Example sentences of "as it [adv] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His point was that a war in peacetime would have to be fought against unemployment , as it persistently remained above one million in the 1920s , and rose towards three million during the severe cyclical depression between 1929 and 1932 . |
| 2 | Within this regime , as it already existed by the end of the Civil War , the salient features were the prominent , but in no sense governing role of the FET ; the restoration of the Catholic Church to a position of monopoly in education and of powerful cultural influence ; the ruthless repression of all forms of opposition ; and above all , the unassailable position and total dominance of Franco himself . |
| 3 | The proposal to delegate responsibilities to local authorities was anathema to the Thatcher government in particular as it profoundly mistrusted local government and had progressively weakened its influence . |
| 4 | The dominant response may at present be a favourable one , but this is only maintained so long as it implicitly accepted that functions are being successfully and rationally fulfilled . |
| 5 | Similarly , for those who are impressed with the low level of industrial conflict characteristic of the Swedish industrial relations system as it traditionally operated , she points to the significance of broader influences . |
| 6 | The Movement recognised this , as it also recognised that administrative pressures were working against a concerted attempt to preserve religious unity . |
| 7 | At the vote on the imposition of sanctions against Iraq , Yemen abstained as it also did from the vote at the Arab League meeting which approved Arab military intervention in Saudi Arabia . |
| 8 | He remained at Mosley 's side as the BUF lost the support of its most influential followers , and as it increasingly employed its members for the provocation of violence . |
| 9 | These were the principles underlying the creation of the University of Keele ( as it later became ) , whose founding Vice-Chancellor , A. D. Lindsay , had been Master of Balliol College , Oxford , and closely associated with the powerful group that promoted Cumberland Lodge . |
| 10 | Come to think of it , the Krooms may have come from outer space , though outer space was not then as popular as it later became for launching expeditions against Earthmen . |
| 11 | The Midland rose in the same way as it later fell — by acquisition . |
| 12 | In the letter of resignation which he conveyed to the Constitutional Council on Jan. 11 , Chadli revealed that he had dissolved ( on Jan. 4 as it later transpired ) by presidential decree the National Popular Assembly . |
| 13 | She had not heard the door as it softly brushed the carpet . |
| 14 | When the pilgrims ' way petered out , as it frequently did , you kept that small rooftop in your line of vision . |
| 15 | The complex , sometimes obscure series certainly was provocative , as it probably meant to be , waking the Chinese people up to harsh realities . |
| 16 | However , the frown on his face did not surprise her , as it probably meant he was annoyed with himself for having been quite so fervent in the way he 'd crushed her lips beneath his own . |
| 17 | Ground-floor plan of Coleridge 's cottage as it probably appeared in 1797–8 . |
| 18 | The only thing that could get one down — as it eventually did his American television followers — was his high-pitched , breathless , Scots delivery . |
| 19 | The women 's meals were always served in the home of Sheikha Grandmother whether that home was a tent , an areesh , a bungalow , or , as it eventually proved , a palace . |
| 20 | This was an activity not much favoured at Verdun , as it invariably attracted a tornado of enemy fire . |
| 21 | A formal , internal appeals procedure was eventually introduced in 1927 and , if that failed , as it invariably did , individual strategies could be developed — at a cost . |
| 22 | He identified so strongly with the system at its most ideal that when practice fell short , as it invariably did , he took it personally . |
| 23 | The Special Air Service Regiment — or S.A.S. , as it soon came to be called — was at this time an established part of the Army Air Corps , though it was little known to the public at large . |
| 24 | Labour 's spokesman on food had come to the House thinking — unwisely as it soon turned out — that he was going to roast Mr Gummer . |
| 25 | ‘ This day , ’ recorded one diary-keeper in Sussex on 7 July 1759 , with , in the circumstances , admirable sangfroid , ‘ received by post the disagreeable news of the French being landed at Dover ’ — a complete fiction , as it soon appeared . |
| 26 | There is every reason to believe that he would have pursued his policy even if it had been unpopular ( as it temporarily became in 1967 ) . |
| 27 | Panic began to grip Mildred as it slowly dawned on her that not only Tabby , but also the bedstead , all the furniture and even the bats sleeping round the picture rail were many times larger than usual . |
| 28 | The women 's movement was maturing too , as it slowly swung back to the acceptability of some women choosing not to work outside the home . |
| 29 | His feet continued to pattern Ab-u-dah Ab-u-dah on the pavement as it slowly curved towards a junction with a similar , possibly even shabbier street , a terrace without any trees . |
| 30 | Staring at the door , Ellie seemed quite unable to tear her eyes away as it slowly opened and Feargal walked in . |