Example sentences of "as [conj] those " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gradually there arose a faint humming from outside the tent as people gathered to talk and speculate , so it seemed as if those left inside were surrounded by a swarm of curious but not unfriendly bees . |
| 2 | It is as if those who know aid best from the viewpoint of the recipients fear that an outspoken critique will turn off the tap rather than improve the quality of the flow . |
| 3 | It is as if those families had never been . |
| 4 | It is as if those prologues to the Gospels of Matthew and Luke had not been written . |
| 5 | Henry continued , ‘ The riots here followed those in neighbouring counties , of which our people had heard rumours , as if those rioters had been able to overpower the gentry and as if large masses of men were moving on from London , to aid them in forcing their masters to give higher wages . |
| 6 | It was as if those streamers , knotted to the shrine , ensured the gods ' protection — that Bhawāni , who went south , would bring the shepherds safely home again and Maiyu would take care of all those who stayed behind : as if the streamers knotted autumn safely on to spring . |
| 7 | HP-style credit is really money lent to buy things — and credit agreements which left the lenders any rights to take possession of things bought under them should be seen as if those things had been bought on mortgage ( ‘ chattel mortgages ’ ) ; |
| 8 | It was as if those brawnier possessors of more organs were impatiently awaiting a signal , a pheromone in the air … |
| 9 | There it is the head which is the selector , and , besides presupposing certain traits , also behaves as if those traits were encapsulated . |
| 10 | At the beginning it appeared as if those who wanted to flog Europe for being an inadequate political animal were going to win , that political union had been put off still further … |
| 11 | When the words came , they were hissed and halting , each of them separately delivered and stressed and they were in answer to Harry 's first remark as if those that had followed had not yet been absorbed . |
| 12 | It was as if those grey eyes could see into the very depths of her soul , stirring the desire that lay there waiting to be aroused , as each of them recalled the passion they had shared the previous day . |