Example sentences of "[adj] as [conj] it [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ So often people criticise others for wanting to do things which are a little bit different as if it 's wrong not to do things like everyone else does . |
| 2 | And another thing , the torch goes dim as if it 's losing its power . |
| 3 | The longer one debates a trivial matter such as whether it is right to put up with the notorious rudeness of the only fishmonger in town or to fight back , the deeper one is enmeshed in an ever-expanding web of implication . |
| 4 | The quality of the user interface , such as whether it is windows based , is normally a feature of the related text information management package . |
| 5 | My spontaneous recoil from awareness of others ' troubles ( or of future danger to myself ) is no less or more natural than my impulse to sympathy or cruelty ( or to avoid or irrationally court danger ) when I do become aware ; it is as pointless to ask whether human nature is selfish or unselfish as whether it is improvident or far-sighted . |
| 6 | and it feels all as if it 's numb ? |
| 7 | I like a picture to be fairly full as if it is too empty it can become boring to look at after a few months , but it is very easy to get carried away with all your lovely pressed flowers and try to fit them all into one picture — using too many flowers looks just as bad as not using enough . |