’ |
| 22 | With its inflation still rising , the country on the verge of a perilous wage-price spiral and public finances deeply in the red , the Bundesbank has made it clear that it will keep the German economy locked in a vice of high interest rates for as long as it takes to squeeze out inflation . |
| 23 | A spokesman said the seven Kurds released from Haslar detention centre , near Gosport , Hampshire , and all 18 from Gloucester Prison were given temporary admission ‘ for as long as it takes to assess their cases ’ . |
| 24 | Look no further than the row of foundations — most of them have been used for about a week , which is as long as it takes to realise that they are wrong for your skin . |
| 25 | ‘ Your daughter will be there as long as it takes to help her , Mrs Burrows . |
| 26 | It 's four minutes per museum floor , half an hour in Djemaa el Fna ( less for those scared of pickpockets and dirt ) , one hour round the city walls in a carriage at trotting pace and as much time in the souks as it takes to buy a rug , a leather coat and some fake Berber jewellery . |
| 27 | Hence , learning takes just as long as it takes to present and record the examples . |
| 28 | As long as it takes to get from one end to the other ! |
| 29 | ‘ As long as it takes to get our work done , ’ she told him non-committally . |
| 30 | He said that was last Friday , oh I said I was filling my timesheet in and my expense sheet , not that long , I said well it takes as long as it takes do n't it ? |