Example sentences of "as [conj] to prove " in BNC.
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| 1 | But as if to prove his powers of condensation in the autobiography , Sisson exercises remarkable reticence on matters of personal and family sentiment . |
| 2 | as if to prove that the National Hunt supermen that brought off this latest feat are in fact human , Pipe admitted that he got it badly wrong over his assessment of In-Keeping . |
| 3 | It was as if to prove that it was n't England that had changed that Losey went on to make Accident ( 1967 ) , a powerful triangle drama involving two very different Oxford academics and their exotic pupil , financed from English sources . |
| 4 | as if to prove he can not be ignored , Mr Castro boldly tests the limits of Moscow 's tolerance . |
| 5 | as if to prove the point , some of those crying nepotism loudest are themselves close members of the family . |
| 6 | as if to prove that he is in earnest , God immediately afflicts the spies who had caused such panic among the people with the plague . |
| 7 | In many cases he will try to over-compensate by rushing around doing things for others as if to prove to himself that he is needed . |
| 8 | North of the village towards Matlock Bath is Masson Mill , built by Richard Arkwright ( q.v. ) in 1738 as if to prove that nothing succeeds like success . |
| 9 | as if to prove this very fact , the beast loosed its ear-shattering boom of a roar once more . |
| 10 | Half an hour after the inspector left , as if to prove his point , the lavatory refused to flush . |
| 11 | Then , as if to prove she 'd taken it all down her gullet , she opened her mouth wide for his inspection . |
| 12 | as if to prove myself wrong , a faint signal turned up a ‘ Maltravers ’ farthing of Charles I. I began to wonder just how old this site really was . |
| 13 | Lying in bed later , after a solitary supper of chicken salad and almond flan , and a defiant but remarkably uneventful evening stroll alone along the quayside , sleep frustratingly eluded her , as if to prove her point . |
| 14 | Fitzosbert , however , had already dismissed him with a flicker of his eyes and was staring coolly at Sir John as if to prove he was not cowed by any show of authority . |
| 15 | Greg thought he was going to fail in his object , and began to close the door , but suddenly , as if to prove the retentiveness of his painter 's eye , Hilary turned round again to him , took a good look , and said : ‘ Were n't you the chap that was at the funeral ? |
| 16 | as if to prove it , our green-fingered experts have again picked up the top prizes in Aberdeen district council 's gardening competition . |
| 17 | as if to prove that a Shetlander 's work is never done , the same storms that sank the Braer and then cleaned away the oil caused erosion of the coast along the edge of the unexcavated portion of Jarlshof , and emergency coastal defences had to be installed prior to the provision of a permanent seawall . |
| 18 | as if to prove Sharon 's point , Israeli settlers began moving on April 16 into a settlement at Revava , the first to be established in the West Bank for two years . |
| 19 | Of course we must be cautious about taking on difficult tasks as if to prove our social virility . |
| 20 | as if to prove his point he drew one long finger over her cheek , trailing it over her bottom lip , his eyes glinting reprovingly when she tried to bite . |
| 21 | The meteorologists would prove to be right about the sun , but as if to prove their fallibility at four eleven a steady drizzle began . |