Example sentences of "sound as [conj] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | A good arrangement should sound as though it were an original conception , and not an arrangement at all . |
| 2 | He made it sound as though it was the most wonderful thing in the world . |
| 3 | Erm however erm it it does sound as though it 's one of these policies where as I suspected and said earlier today that it really does n't have any effect on anything and it 's probably something that could be erm crossed out and nobody would even notice it had gone . |
| 4 | They heard the river before they saw it , if seeing is the word ; and although this was daunting to most , sounding as though it was running high with the rain , the scouts assured that the noise was actually caused by the shallows of the ford area , where the water was more disturbed . |
| 5 | The small apartment on Riverside Drive sounded as though it was already full to overflowing . |
| 6 | It is also quite likely that there is truth in the other half of their assertion , which sounds as though it were consequential , but really is a quite unconnected proposition , namely , that there now may well be inadequate social services for other purposes . |
| 7 | Anyway , the ‘ monitor ’ also sounds as though it will add considerably to the overall cost . |
| 8 | Therapy ? then slam into ‘ Nausea ’ which sounds as though it could have been sampled from the Nirvana songbook . |
| 9 | The same feeling of brooding menace wells up on his version of Presley 's ‘ Heartbreak Hotel ’ , only he decides to leave any anger on hold and transforms the rock ‘ n ’ roll classic into a haunting ballad that sounds as though it came from the pen of Edgar Allan Poe rather than that of Axton , Durden and Presley . |
| 10 | Credit sounds as though it is something already on your side of the balance sheet . |
| 11 | Yeah yeah well it sounds sounds as though it 's possible you know you may have to I mean in the end you might have to sort of compromise it and actually do this valuation thing . |
| 12 | And the second was real clever : ‘ What sounds as though it should have a mother and father , but does n't ? ’ ' |
| 13 | And what sounds as though it has a mother and father ? |
| 14 | Er it sounds as though it might well be stuck in your sinuses here and this stuff 's running down the back |
| 15 | It sounds as though it 's going to go on forever then . |
| 16 | ‘ The gipsies wo n't appreciate my help and they 'll do nothing to assist me , but this sounds as though it 's a very serious assault . |
| 17 | He went on , black eyes watching her , smiling down at her , ‘ How can I call the most beautiful woman at this party by a name that sounds as though it belongs to a man ? |
| 18 | so it sounds as though it could be good |
| 19 | Sounds as though it was very expensive because the clothes you wore must have been |
| 20 | Now this sounds as though it 'll actually make quite a difference to perhaps a small farmer . |
| 21 | This sounds as though it has all the , all the aspects that er we 'd expect from you . |
| 22 | It was remarkable in the circumstances that the First Symphony sounds as though it was written all at once in a burst of sustained inspiration . |
| 23 | He was the one with the distant , distracted look and the voice which sounded as though it were the product of an experiment by Dr Timothy Leary . |
| 24 | and it sounded as though it was on the railway but it was n't the railway it was a big factory at the side . |