Example sentences of "and it [vb -s] as though " in BNC.
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| 1 | You hear Zerlina singing and it sounds as though her voice is coming not out of her mouth but out of a tree on the other side of the set . |
| 2 | Similarly , ‘ Railwayed ’ and ‘ Drive That Fast ’ incorporate these great bits of acceleration , where Patrick starts bouncing up and down and it sounds as though all of Julian 's dozen effects pedals are going ‘ WOOOSH ! ’ at the same time . |
| 3 | It has already changed the pattern of life in America , and it seems as though our turn has now arrived . |
| 4 | It certainly has one of the most well thought-out texts , and it seems as though Handel , although no great literary expert , always responded well to libretti of quality . |
| 5 | At first sight , the filter circuit may appear conventional but the presence of the diode D1 is unconventional and it seems as though it is going to be switched off all the time anyway , the anode ( a ) always being at zero potential . |
| 6 | Even when you see a stage performance of hypnotism and it seems as though the ‘ unwilling ’ subjects are being made to act against their will , that is not really the case . |
| 7 | It takes some nerve , and it seems as though I am eradicating what I have , but the white ‘ sinks ’ and through practice it is possible to judge the correct strength . |
| 8 | The F2 progeny complicated this picture and it appears as though the genes responsible for orange colour in Alaska are different from those producing a similar phenotype on Vancouver Island . |
| 9 | If full airbrakes are needed for more than a few seconds , and it looks as though they should be kept on , sideslipping should be used to get rid of the excess height so that for the last part of the approach less than full airbrake approach is required . |
| 10 | Mr Murdoch can draw some comfort from the fact that News ' own interest rates are 70 per cent fixed at long-term rates , and it looks as though he will narrowly avoid joining the A$1bn interest payers list at next year end . |
| 11 | Yet despite its breakneck evolution , Medeva has been put together in pursuit of a definite strategic plan , and it looks as though the pharmaceutical world will become very familiar with it in years to come . |
| 12 | ‘ I just want to play and it looks as though I will . ’ |
| 13 | The injury is half way down his off-fore and it looks as though he will be out for the rest of the season . |
| 14 | A second retirement followed in 1985 and it looks as though Lauda is going to stick to his word this time . |
| 15 | The Argive krater is far smaller than the Attic amphora ; and it looks as though Athenian artists preferred to monumentalise vase-painting rather than venture into the new world of free painting . |
| 16 | ‘ Sabine Jourdain was murdered and it looks as though it was to prevent her from talking . ’ |
| 17 | Harbury told her : ‘ Eliot was also sent a knife on Monday and it looks as though Tavett has been arrested for murder . ’ |
| 18 | And it looks as though it would be helpful to speak with an expert about important money issues . |
| 19 | This is a common occurrence in the annual league championships and it looks as though the Belfast & District have had enough . |
| 20 | People know this , they identify with this , they recognise that you 're back-tracking and it looks as though your ke case is hereby weakened . |
| 21 | Er and it looks as though it certainly in in Andy 's budget for this year |
| 22 | And it looks as though it 's picked up the middle page . |
| 23 | ‘ Final details are still to be agreed , but I took along the usual samples of your work and it looks as though she 'll want to incorporate feature tiles and maybe also a patterned frieze . ’ |
| 24 | The novice chase received an entry of 12 and it looks as though a handful of runners will go to post . |
| 25 | ‘ But the market is 4.5pc down on the year so far and it looks as though the light end of the market might not yet have bottomed out . ’ |
| 26 | Right now the gossip in the town is that Ingrid is pregnant and it looks as though Olive King is about to become a star … about time too ! |
| 27 | And it looks as though it was all whitewashed and . |