Questions on pronunciation :)

[Aymathe]

I have some difficulty in linkings within these phrases:

1) AS HE IS
2) OF THE

I'd like You very much to depict them using phonetic alphabet. I'm interested in british standard pronunciation (of normal, fast speed).

 

[Tdol]

What linking have you made so far?

 

[Aymathe]

These are which I produce mechanically, having learnt to speak in general. Yet I'm not sure.

AS HE IS -> əz ɪ z
OF THE -> əv ə (ɪ) / əv də (dɪ) ?

 

[Tdol]

With the second, I honestly find it easier to pronounce the 'th' than to change it to 'd' because the two sounds in the words are close together.

 

[bubbha]

AS HE IS -> əz ɪ z

This would sound like you're saying "as is".