Example sentences of "it [vb -s] as [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This year it looks as if I will have even more . |
| 2 | AFTER years of lobbying , it looks as if the Government will bring in legislation to force brewers to list the ingredients in their beers . |
| 3 | ‘ We have taken a step backward , ’ Ryan said — and on this sorry evidence it looks as if it will be backwards all the way when the Test takes place at Cardiff Arms Park on 4 November . |
| 4 | It looks as if Mr Honecker , 77 and only slowly recovering from a gall-bladder operation , is incapable of grasping the situation in his country . |
| 5 | 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 . ’ |
| 6 | It remains to be seen whether they will still be in business to take the show to London in April ; it looks as if the outcome of the Northern group may rest on the Roses game later in the month . |
| 7 | It looks as if roughly 130,000 East Germans have emigrated , illegally or legally , to the West this year . |
| 8 | Despite the attraction of bonuses worth £250,000 and a £400,000 prize fund , it looks as if Masters Ballesteros , Nick Faldo , Sandy Lyle and Bernhard Langer will not play in Spain . |
| 9 | It looks as if Mr Franklin and other shareholders will have to wait another three weeks for news on that front . |
| 10 | Rather , it looks as if we will have to wait until the end of 1991 before we get any dramatic improvement . |
| 11 | Now , with the Hollywood movie Not Without My Daughter , in which he stars opposite Sally Field , due out later this year , it looks as if he 's finally set for international fame . |
| 12 | Start doing something and it looks as if you have got worries . ’ |
| 13 | Now it looks as if nothing could stop West Germany taking the lead with her unbeatable combination of credentials : guilt , enthusiasm , material interest and money . |
| 14 | ‘ At the moment it looks as if all major roadworks are suspended . ’ |
| 15 | Yet it looks as if that most precious of ladies may be about to be raped — and what is more , by the very group of her countrymen set up to defend her honour and purity . |
| 16 | Now it looks as if only the banking directive , adopted by the Council of Ministers in December 1989 , will be operative in time . |
| 17 | So it looks as if cameramen ( rather than the proposed cameramans ) will be able to get on with their work in the Gulf ; the beloved accent on abîme will not fall into the abyss ; and the whole affair will have been a non-événement . |
| 18 | Now it looks as if the wrong side won . |
| 19 | The bust of Unamuno is still there , and again it looks as if someone has attempted to defile it , perhaps in some would-be funny student jape . |
| 20 | Quality , premiums , yields and timeliness are what the grain harvest is all about and so far it looks as if the malting trade may turn out not too bad . |
| 21 | Two ‘ Green Bush ’ bush marrow plants would have provided enough decent-sized marrows for our needs , while it looks as if my two courgette plants probably wo n't give enough fruit to justify their considerable demand on space in the plot . |
| 22 | ‘ Yes , it is weird , and I do n't think he is completely right in the head , Ari , but I 'm afraid it looks as if he might be telling the truth . ’ |
| 23 | If you put someone on a second floor balcony , for instance , to deliver an address , it looks as if he is simply haranguing his listeners . |
| 24 | IBM will doubtless throw much of its considerable muscle behind OS/2 — but increasingly it looks as if OS/2 will become something of a specialised product , used for heavyweight purposes like running database servers . |
| 25 | Now it looks as if history may be repeated . |
| 26 | It looks as if Mr Lejeune will soon be able to emulate His Grace . |
| 27 | Mr Patten said later : ‘ The important thing as far as I am concerned is that it looks as if we are going to have a Conservative government . |
| 28 | Tanners Wine Merchants on Wyler Cop is a good place to visit : it looks as if it might be trade only , but is n't : march round the back , through the yard and go in . |
| 29 | It looks as if agreement with someone is near , though , because Phillips hopes to have a deal ready for presentation to a vital meeting of the Second , Third and Fourth Division clubs at Walsall on April 27 . |
| 30 | With Bath to play their last match at home , it looks as if the title will once again belong to the West Country , even if Orrell were to win their last two games , as Bath 's points difference is much the greater . |