The phrase "as it contemplated" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to something that was considered or intended in a specific way.
Example: "The project was executed as it contemplated in the initial proposal, ensuring all objectives were met."
Alternatives: "as it intended" or "as it envisioned".
The central difficulty facing the H.P. board as it contemplated asking Mr. Hurd to leave is that California frowns on noncompete agreements.
It was unapologetically beautiful even as it contemplated both dreams and nightmares and the strange nature of the deeply flawed inhabitants of this planet.
Big, many-banded females whirred from flower to flower, and one plump black-bodied bee poised on whirring wings above the gorse, and as it contemplated each blossom protruded a long flexible tongue and dived under the golden lips; its thighs were orange with pollen.
The country holds the rotating presidency of the 27-member Union even as it contemplates its own disintegration.
Equipped with a substantial budget, I plunged into Rome's pricier pleasures and discovered it is now a Janus-faced city, looking increasingly to the future even as it contemplates its remarkable past.
Although American Home Products AHPP) is hardly famous for its derring-do in the world of drug making, it should keep Goldfinger's warning to James Bond in mind, as it contemplates its next merger.
History would suggest there will be a few hurdles to clear before the two sides march into the future arm in arm but as it contemplates its week in the sun, racing is also looking forward to welcoming a new broadcasting partner from next year.
But those are incompatible goals, and in its twilight months, the Clinton administration is strangled by its own constraints as it contemplates the options in places like Sierra Leone, Congo, Angola, Ethiopia, Eritrea and Zimbabwe.
A toad's heart is blinking inside its nobbly body as it contemplates the infinite civilisations of the world, the disappointment of having only ever truly known this one.
* Barnes & Noble posts a first-quarter loss and scales back its sales outlook, even as it contemplates acquiring the also-struggling Borders.
Meanwhile, back on the continent, vanquished Spain is soul-searching as it contemplates the aging of its golden generation out of the international game, and Italy, whose coach resigned last week, seems perhaps willing to revert to its erstwhile belief that, if you can just defend well enough, scoring goals is only incidental to success.
