Example sentences of "[to-vb] as [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This type of noise is often from a diff and travels down the tubular propshaft to sound as if it comes from the gearbox and gets louder as the roadspeed increases . |
| 2 | As regards Goody 's sharp distinction between oral and literate cultures , it demonstrates not only that the social reality does not correspond to this ‘ great divide ’ but also that developing a model which enables one to proceed as if it did so is not the only or most fruitful way of proceeding . |
| 3 | The position of the litigant who wrongly brings a case under Order 53 is different because Ord. 53 r. 9(5) may allow the case to continue as if it had been started by ordinary writ procedure . |
| 4 | By taxing or subsidizing goods that involve externalities , the government can induce the private sector to behave as if it takes account of the externality , thus eliminating the deadweight burden arising from the misallocation induced by the externality distortion . |
| 5 | A conventional computer is turned into a ‘ thinking machine ’ by programming it to behave as if it consisted of a collection of brain cells — neurons — which will respond to a stimulus . |
| 6 | I should prefer the headland without it but it 's beginning to look as if it had a right to be there . ’ |
| 7 | Stephen wanted the hotel to look as if it had always been there , part of the landscape , and Paul suggested a South American landscape architect , whom he had heard of . |
| 8 | And not expecting everything to look as if it 's been lifted straight from the page of a glossy foodie magazine . ’ |
| 9 | He then engaged full astern , causing the boat to stop as if it had hit a brick wall , and cried : ‘ Drop anchor ! ’ |
| 10 | We have tended to speak as if it existed in some obvious and consistent way in higher education , but as some of the above quotations pointed out , the undergraduate curriculum may be influenced by other manifestations of organized knowledge , in particular research and professional practice . |
| 11 | ‘ Because each shaft is slightly thinner , hair starts to feel as if it has less body and volume , ’ says trichologist Philip Kingsley . |