Example sentences of "[det] [vb -s] as [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Identical twins have relatedness R equals one genetic identical every gene in one is represented in the other and they result from a split in a fertilized egg which splits into two and then each develops as if it were , wer were a separate egg . |
| 2 | Now what have got there , that looks as if |
| 3 | A British commentator , for example , writing in 1768 when her reputation as an enlightened ruler was at its height , thought that ‘ there is a sort of whim or affectation of singularity , in the manner of conferring her favours , that looks as if the desire of being spoken of , fully as much as the desire of doing good , was the fountain from which they flow ’ . |
| 4 | Oh , Stour , the river Stour , yeah , eh , erm , that looks as if he 's that looks as if is |
| 5 | That looks as if it 's the thermostat setting . |
| 6 | This looks as if the intervention is effective but it may be that the child is just responding to rewards rather than learning new behaviour . |
| 7 | Now it looks like , ah just stopped moving again , straight line , fixed speed that , this looks as if it 's accelerating . |
| 8 | Right , so there 's not much , this looks as if these answers could both be correct because |
| 9 | This counts as if you had been earning exactly the amount of the LEL . |
| 10 | This sounds as if I were either sick of it myself or else trying to make you sick of it ; but neither is the case . |
| 11 | Although this sounds as if it might be extremely uncomfortable , the cervix , like the vagina , is surprisingly poorly supplied with sensory nerve-endings , and a relaxed patient may be totally unaware that any samples are being taken from this site . |
| 12 | Most laws are already expressed in terms of vectors , which are tensors , and so this sounds as if the laws do not need any change ! |
| 13 | This sounds as if they are joining the cartel , but it will cut world production by only 1/2% . |
| 14 | But then this feels as if it may be a transitional volume , presaging the larger-scale fiction in which Tolstaya should surely be spreading her brilliant wings . |
| 15 | Blot : That sounds as if you think we 're caught in a double bind from which there 's no escape . |
| 16 | I will not say that much of this debate has been irrelevant , because that sounds as if I am dismissing what has been said , which I am not , but it is irrelevant in the context of 1993 , because the advent of the new system will answer many of the problems that have been identified . |
| 17 | However if you say erm oh well you know erm boys will be boys that 's natural , tha that sounds as if you 're kind of making excuses for them and condoning them , so I think you 've got to be very careful about how you use the word natural and clearly it raises the whole question of how far you can , you can push erm cultural ideals against natural constraints an and what really is the issue . |
| 18 | No , that sounds as if I 'm passively waiting for something to turn up . |
| 19 | Well , that sounds as if it 's the sort of thing that ought to happen . |