Example sentences of "as [subord] it [be] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Slipped in as if it is a mere trifle , a quite exorbitant price ! |
| 2 | He holds it away from himself as if it is a mirror , or something equally precious . |
| 3 | Moreover , I believe that few people in this room will step forward to denounce the idea of animal welfare , as if it is a matter of indifference whether an animal 's life is good or bad . |
| 4 | for example , today the Shetland is invariably black-and-white pied , looking as if it is a distorted Friesian ( which it is not ) , but in 1912 its herdbook recorded only a dozen black or black-and-white bulls outnumbered by a score of duns or dun-and-whites , and there were also reds , blues and greys . |
| 5 | To speak of religion as if it is a ‘ primordial form ’ or an ‘ entity ’ is to hypostasize it . |
| 6 | But if religion is beyond speech or predication as Gandhi affirms , can it be hypostasized , or referred to as if it is a referent ? |
| 7 | If one task uses only one input neuron and the other uses the same neuron as part of a pattern of input , then the system responds to activity in that neuron as if it is a part of the larger pattern . |
| 8 | This gives the client a mention or two of his product name and , to the listener , it sounds as if it is a live interview at the local radio station . |
| 9 | Because to make a microscope preparation means that the tissue has to be fixed and stained , what one sees always looks as if it is a very rigid structure , but in the living organism the dendritic pattern of neurons is as mobile as the branches of a growing tree in a gentle breeze , so changed branching patterns are perhaps not so hard to envisage . |
| 10 | And you would n't get this concentration on one , this one kind of character defect , which er , admittedly , is a , is a problem with the book and , and can make it look as if it is a kind of character assassination . |
| 11 | Yes , yes , it does n't compete with the fireplace , we have a , a , er mock fire in there you know , normally in the winter that , that 's on and it looks , it 's very realistic , it almost looks as if it is a fire glowing all the time cos there 's a rotary spinner in it and it flickers , er , and er the room is very warm because it 's central heated anyway and , no I would n't say , it never bothers me the television , I do n't suppose that er , if I were left on my own I 'd hardly have it left on you know I think men watch television more than women . |
| 12 | One kind of stick insect arches its abdomen and makes savage swipes through the air as if it is an attacking scorpion . |
| 13 | All over Europe they react to it as if it 's a massive hit ; as soon as we start this thing the applause is as if it 's one of your hit singles ! |
| 14 | So do n't treat it as if it 's a harmless filler . |
| 15 | One or two of the excellent ones was spent , was spoiled by a little bit of er need to erm edit very carefully introdu introduction of concepts you must be careful not to , if you 've got a couple of hundred words only , but do n't introduce er concepts diversity of design must of been er a phrase picked up from the video itself because it appeared in two or three of them , but it 's no use talking about diversity and divine is it , de design as if , as if it 's a concept which everybody else is going to understand . |
| 16 | ‘ No , but you make it sound as if it 's a bit tasteless . ’ |
| 17 | But they have n't It looks as if it 's a right angle there |
| 18 | I do n't like dressing up for sex as if it 's a performance . |
| 19 | It 's almost as if it 's a completely different team , that do n't even talk to one another . |
| 20 | You see , these steps here tend to look as if it 's a pile of beams or something with a door standing on top , but you quite clearly see those steps , but you do n't get the depth of the steps so everything is a bit flat . |
| 21 | It seems as if it 's a legal question I hear from |
| 22 | ‘ You sound apologetic , as if it 's a crime to make a few more million . |
| 23 | I said ju , I said to him then she came on the phone I was o ages on the phone and she said er I said you just take it as if it 's a day off and |
| 24 | But it 's not as if it 's a main road like |
| 25 | But it sounds as if it 's a sort of family evening though does n't it ? |
| 26 | Joan 's just rung see they come over for , all of them come over for dinner every Sunday , and er Joan 's er Andrea 's going out with a crowd of them today she 's in with a nice girl a girl er married and the husband , he 's treats Andrea as if it 's a baby sister , so he 's more or less looking after her which is Joan 's very pleased about |
| 27 | Because it it seems as if it 's a mystery . |
| 28 | talking to , but it 's not as if it 's a video camera . |
| 29 | until it just seems as if it 's an impossible task |
| 30 | A spokesman for British Gas said : ‘ It appears that gas was involved , although it looks as if it was a deliberate release rather than an accidental one . ’ |