Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] if it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I knew that it did not , and could not , but for the next week I found myself despairing as if it did . |
| 2 | As such that undertaking was as obnoxious as if it had been contained in the articles of association , and was therefore unenforceable , being contrary to Art 131 of The Companies ( Northern Ireland ) Order 1986 . |
| 3 | Among the fragments of blackened paper he saw a used safety match , the unburnt half of the stem clean and white as if it had only recently been struck . |
| 4 | Gunfire sounded like Chinese fireworks , and the great beast shrugged off the hurt as if it had been inconvenienced by gnats . |
| 5 | The idea of siphoning the matured learning of the Universities to the industrial and agricultural areas is as fresh and germane as if it had first been thought of last night . |
| 6 | He seemed surprised as if it had not occurred to him that literature might let him down in this way . |