Example sentences of "be not as if " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not as if Eurotunnel was working at the leading-edge of technological innovation . |
| 2 | It is not as if four-star leaded fuel is going to be phased out tomorrow , but more and more buyers are asking : ‘ Does it take unleaded ? ’ |
| 3 | It is not as if the Administration really believes that any more . |
| 4 | There must be a strong reason why no one of her family will have her and it is not as if she had no money . |
| 5 | It is not as if the blame was being placed on Labour counties , for in only one case where a Conservative or hung district had a poll tax of over £400 ( Derby ) did Labour control the county . |
| 6 | It is not as if alternatives do not exist . |
| 7 | It is not as if that period was a failure in terms of personal relationships but it was very hard work to build up those relationships . |
| 8 | It is not as if conditionals of the two sorts were near to being sufficiently problematic or obscure as to make it unprofitable to use them in elucidation of causes and effects , causal circumstances and effects , and — to look forward — nomic correlates . |
| 9 | It is not as if one 's depression could be captured in recollection by the idea of bare content . |
| 10 | It is not as if Congress members knew nothing of this . |
| 11 | It is not as if the Home Secretary had not been warned . |
| 12 | It is not as if we can give young people a ration of knowledge that they can draw on throughout their careers . |
| 13 | It is not as if we NEED the money , just another case of the directors lining their pockets . |
| 14 | And off-licence manager David Bell hit out : ‘ It is not as if the bombers only operate after 6pm . |
| 15 | ‘ It is not as if we will be stuck with lorry traffic for the next three years we will be stuck with it for ever more . |
| 16 | Scotland have had disruptions to their scrummaging routines this week though , as both McGeechan and Dixon reasoned , it is not as if they have had to fuse any newcomers to the pack , where Peter Wright 's sabbatical to loosehead worked well against the French . |
| 17 | It is not as if I abandoned her . ’ |
| 18 | It is not as if there was a competition involved , or any tie-breaker , but rather just a sales promotion . |
| 19 | I mean it is not as if we 've suddenly gone to totally new territory . |
| 20 | Nobody 's going to know officially and it 's not as if there are hundreds of you or anything — I mean , so what if somebody does find you ? |
| 21 | ‘ Oh do go on , ’ Harriet hovers above , laughing , ‘ it 's not as if we did n't all know how virtuous you feel . ’ |
| 22 | It 's not as if there are n't aspects of his career that are n't worth exploring : how did he come to use drums , then almost unknown in Texan country line-ups ? |
| 23 | Deirdre is Scottish herself , so it 's not as if she 's new to wide skies and stirring views , but Orkney surpasses all she 's known before . |
| 24 | It 's not as if Pittston is heading for bankruptcy . |
| 25 | ‘ It 's not as if I done anything wrong . |
| 26 | ‘ It 's not as if I wanted to . |
| 27 | And it 's not as if I 've gone off it within myself . |
| 28 | It 's not as if we 're like bus drivers or air traffic controllers . |
| 29 | It 's not as if grey anoraks are cheap . |
| 30 | It 's not as if the regulation colours are practical . |