Example sentences of "as it is [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I 'd had control over everything I would have had a full Wales tour in the summer and then we would n't have needed to have the practice games , but as it is we are giving them the advantage and I wanted to try to do something about that . ’ |
| 2 | Strach is not quick enough to beat his full-back either — so as it is we have to rely to much on our full-backs overlapping if we want to get to the bye line . |
| 3 | As it is we search for interpretations of early Modernism in her work . |
| 4 | ‘ As it is we 're on an island and the bloody weather 's deteriorating fast . |
| 5 | Yeah but they might say , well alright then , and then pay out and as it is we 're gon na have a lot of messing about have n't we ? |
| 6 | Well it 's neither here nor there but I mean the thing is that we do n't as it is we 're not losing anything because you 're getting yours , half of it 's coming back as , as gross interest . |
| 7 | As it is they have to brave all kinds of weather , from high winds which whip away their hymn books to snow which engulfs them in that unsheltered spot . |
| 8 | It is this latter set of words that is of semantic interest , as it is they that ’ seem to contain more meaning ’ [ Bolinger & sears , 1981 ] |
| 9 | But for the words italicised ‘ financial year ’ and ‘ accounting reference period ’ would mean exactly the same thing ; as it is they need not . |
| 10 | As a Taurean , you work well with others as long as it is you who calls the shots . |
| 11 | I suppose Newmarket will be first one to make two , th they 've got two courses here as it is you see . |
| 12 | As it is it 's still a whole lot better than the Spectrum 's rubber pads and very reasonable value for money . |
| 13 | Were he among familiars it might help him but as it is he can not place himself here and it is pitiful to see how lost he is . |
| 14 | As it is he knows nothing whatever about me . |
| 15 | As it is he 'll limp for a month . ’ |
| 16 | But as it is I feel before the world as Sidney before Stella ( Sonnet L ) |
| 17 | It would be otherwise if I had my husband with me and my first-born but as it is I feel neither one thing or the other . |
| 18 | As it is I came to reading very late , at 18 or 19 , and I think it is entirely the fault of the box . |
| 19 | As it is I just ca n't . |
| 20 | Erm I mean as it is I I can get photocopying for four P a sheet getting fifty at a time , and that give I get a receipt for that which is better than three P a sheet without a receipt . |
| 21 | If I were a teacher of French , I would be worried that 50 million French people would know ‘ my ’ subject better than I do ; as it is I have no such fears . |
| 22 | I mean I 've only just come out of hospital and as it is I 'm still fairly well Macked with it . |
| 23 | In your letter dated Tue , 18 Jan 94 10:25:54 MET , you wrote : If I thought Wilko was going there with the intent to win I might feel a little happier , but with the form as it is I think we 'll wind up in one of those boring 1–0 or 2–0 defeats where nothing exciting happens in the game . |
| 24 | But as it is I do n't find him remotely attractive ! ’ |
| 25 | Mind you with the site as it is I would imagine it would give most usage on that . |
| 26 | I 'll leave it as it is I think because |
| 27 | As it is I can hold conversations of about the standard that a three-year-old Parisian can manage ( well , a slightly retarded three-year-old ) so I can understand the problem a young horse has . |
| 28 | She would have had great difficulty establishing herself , but as it is she has sold her pottery successfully through shows and through galleries . |
| 29 | ‘ Yes , Tudor darling , understand why this land is more wonderful than anywhere else in the world and why it is yours , just as much as it is mine . |