Example sentences of "be [adv] [verb] as if " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact is , however , that some of the behaviour of electromagnetic radiation is best explained as if it were a stream of photons ; and some of the properties are best explained as if it consisted of a series of waves . |
| 2 | This kind of statement contrasts very sharply with the maps and lists of traditional dialectology , where elements are generally treated as if they were categorical within a given region . |
| 3 | The few successes on the UK OTC market are always quoted as if to make up for the failures . |
| 4 | The Snotlings will not move until they are able to move within 12″ of a friendly Orc or Goblin unit , and if charged by enemy troops they are automatically broken as if they had failed a panic or fear test . |
| 5 | Moreover , older people are often treated as if they were not adult , and are patronised by journalists who ask questions like : ‘ How do you put your grandmother in a home ? ’ |
| 6 | Companies such as Hanson are often discussed as if they were conglomerates that successfully build up ‘ unrelated ’ clusters of businesses . |
| 7 | Acceleration may be similarly described as if the velocity is expressed in material coordinates or as if the spatial form is used . |
| 8 | If , whatever a man 's real intention may be , he so conducts himself that a reasonable man would believe that he was assenting to the terms proposed by the other party , and that other party upon that belief enters into a contract with him , the man thus conducting himself would be equally bound as if he had intended to agree to the other party 's terms . |
| 9 | In this context penalties are implicitly treated as if they gave the exact decrease in objective function when a variable is branched on ( as opposed to just a bound ) . |
| 10 | The faces are horribly contorted as if suffocating or in great pain , and their eyes seem to follow anyone who passes . |
| 11 | The manager(s) must be natural person(s) , or , if so permitted in the member state of registration , a company which designates individuals whose details are then filed as if they were the managers and who then have similar obligations . |
| 12 | Lévi-Strauss ' famous objections to Sartre , which appeared in the last chapter of The Savage Mind ( 1962 ) , are sometimes represented as if they were merely a structuralist attack on Marxism . |
| 13 | And wh because one of the things that they were deliberately doing as if they were unprepared . |
| 14 | Conversely , correct answers were sometimes treated as if they were incorrect . |
| 15 | The two cases were laid side by side , and likenesses and differences were solemnly analysed as if we had here before us two ‘ real ’ , directly comparable objects . |
| 16 | Hopefully Wilko is only experimenting as if this is our lineup for the season to put it mildly we 're fucked . |
| 17 | The fact is , however , that some of the behaviour of electromagnetic radiation is best explained as if it were a stream of photons ; and some of the properties are best explained as if it consisted of a series of waves . |
| 18 | They are not caused by individual neurosis , but it is being asserted that religion is best understood as if it were a symptom of a neurosis of humanity as a whole . |
| 19 | And I , I ran there and ran back to continue my game , at play like and I heard a , mo , her say to mother well I like your lad to go says th look at this cheese it 's never been unwrapped he said those other lads he says it 's always looks as if it 's been unwrapped and |
| 20 | Your , your correct address is , is road is n't it , it 's still reads as if it might not be , please note that on the membership list , Velma 's address is not Avenue . |
| 21 | This case is so important , by comparison with the social situations of artists in later societies , that it is often presented as if it were singular and uniform , and this can have important effects on its more general interpretation . |
| 22 | The Viennese piano is often discussed as if it developed along one path , as if each improvement followed the previous one in an orderly fashion . |
| 23 | Check that the hub is correctly assembled as if , for some reason , it is not central on the swivel housing oil can escape . |
| 24 | The word leadership is sometimes used as if it were an attribute of personality , sometimes as if it were a characteristic of certain positions within an organization , and sometimes as an aspect of behaviour . |
| 25 | Silence hung on the air , and when he turned back he saw that Suragai was still watching as if he did not understand what had occurred . |
| 26 | Christina found she was still staring as if mesmerized at Stein 's confident smile . |
| 27 | He was fully dressed as if he had been out of the chateau . ’ |
| 28 | The slight warmth was absolutely gone as if it had never been . |