Example sentences of "as [subord] [pron] is " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our vet says we will know if the melanomas spread internally as the mane will lose condition very quickly and in the meantime keep on using her as if nothing is wrong . |
| 2 | as if nothing is worth it |
| 3 | It begins to look as if what is exhausting is not the amount of work per se , but the lack of clear values to underpin it and the consequent lack of regular enjoyment and true satisfaction that arise from it . |
| 4 | At times we feel as if everything is getting on top of us ’ . ’ |
| 5 | But Vinny talks as if everything is pre- meditated . |
| 6 | It is as if one is seeking to give an answer to the question : What advantage does morality bring ? |
| 7 | In this calculus one combines functions as if one is dealing with algebraic quantities . |
| 8 | Both emphasise the role of feelings of helplessness , of behaving as if one is a victim of fate , as important in the process leading to a range of adult psychosocial difficulties . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's as if everyone is waiting for something , is n't it ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ No meaning ’ atheists tend to talk rather as A.J. Ayer talks in Language , Truth and Logic , as if there is no possibility of a Deity existing because there is no possibility of making sense of the word ‘ God ’ : |
| 11 | It is as if there is an element of delayed action with centesimals and we have no means of knowing what the final extent of reaction will be without waiting . |
| 12 | Yet there is no heaviness here : the ribs are pure decoration and do not even follow their expected course ; they end abruptly as if there is no final solution . |
| 13 | F has joined the layline too early and as well as getting dirty wind as he approaches the mark , he will have no option but to sail on as if there is a favourable shift . |
| 14 | In this state it can seem as if there is a drive not to know too much about the other person . |
| 15 | But remember that the TBM is a turboprop , and it seems as if there is a direct , immediate mechanical link between power lever and airspeed indicator needle . |
| 16 | ‘ People are going on as if there is a crisis at Blackburn because we have n't won for seven weeks , but we 've only been beaten twice this season and if that 's a crisis God help us . ’ |
| 17 | Even the youngest of babies will automatically avoid precipitous drops in floor-level — and , perhaps more interestingly , places where it looks as if there is a precipitous drop in floor-level . |
| 18 | It begins to look as if there is a sense of ‘ appears ’ which is the complement neither of ‘ senses ’ nor of ‘ thinks ’ . |
| 19 | People should feel as if there is something wrong with this and be upset about what is happening to them . |
| 20 | In the heat of the moment it does not usually look as if there is anything to be done about the heat . |
| 21 | Compared to the highly controversial solution Telecom is going for , it looks as if there is going to be a difference of about £17m between locating at Montrose House and building on the Ballsbridge site . |
| 22 | If the top does not say anything , they could be acting as if there is full agreement when there is not . |
| 23 | This seems to be the way it is with men and women ; buckets of water from a well , one drawing deep while the other is empty , and so on , as if there is a physical law governing the amount of emotional nourishment available to a couple . |
| 24 | I see that we have to live as if there is no God . |
| 25 | It looks , therefore , as if there is at least an empirical connection between academic autonomy and academic freedom . |
| 26 | It does n't look at this moment as if there is any real increase and any money for the extra students . |
| 27 | When you do all the sums and move all the money from pocket to pocket it looks as if there is an increase of between 2 to 2.5 per cent and that is almost the difference between the previous inflation forecast of 3.5 per cent and the present inflation forecast of 5.75 per cent . |
| 28 | This is harder to believe than it should be , because textbooks and courses always seem to be structured as if there is a steady progress from chapter to chapter , week to week , grade to grade . |
| 29 | ‘ It 's not as if there is n't masses of stone around , ’ agreed Sacco . |
| 30 | Let us walk back to the tavern as if there is nothing wrong . ’ |