Example sentences of "[prep] if it 's [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm , clearly we are in a room full of people who have a more than marginal interest in the political process erm and that goes for your boundaries of Cambridge city councils er remit and clearly contains also to parliamentary methods erm I 'm trying not to be desperately partisan about this , I do n't expect anybody erm but a phrase has been used earlier this evening from another quarter about if it 's not broke do n't fix it , erm the boundary commission have looked at the boundaries of the Cambridge city constituency have found that it is up to ninety nine percent of the right and proper er number of electors . |
| 2 | And so , parents that may be listening , it sounds as if it 's up to you to provide the basic training to enable the schools to do their part . |
| 3 | ‘ So often people criticise others for wanting to do things which are a little bit different as if it 's wrong not to do things like everyone else does . |
| 4 | That 's sounds as if it 's pretty cheap . |
| 5 | It 's so weird though , cos The Rising Sun , it 's not as if it 's not central , |
| 6 | Then , reverting to his chosen , statesmanlike stance , he added : ‘ Anyway , we should not be talking about it as if it 's just bread and circuses . |
| 7 | as if it 's just over the horizon , waiting to happen to me , as weird and wonderful as all the things that happened last autumn . |
| 8 | ‘ It looks as if it 's just starting up , ’ he said as the sound of pop music drifted towards them . |
| 9 | Yeah by D X otherwise it looks as if it 's just D Y |
| 10 | Sounds as if it 's just above us |
| 11 | I hide my sticky hand behind me , as if it 's brightly stained . |
| 12 | you know it 's almost as if it 's like er you know a sort of negative thing to , to , to find out about somebody erm so erm yeah I mean I think I , so I think you 'll , I think you 'll , you 'll of necessity have to try and do something which captures this , this sort of informal talk because as soon as people commit themselves to writing they 're gon na be erm they 're gon na be |
| 13 | It 's as if it 's too powerful for choreographers to cope with . |
| 14 | I feel as if it 's really deep , |
| 15 | ‘ Here , let me pull the paper off now that you 've undone the ribbon and tape , or it wo n't feel as if it 's really for me . ’ |
| 16 | Cos it sounds as if it 's really good ! |
| 17 | Does n't look as if it 's quite full yet . ’ |
| 18 | Constant rain , and when it 's not raining it looks as if it 's about to . |
| 19 | ‘ Look , ’ said Derek , ‘ it 's not even as if it 's very far away . |
| 20 | but what I find so interesting is because people talk nowadays as if it 's only recently women have had jobs erm |